I’ll add more reactions as they come in re: Trump/Vance’s disgraceful behavior with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy earlier today, but for now, as Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA08) says:
“Trump and Vance’s behavior is disgraceful and dangerous. They’re helping our enemies, hurting our friends, and weakening our security. Putin’s bloody, unjustified invasion has left hundreds of thousands dead and is killing more every say. A shameful moment in our history.”
And as Rep. Gerry Connolly (D-VA11) puts it:
“I have worked in foreign policy since my days as a young staffer on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I have never witnessed such an embarrassing, pathetic, and shameful display from an American President and Vice President on the international stage. The war in Ukraine is a battle between dictatorship and democracy. Between freedom and oppression. Between good and evil. There can no longer be any doubt – Donald Trump has chosen evil. He has abandoned our friends, betrayed our values, and taken the side of a brutal, authoritarian regime over a democracy-loving people. I am disgusted.”
All in all, a shameful day in American history, and more broadly, a shameful month, as Trump and Vance have in just a few weeks destroyed US alliances that took decades to build, trashed our international reputation and moral authority, harmed untold numbers of people, and made the world a MUCH more dangerous/worse place. Great job, Trump voters, you really “owned the libs” by siding with dictators, war criminals, thugs, etc, huh??? (not to mention sucking Putin’s you-know-what)
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