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GOPers Say Zelenskyy Failed to Persuade Them on Ukraine Aid
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https://www.businessinsider.com/gopers-say-zelenskyy-failed-to-persuade-them-on-ukraine-aid-2023-12
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Zelenskyy issued the appeal during a 30-minute closed-door meeting in US Capitol with Republican senators and House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday, per CNN.
He said that included “liberating half of the land occupied by Russia since 2022, winning the battle for the Black Sea, and reforming the country to make it self-sufficient in the future.”
They generally stuck to their view that they wouldn’t pass more aid for Ukraine unless the White House goes along with their demands for stricter measures at the US-Mexico border.
Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina said that the reluctance to support new funding was retribution for the Biden administration ignoring GOP concerns on the border.
Two other conditions he cited were “clarity” about the Biden administration’s strategy in Ukraine and “proper oversight” of the spending of “precious taxpayer dollars.”
The White House has said the funding for Ukraine is existential — claiming it would lose the war without it, a view with which many military experts agree.
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