What happened to Ukraine, the Ukraine’s president, Vladimir Zelensky, and the rest of the world did, and still does: CNN and the Dean Obeidallah Show
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“I gotta be honest with you. J.D. Vance said that he did not care what happened to Ukraine one way or the other.
I met with representatives from the Republican Party and I am thankful to the congressmen who traveled to Ukraine. He said that they want to support Ukraine like the Democrats.
Zelensky has thanked the US for the aid they have given and has also made appeals on behalf of Ukraine. He argued that support from the US was crucial to win on the battlefield, and that it was a historic speech from the United States Capitol.
Last week after Russian missiles rained down on Ukrainian cities, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that another kind of Russian attack was targeting energy and critical infrastructure. Since Oct. 10, 30% of Ukraine’s power stations have been destroyed, causing massive blackouts across the country.”
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McCarthy recently told CNN he does not support a resolution by Gaetz of Florida that declares congressional fatigue over supporting Ukraine and said he would not automatically rubber stamp an aid package.
He knows better, but he is willing to go down the path of suggesting that America will no longer exist as a nation because he wants to improve his standing in the political world.
If Republicans win the House of Representatives in next month’s election, Republican Rep. MarjorieTaylorGreene thinks she will get a lot of power and a lot of freedom from McCarthy, blaming Ukraine for the war after Russia attacked.
Tucker Carlson has been laying the groundwork with members of the Republican base, warning them that the United States could possibly end assistance for Ukraine.
Carlson made a point of painting Ukraine with a negative light before Putin launched his attack on the country. Carlson called Ukrainian leader Zelensky a ‘puppet’ of the Biden administration and claimed that Ukraine was not a democracy.
And just last week, Ingraham derided former Vice President Mike Pence for referring to the United States as the “arsenal of democracy” and suggested our massive military is too depleted to help other countries such as Ukraine. During that same episode, Ingraham welcomed GOP Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana, who echoed McCarthy’s comments about aid for Ukraine, saying, “We can’t put America first by giving blank checks to those around the world to solve their problems.”
Some Republicans may or may not get it, as Biden suggested. The only person who fully comprehends it is Vladmir Putin. If the GOP takes control of the House, there will be a great deal of celebration.
Zelensky’s Implications for the Security and Independence of the U.S. During the First Russian Invasion of the Ukraine
Mr. Zelensky is expected to join Mr. Biden at the White House for an announcement on Wednesday — likely to include a pledge by the Biden administration of a new round of military assistance — before heading to Capitol Hill for a prime time speech, according to two people familiar with the planning.
The officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity said that the plans were not final and could change. With the leader leaving his country for the first time since Russia invaded the Ukraine, the risks are high, and the effort would be kept under wraps.
“We are ending a very special session of the 117th Congress with legislation that makes progress for the American people as well as support for our democracy. Please be present for a very special focus on Democracy Wednesday night,” Ms. Pelosi wrote.
In the first days and weeks of the Russian full-scale invasion, a Russian attack intended to take advantage of the leader’s absence might have stirred confusion in the Ukrainian military. But 10 months into the war, no prominent military analyst has recently questioned Ukrainian command and control in the military.
The appearance would mark a potential turning point in the history of the House with Democrats taking control of the body for the first time in more than a century.
It would also put Republicans on Capitol Hill opposed to a newly released plan to provide nearly $50 billion to the war-torn country — as well as a broader spending package to avoid a government shutdown at the end of the week — in the potentially uncomfortable position of opposing the aid even as the Ukrainian leader appears on Capitol Hill.
The money that has been sent to military and humanitarian aid has been opposed by some Republicans in the House as being wasteful or better spent in the United States. Just earlier on Tuesday, Representative Lauren Boebert of Colorado, a far-right Republican, posted on Twitter scoffing at the release of the new aid.
Do we know where the blank checks are? An invitation to see the ground first hand in Ukraine, and an invitation to look back at the crisis in Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is inviting House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to visit Ukraine to see the situation on the ground first hand – an invitation that comes as the Republican Party faces a divide over whether the United States should continue to provide aid to the country under attack from Russia.
“Mr. McCarthy, he has to come here to see how we work, what’s happening here, what war caused us, which people are fighting now, who are fighting now. In an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, Zelensky stated that after that, make your assumptions.
“Let’s be very clear about what I said: no blank checks, OK? So, from that perspective, I don’t have to go to Ukraine to understand where there’s a blank check or not,” McCarthy told CNN. I can see it at home, but I have to go to Ukraine or Kyiv to see it. I will not provide a blank check for anything.
Zelensky praised the fact that there is bipartisan support for Ukraine on Capitol Hill and said he was concerned about the threat of pushback from some Republicans.