Several House Republicans Tuesday said they want President Biden to do more to punish Russia
By Tyler Olson
House Republicans are railing against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine, calling for increased sanctions on Russia and slamming President Biden for not doing enough.
“There’s a lot more we can do,” Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., said Tuesday. “The problem is the president hasn’t led… My colleague Victoria Spartz, she said it better than anybody… We have a responsibility to the world to lead. There’s a reason why the president of the United States is called the leader of the free world.”
Rep. Victoria Spartz, R-Ind., is from Ukraine and made an emotional plea at a House GOP press conference for western assistance for Ukraine as Putin’s forces bombard the country. She warned “millions” could die otherwise.
Republicans did not take their eye off the political ball during a Tuesday press event. They attacked Biden and Democrats over inflation and COVID policies and schools. But at times the event resembled a rally for Ukraine as much it did a forum for lawmakers to attack Biden ahead of his State of the Union speech.
Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., handed out small ribbons with the colors of Ukraine’s flag on them. He said his staff made about 300 of them.
“Right now he has all the tools he needs to destroy our country unless we come to the aid of Ukraine,” Issa said, lamenting that Biden didn’t institute sanctions against Russia sooner. “That’s the question that will be with us tonight. Will you change your posture and bring the kind of aid to those freedom fighters that they need? That means real weapons, getting in there in a timely fashion.”
Source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-ukraine-russia-putin-aid-biden