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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s go to to a U.S. Military ammunition plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Sunday has come underneath fireplace from some Republicans together with Speaker Mike Johnson for being partisan.
Johnson wrote in a letter to Zelenskyy, “The tour was clearly a partisan marketing campaign occasion designed to assist Democrats…”
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The go to was on the request of Ukraine to thank the American staff who’ve helped enhance ammunition manufacturing for Ukraine to defend in opposition to Russia, White Home and Pentagon officers instructed Fox Information.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a joint press convention with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Fee, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024. (Christoph Soeder, Pool Photograph by way of AP)
Elected officers who attended the occasion have been all Democrats, however that’s as a result of it’s customary process to ask Home and Senate members who characterize the district the place the go to is situated.
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On this case, all elected officers occurred to be Democrats due to what’s known as the “geographical jurisdiction,” a protection official instructed Fox Information.
U.S. Home Speaker Mike Johnson wrote in a letter to Zelenskyy, “The tour was clearly a partisan marketing campaign occasion designed to assist Democrats…” (Getty Pictures)
Zelenskyy has met solely with Republicans in previous journeys because of this identical motive of who occurs to be in elected workplace within the districts he’s visiting.
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Zelenskyy visited Utah in July of this 12 months to satisfy with Utah’s Republican Gov. Spencer Cox and met with Utah’s all-Republican Congressional delegation.
Zelenskyy visited Utah in July of this 12 months to satisfy with Utah’s Republican Governor Spencer Cox and met with Utah’s all-Republican Congressional delegation. (Utah State Workplace of the Governor)
Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) the Senate Armed Providers Committee’s high Republican stated in an announcement, “If President Zelenskyy got here to Mississippi, he can be accompanied by Republican officers as a result of that is who the individuals of their knowledge elected.”
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The U.S. Military helped prepare the go to, White Home press secretary KJP instructed Jacqui Heinrich in right this moment’s briefing
Jacqui Heinrich questioned KJP about this within the WH briefing earlier this afternoon-
Karine Jean-Pierre: “That is one thing that Ukrainians requested for. They did this a pair months in the past in Utah, in Utah, with a Republican governor and Republican, elected officers have been there as effectively. We did not hear any sort of investigation request once we went to a Republican state. We did not.”
Liz Friden is a Pentagon producer based mostly in Washington, D.C.
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