This is something that Ukrainians asked for. They did this a couple months ago in Utah, in Utah, with a Republican governor and Republican, elected officials were there as well. We didn't hear any type of investigation request when we went to a Republican state. We didn't."
I don't appreciate Zelenskyy coming to this country and telling the American taxpayers what they ought to do,
We continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refuses to make a deal,
I believe it's important for us to have a personal contact and to understand each other 100%,
This shortsighted and intentionally political move has caused Republicans to lose trust in Ambassador Markarova's ability to fairly and effectively serve as a diplomat in this country,
This was business as usual for the Ukrainians to request during wartime,
This came from the Ukrainians, not us,
Just two months ago, President Zelenskyy travelled to Utah and held an event with a Republican governor. A very similar event. And Republican officials were there, and there wasn’t a single demand – not one single demand for investigation – when that occurred a couple months ago in Utah. So we would encourage the House Republicans to drop this,
The Committee seeks to understand the circumstances that led – and any facts that could justify – the Biden-Harris Administration to transport President Zelensky on a Department of the Air Force aircraft to Pennsylvania,
The tour was clearly a partisan campaign event designed to help Democrats and is clearly election interference,
I demand that you immediately fire Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova,
The facility was in a politically contested battleground state, was led by a top political surrogate for Kamala Harris, and failed to include a single Republican because – on purpose – no Republicans were invited,
With conservatives, it’s going to hurt Ukraine,
I don’t mind him going to a munitions plant thanking people for helping Ukraine. But I think his comments about JD Vance and President Trump were out of bounds,
His message seems to be that Ukraine must make a sacrifice,
The president of Ukraine is in our country. He is making little nasty aspersions toward your favourite president, me,
Additionally, as I have clearly stated in the past, all foreign nations should avoid opining on or interfering in American domestic politics,
Support for ending Russia’s war against Ukraine continues to be bipartisan, but our relationship is unnecessarily tested and needlessly tarnished when the candidates at the top of the Republican presidential ticket are targeted in the media by officials in your government,
The Biden-Harris Administration recently flew the same foreign leader—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky—on an American-taxpayer-funded flight to Pennsylvania, a battleground state in the upcoming 2024 presidential election, which has been described as the ‘trickiest battleground for Vice President Kamala Harris to win,
The Committee seeks to determine whether the Biden-Harris Administration attempted to use a foreign leader to benefit Vice President Harris’ presidential campaign and, if so, necessarily committed an abuse of power,