- The leader of the minority in the House of Representatives, McCarthy, suggested that Russia “probably” would not invade Ukraine if the Biden administration sent aid earlier.
- “If we had taken these actions earlier, instead of waiting for the Russian invasion, they probably would never have invaded,” he said.
- In 2019, McCarthy defended then-President Trump during the impeachment proceedings to detain Ukrainian aid.
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy suggested that Russia “probably” would not invade Ukraine if the United States sent aid earlier, blaming the Biden administration, although Trump agreed to withhold aid from the country in 2019
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“It’s going to get louder and rougher, and what really needs to happen is that Ukraine doesn’t want American men and women fighting, all they want is weapons to defend themselves,” he said. McCarthy told Fox News Sunday: “If we had taken these actions earlier, instead of waiting after the Russian invasion, they probably would never have invaded if we had done so earlier.”
In 2019, McCarthy was a staunch supporter of then-President Donald Trump during his first impeachment proceedings, when Trump faced accusations of withholding humanitarian aid from Ukraine in an attempt to force the country to investigate allegations of corruption involving Joe Biden. and his son, Hunter.
“Nothing in this phone call is impeachment,” McCarthy said in 2019 in defense of Trump. McCarthy has repeatedly defended the former president’s decision to turn down aid from Ukraine before changing his tune this week.
“Ukraine longed for the ability to defend itself,” McCarthy said Sunday. “If we moved weapons to Ukraine earlier so that they could defend themselves, it would have saved thousands of lives and probably Putin’s decision not to enter.”
McCarthy did not immediately respond to Insider’s request for comment.
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