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- Mar 3, 2013
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Democrats stepped on a big āol rake this time.
From The Hill, so this is getting the attention it deserves:
Earlier this month, during a bipartisan meeting in Kiev, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered a pointed message to Ukraineās new president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
While choosing his words carefully, Murphy made clear ā by his own account ā that Ukraine currently enjoyed bipartisan support for its U.S. aid but that could be jeopardized if the new president acquiesced to requests by President Trumpās lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to investigate past corruption allegations involving Americans, including former Vice President Joe Bidenās family.
Murphy boasted after the meeting that he told the new Ukrainian leader that U.S. aid was his countryās āmost important assetā and it would be viewed as election-meddling and ādisastrous for long-term U.S.-Ukraine relationsā to bend to the wishes of Trump and Giuliani.
āI told Zelensky that he should not insert himself or his government into American politics. I cautioned him that complying with the demands of the Presidentās campaign representatives to investigate a political rival of the President would gravely damage the U.S.-Ukraine relationship. There are few things that Republicans and Democrats agree on in Washington these days, and support for Ukraine is one of them,ā Murphy told me today, confirming what he told Ukraineās leader.
Let's get real: Democrats were first to enlist Ukraine in US elections
From The Hill, so this is getting the attention it deserves:
Earlier this month, during a bipartisan meeting in Kiev, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) delivered a pointed message to Ukraineās new president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
While choosing his words carefully, Murphy made clear ā by his own account ā that Ukraine currently enjoyed bipartisan support for its U.S. aid but that could be jeopardized if the new president acquiesced to requests by President Trumpās lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, to investigate past corruption allegations involving Americans, including former Vice President Joe Bidenās family.
Murphy boasted after the meeting that he told the new Ukrainian leader that U.S. aid was his countryās āmost important assetā and it would be viewed as election-meddling and ādisastrous for long-term U.S.-Ukraine relationsā to bend to the wishes of Trump and Giuliani.
āI told Zelensky that he should not insert himself or his government into American politics. I cautioned him that complying with the demands of the Presidentās campaign representatives to investigate a political rival of the President would gravely damage the U.S.-Ukraine relationship. There are few things that Republicans and Democrats agree on in Washington these days, and support for Ukraine is one of them,ā Murphy told me today, confirming what he told Ukraineās leader.
Let's get real: Democrats were first to enlist Ukraine in US elections