CNN’s Tapper to GOP Rep. Mast: Can You Send Me Information About $15 Million for Condoms for Taliban?

TAPPER So you served ░░░░░░░░ in Afghanistan and I ░░░░░░░░ wondering what your thoughts ░░░░░░░░ on a second subject ░░░░░░░░ USAID Trump seems to ░░░░░░░░ shutting down USAID As ░░░░░░░░ know it s in ░░░░░░░░ Ronald Reagan Building President ░░░░░░░░ spoke a lot about ░░░░░░░░ need for there to ░░░░░░░░ soft power out there ░░░░░░░░ foreign aid is very ░░░░░░░░ Do you think removing ░░░░░░░░ foreign aid that stabilizes ░░░░░░░░ and builds goodwill will ░░░░░░░░ the U S more ░░░░░░░░ I understand that there ░░░░░░░░ be problems with individual ░░░░░░░░ programs and maybe you ░░░░░░░░ t have a problem ░░░░░░░░ Marco Rubio taking over ░░░░░░░░ but the general idea ░░░░░░░░ foreign aid do you ░░░░░░░░ that makes us safer ░░░░░░░░ What you have going ░░░░░░░░ and you re not ░░░░░░░░ to find very many ░░░░░░░░ are more critical of ░░░░░░░░ than myself is an ░░░░░░░░ that was out there ░░░░░░░░ 15 million to give ░░░░░░░░ to the Taliban That ░░░░░░░░ a real thing Or ░░░░░░░░ a million dollars to ░░░░░░░░ Indonesian coffee makers on ░░░░░░░░ to be more gender ░░░░░░░░ And what I m ░░░░░░░░ m just giving you ░░░░░░░░ couple examples to say ░░░░░░░░ wasn t the exception ░░░░░░░░ was the rule of ░░░░░░░░ was going on And ░░░░░░░░ you want things to ░░░░░░░░ move forward in terms ░░░░░░░░ aid you could have ░░░░░░░░ more streamlined system that ░░░░░░░░ more accountable better command ░░░░░░░░ control by having that ░░░░░░░░ directly under Secretary Rubio ░░░░░░░░ now instead of the ░░░░░░░░ that were in there ░░░░░░░░ January 20 literally hiding ░░░░░░░░ burning documents and making ░░░░░░░░ that they had every ░░░░░░░░ to lie to Congress ░░░░░░░░ everybody else about the ░░░░░░░░ that they were actually ░░░░░░░░ because that s what ░░░░░░░░ did to me for ░░░░░░░░ last two years as ░░░░░░░░ Affairs Oversight chairman That ░░░░░░░░ to an end If ░░░░░░░░ things weren t being ░░░░░░░░ you might have a ░░░░░░░░ looking USAID today but ░░░░░░░░ that was taking place ░░░░░░░░ was the only option ░░░░░░░░ how to right that ░░░░░░░░ TAPPER Can you send ░░░░░░░░ the background and backup ░░░░░░░░ for this 50 million ░░░░░░░░ condoms to the Taliban ░░░░░░░░ I ve MAST 15 ░░░░░░░░ 100 percent TAPPER 15 ░░░░░░░░ 15 million to the ░░░░░░░░ for condoms and contraceptives ░░░░░░░░ percent happy to get ░░░░░░░░ to you TAPPER Send ░░░░░░░░ to me and I ░░░░░░░░ post it on MAST ░░░░░░░░ was another 3 million ░░░░░░░░ go to the Caribbean ░░░░░░░░ for being LGBTQ I ░░░░░░░░ give you pages and ░░░░░░░░ of lists if you ░░░░░░░░ to see it TAPPER ░░░░░░░░ it Do it I ░░░░░░░░ text you right after ░░░░░░░░ commercial break MAST We ░░░░░░░░ it in a video ░░░░░░░░ you can see it ░░░░░░░░ video I replied to ░░░░░░░░ my Democrat colleagues that ░░░░░░░░ out there saying these ░░░░░░░░ Republican lies to say ░░░░░░░░ s about a five ░░░░░░░░ video of a whole ░░░░░░░░ of stuff that s ░░░░░░░░ going on You can ░░░░░░░░ that too TAPPER Yeah ░░░░░░░░ m excited to see ░░░░░░░░ documentation I m not ░░░░░░░░ it s true or ░░░░░░░░ I don t know ░░░░░░░░ I d love to ░░░░░░░░ it MAST I m ░░░░░░░░ you it s true ░░░░░░░░ OK.”