On Monday, Representative Eric Swalwell (D-CA) claimed during an interview on MSNBC’s “Deadline” that Republicans are resisting providing aid to Ukraine in its conflict with Russia because they are acting “reflexively” in accordance with the wishes of former President Donald Trump.
Swalwell began: “Republicans are soft on Russia. They see it as Trump likes Russia, Russia likes Trump, so we have to go with Trump. And that is how they’re going to view this all the way through.”
“And it is too bad because if you really took a step back, you could see that Ukraine’s freedom ultimately is America’s freedom. That is the story of history when it comes to Russia and brutal, ruthless dictators,” he added.
“But the other piece here, because they love to thump their chest and say they’re tough on China, well, I don’t know if you’re Taiwan and you’re watching, why would you for a second think they would stand up for you when you’re attacked?” Swalwell said.
“I think they’re all in for Trump. They’ve turned this Congress into the largest law firm in D.C. that works on behalf of just one client, Donald Trump. So, all they know reflexively is to do what he wants,” he continued.
“If Trump says no Ukraine funding, no Ukraine funding. If their own most conservative members strike a border deal but it clicks for Trump, it doesn’t help him politically, they’re going to kill the border deal,” he added.
“Frankly, Democrats, we have to show voters who hate politics that this is Republican efforts to put politics over people, and we want to flip that script, and everything we do is to try to put people over politics,” Swalwell concluded.
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“Republicans are soft on Russia, they see this as Trump likes Russia, Russia likes Trump so we have to go with Trump. And that is how they are going to view this and it is too bad because ultimately Ukraine's freedom is America’s freedom.” @RepSwalwell w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/Fq5cY43OiT
— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) February 26, 2024
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