"I don’t accept George Orwell’s doublethink," one House Republican said after President Trump blamed Ukraine for starting the war with Russia.
Several top Republican foreign-policy pols are sounding the alarm that Russia’s push for Ukraine to hold elections as part of a deal to end the war could lead to subterfuge from the Kremlin. Russian and US officials met in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday without a Ukrainian representative present to discuss an end to the war.
Republican lawmakers are sounding the alarm over the Trump administration’s pointed refusal to blame Russia for starting the war in Ukraine, and they are highly skeptical about negotiating any
The former GOP congresswoman said on Wednesday that Trump "is the antithesis of everything Ronald Reagan stood for."
Republican senators went to great lengths on Wednesday to avoid bashing President Donald Trump and his criticism of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy but they didn't hold back on Russian President Vladimir Putin.
GOP officials who have supported Ukraine are trying to balance their opposition to Russia while remaining loyal to Trump.
CNN's Jim Sciutto challenged a conservative commentator to justify Donald Trump's weakness against Russia, and then moved on when he was unimpressed with his response. The TV host started out by asking Republican strategist Brad Todd why the president had made concessions to Russia heading into negotiations to wind down the war in Ukraine after
Defense hawks argue that Putin cannot be trusted and must be held accountable for war crimes. Despite some GOP support for Trump’s diplomatic efforts, a growing number of Republicans insist that acknowledging Russia as the aggressor is crucial for securing a meaningful peace deal.
Republican lawmakers were split Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — but their pushback was muted, underscoring the GOP’s shifting stance on Russia’s invasion.
President Trump’s first major moves toward peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine are unsettling Republicans in the Senate who want to make sure Russian President Vladimir Putin faces consequences for launching an unprovoked invasion into his European neighbor.
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.