She is the only American congresswoman of Ukrainian origin. But she was among the members of the Congress who voted against the 61 billion dollar package allocated in recent days to support the cause of Kiev against the Russia. She is Victoria Spartzfront line of the conservative republicans as deeply conservative is the state in which she was elected, theIndiana. «No more blank checks» a Zelenskyhe said in a recent interview, “my responsibility is the protection of the American people.”
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Who is Victoria Spartz
Victoria Kulheyko was born on October 6, 1978 in Nosivkain the oblast of Chernihivin the’Ukraine northern, on the border with Belarus. Area which at the time was part of theSoviet Union. Graduated in Science and with a Master’s in Business Administration from the Kiev National Economic University, one day, on a train from Fly towards the Ukrainian capital, he meets a big boy from Noblesville, Jason Spartz, her future husband. In 2000 she joined him in Indiana and marries him.
Six years later she officially becomes an American citizen. In the meantime, he also includes a Master’s degree in accounting from Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business on his CV. These qualifications allow her to become finance director in the Indiana attorney general’s office, the first step on the path that will lead her to enter the Indiana Senate in 2017.
The race for re-election
Spartz is currently in the running for re-election at Republican primaries of May 7th. A catch-up action for her who at the beginning of last year had announced her intention not to run again, complaining of a certain intolerance towards the policies of Washington and the scarcity of time to dedicate to one’s family. But the prices are rising Donald Trump – for her that precisely with the support of tycoon had defeated the 2020 primaries, taking home 40% of the votes – they must have changed her mind.
Obviously its origins often end up in the crosshairs of opponents or adversaries of the same political party. As Chuck Goodrichamong her rivals for the primaries, who attacked her because, according to him, she always puts theUkraine in first place. Theory denied by Spartz herself with harsh words. “I’m always shocked when I hear someone think I should support Kiev only because of my origins, although I think that it is a waste of money – he explained – The priorities for the United States there are others.” How to protect the southern borders with the Mexicothrough which illegal drugs pass – Fentanyl in the head – who are flagellating theAmerica. Maybe that’s why he’s dropping mentions of the war in Ukraine in his speeches to voters. Focusing instead on the party’s internal hypocrisies, where “some Republican comrades behave like socialists.” A theme which, more than in the past in Ukraine, is linked to that in the Soviet Union. “I will fight the good fight,” he said. Which is not, for her, the one alongside Zelensky.
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