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McConnell met with Zelensky in surprise visit to Ukraine

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  • Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell traveled to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
  • Among the U.S. delegation with McConnell were Sens. John Barrasso, Susan Collins, and John Cornyn.
  • McConnell praised the Ukrainians’ “courage, unity, and resolve,” and urged allies to continue their support until Ukraine’s victory.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv during a surprise visit to Ukraine.

Photos of the meeting were shared on Facebook on Saturday by Andrij Sybiha, a member of Zelenskyy’s administration.

Президент завершив зустріч із впливовими американськими сенаторами-республіканцями. А головне -справжніми друзями…Posted by Andrij Sybiha on Saturday, May 14, 2022

Sybiha wrote, “The president ended a meeting with influential American Republican senators. And the main thing is true friends of Ukraine.”

Sybiha thanked “American friends” for their solid bipartisan support in Ukraine’s fight against the Russian invasion, which is nearing the three-month mark.

Republican senators Susan Collins of Maine, John Cornyn of Texas, and John Barrasso of Wyoming accompanied McConnell.

McConnell stated on Saturday, “It was inspiring to visit the historic capital of a beautiful country that has been forced to fight for its own survival.”

“We saw firsthand the courage, unity, and resolve of the Ukrainian people. The Ukrainians are fighting bravely against a deranged invader and have already succeeded beyond skeptics’ wildest dreams,” McConnell added.

“Ukraine is not asking anybody else to fight their fight. They only ask for the tools they need for self-defense,” McConnell continued, urging allies to “continue to step up and do their part.”

The senator stated that he gave Zelenskyy assurance that the United States will support Ukraine until its victory. He added that Zelenskyy wanted to “relay Ukraine’s gratitude to the American people for our support in this dark hour.”

He declared that the United States’ aid to Ukraine is “not mere philanthropy” but also a way of defending sovereignty and stability.

He explained, “Imposing costs on Russia’s naked aggression have a direct and vital bearing on America’s national security and vital interests. It is squarely in our national interest to help Ukraine achieve victory in this war and to help Ukraine and other countries deter other wars of aggression before they start.”

Last week, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met with Zelenskyy in Ukraine, together with other Democrat lawmakers. On Tuesday, the House passed a $40 billion aid package to Ukraine and sent the bill to the Senate.

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There was a delay in the Senate but Zelenskyy’s administration hopes that the package will go through next week.

Both McConnell and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer wanted to fast-track the passage of the bill, but voting was held up by Sen. Rand Paul, who expressed concerns that the money needs oversight. 

Paul explained on Twitter on Thursday, “My oath of office is to the U.S. Constitution, not to any foreign nation.”

Source: FOX News

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  1. CandygramForMongo

    May 17, 2022 at 7:08 am

    Of course the RINO did. He had to negotiate his cut of money. When he gets caught……he’ll just blame Trump.

    • Shane Justice

      May 17, 2022 at 2:29 pm

      Any politician, hollywood star, professional athlete, or influencer visiting Ukraine, is Deep State and corrupt to the core …

      Ukraine, once known as Khazaria, is the home base for trafficking, money-laundering, the labs to crush humanity, and
      more atrocities that soon will shock humanity …

      We keep having our tax dollars sent there to the Azov Battalion and the evil of the planet …
      Media is owned by them, so they won’t EVER report the truth. And those organizations or people feeling bad, sorry,
      and caring one lick about Ukraine have no idea which way is up … NO IDEA!

      What Putin is doing there, will rock this world … Why do you think the Deep State has waged war against Russia?
      Because they are “bad”? Because they are killing innocents (which is a huge lie)? Or because they have ALREADY
      gone to their gold standard and non-corrupt financial system, and the Deep State is hurrying to try and take them down …

      When you know you know …

  2. ox

    May 17, 2022 at 10:27 am

    RINO Beijing Mitch still isn’t winning any brownie points. One should ask Mitch just exactly what he is doing to combat Lying Corrupt Quid Pro’s ignoring of U.S. Immigration Law on the Sothern Border, and massive inflation caused by the buffoon in the W/H. The POTUS is not G-D, Corrupt Quid pro is not a King or dictator although he thinks he is, no one person in the W/H should have the power to issue unconstitutional executive orders at the expense of the American People, Corrupt Quid Pro is more concerned with the illegals on the Southern Border because they are future Democrat votes, The POTUS is more concerned with the borders of the Ukraine, Democracy of the Ukraine, and the Sovereignty of the Ukraine, while simultaneously eroding away America’s Democracy and Sovereignty, and the buffoon in the W/H doesn’t care about America’s border. Corrupt Quid Pro is destroying America’s economy and one of the ways to do this is to redistribute America’s wealth. The 40 billion in aid for Ukraine, where is this money coming from? Just exactly what is Beijing Mitch and the Republicans doing about any of this besides nothing. The voters need to vote all their RINO’s out. Primary them all.

  3. Bill Antonini

    May 17, 2022 at 10:59 am

    Mitch is a dope. The most dishonest leader ever in the US Senate. And those who went with him just wasted more American Taxpayer Dollars for no reason. It is over for America, even with the republicans in charge come 2023. Mitch and Kevin have no back bones. The Democrats will rule them again. Turn out the lights the party is over America!

  4. Terri Giberson

    May 18, 2022 at 1:30 am

    We all knew turtle was a deep state traitor. Money laundering going on. All these people going over to the corrupt UK A lot of people don’t believe the crap coming out of the U K. Putin knows what is going on he knows all about the deep state democrats & rinos. All news from UK is propaganda.Putin is cleaning up the deep state. This happened because Biden Administration is up to its neck in corruption.

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