The GOP’s ‘Putin wing’ moves from the fringes to the White House
There was a small Republican contingent in Congress that repeatedly sided with Russia’s wishes. Now, evidently, it’s Donald Trump’s turn.
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Senate Republican Waffles on Criticizing Putin — Before NBC’s Welker Confronts Him with Other GOP Senators Trashing Him as a ‘War Criminal’
Kristen Welker opened her interview with Mullin by asking him to acknowledge that Putin was at the very least "responsible for starting the war in Ukraine."
Joe: Sen. Tillis' fiery speech on Putin echoes what almost every GOP senator is saying privately
NC, on the Senate floor Thursday and broke from the president and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him a cancer. Sen. Tillis also pushed back on Trump's comments blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the war in Ukraine.
‘Putin Is The Dictator’: GOP Balks As Trump Hurls Attacks Against Ukraine’s Zelenskyy
"I don’t accept George Orwell’s doublethink," one House Republican said after President Trump blamed Ukraine for starting the war with Russia.
Top GOP senator breaks with Trump on Ukraine and Putin
Two prominent GOP senators, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and seemed to break with President Donald Trump over negotiations in the peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.
GOP Sen. Mullin: Trump is the only person who can force Putin to the table
GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin said Trump has the capability to apply pressure to Russian President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
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'Horrified': MSNBC host claims Trump has set off frantic 'whispering in the GOP cloakroom'
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.
Sen. John Curtis, other Republicans distance themselves after Trump calls Zelenskyy a ‘dictator’
GOP lawmakers instead focused their criticisms on Vladimir Putin, with others saying the president 'speaks for himself.'
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'You of all people': CNN anchor hammers military vet Republican for silence on Putin
CNN's Brianna Keilar was shocked Friday as a former Green Beret-turned Republican congressman refused to knock Trump for his comments aimed at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. On Thursday, Trump referred to the leader of the war-torn nation as a "dictator,
The GOP’s ‘Putin wing’ moves from the fringes to the White House
There was a small Republican contingent in Congress that repeatedly sided with Russia’s wishes. Now, evidently, it’s Donald Trump’s turn.
Joe: Sen. Tillis' fiery speech on Putin echoes what almost every GOP senator is saying privately
NC, on the Senate floor Thursday and broke from the president and denounced Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him a cancer. Sen. Tillis also pushed back on Trump's comments blaming Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the war in Ukraine.
Republicans Just Can't Seem To Condemn Trump's Policy Shift Toward Putin
GOP officials who have supported Ukraine are trying to balance their opposition to Russia while remaining loyal to Trump.