The Senate Republican minority leader said Thursday the US should arm Ukraine, a day after President Joe Biden’s remarks raised questions about an international response to a Russian invasion…
Senate Republican Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday the US should arm Ukraine, a day after President Joe Biden’s remarks raised questions about an international response to a Russian invasion.to Russia if it attacks Ukraine in “a minor incursion.”, served as a signal to Russia that it was okay to “take some” of Ukraine, McConnell said on Thursday.
The US should send anti-tank weapons and ground-to-air missiles to protect against helicopters before Russian forces amassed near the Ukraine border launch an offensive, McConnell said. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell blasted Biden after his remarks seemed to make little of a Ukrainian invasion.A Ukrainian soldier stands at the line of separation from pro-Russian rebels in the Donetsk region, Ukraine.“I think job No. 1 is to make sure that Ukrainians have the tools to inflict severe damage on any Russian troops coming in,” he added. “And, second, to threaten to use — and use if you have to — the kind of economic sanctions the Russians have never been subjected to before.
Fox host Bret Baier asked McConnell about Biden portraying GOP legislators as lined up in obstruction to hobble the Democratic president’s agenda. McConnell noted he had helped pass legislation including the bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure plan, a vote which drew backlash from some conservatives and former President Donald Trump.
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