Fri Mar 11, 2022 – 1:30 pm EST
Help Ukrainians survive the war: LifeFunder
WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) – Republican Rep. Glenn Grothman of Wisconsin was one of just 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives to vote against banning Russian energy imports Wednesday, but says he did so due to language in the legislation that could be turned against pro-lifers around the world.
Newsweek reports that two Democrats and 15 Republicans voted against the Suspending Energy Imports from Russia Act, which overwhelmingly passed the House but may or may not be taken up by the Senate, and is separate from a ban announced by the Biden administration this week as the latest would-be deterrent to the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Grothman, who previously said he was “horrified” by the invasion and partially attributed Russia’s actions to “American weakness over the past year,” appeared on Wisconsin conservative radio host Dan O’Donnell’s show Thursday to explain his vote (the interview begins roughly an hour into the video):
The Dan O’Donnell Show, Thursday, March 10th https://t.co/yF10RoLrQs
— Dan O’Donnell (@DanODonnellShow) March 10, 2022
After noting that the ban had been watered down from its original version, the
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