There was a small Republican contingent in Congress that repeatedly sided with Russia’s wishes. Now, evidently, it’s Donald Trump’s turn.
NC, on the Senate floor Thursday and broke from the president and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him a cancer. Sen. Tillis also pushed back on Trump's comments blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the war in Ukraine.
GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin said Trump has the capability to apply pressure to Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
A clip of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) brutally dismantling the notion that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a man to be trusted, as Donald Trump has claimed, is indicative of how the majority of GOP lawmakers are privately appalled at Trump's Russia cheerleading.
"Did you ever imagine that you would be in a party that stands on the side of dictators?" she said, incredulous.
Kristen Welker opened her interview with Mullin by asking him to acknowledge that Putin was at the very least "responsible for starting the war in Ukraine."
GOP lawmakers instead focused their criticisms on Vladimir Putin, with others saying the president 'speaks for himself.'
CNN's Brianna Keilar was shocked Friday as a former Green Beret-turned Republican congressman refused to knock Trump for his comments aimed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On Thursday, Trump referred to the leader of the war-torn nation as a "dictator,
America is now a full-fledged ally of Vladimir Putin (a war criminal) and Russia. The Republican Party is solely responsible for this. America will be dealing with the negative consequences of their decision for generations to come.
I n just three weeks, President Donald Trump has exploded long-standing U.S. foreign policy and sided with Russia against Ukraine and
Fox News’ Bill Hemmer crossed a conservative boundary Tuesday by asking Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) if it was necessary to “suck up to” Russian President Vladimir Putin to forge peace with Ukraine. (Watch the video below.