Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell on Sunday urged President Joe Biden to declare Russia a state sponsor of terrorism.
“I think it’s a good idea. I would support that,” McConnell said, according to The Hill and The New York Times. “The president could do it on his own and I would urge him to do it.”
If Biden were to declare Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, it would remove sovereign-immunity protections and allow for the country to be sued for civil damages.
His comments came during a visit to Stockholm, Sweden, as the country’s governing Social Democratic Party announced that it would vote in favor of joining NATO just hours after Finland said it would apply to do the same.
McConnell added that he supported Sweden and Finland’s potential applications to join NATO and said that the United States “ought to be first to ratify the treaty for both these countries to join.”
The lawmaker made a rare trip outside the United States this weekend as he led a delegation of Republican senators to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
The surprise visit was revealed by Zelensky in a video posted to Facebook, which included a statement thanking the Republican senators for leadership “in helping us fight not only for our country but for democratic values and freedoms.”
Sens. John Barrasso, John Cornyn and Susan Collins were among the delegation which is expected to visit Helsinki before returning to Washington, D.C.
“Helping Ukraine is not an instance of mere philanthropy — it bears directly on America’s national security and vital interests that Russia’s naked aggression not succeed and carries significant costs,” McConnell said on the Senate floor on Thursday.
“If Ukraine fails to repel Russian aggression, there is no question that the threat to American and European security will grow.”
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If Pelosi suggested that, it’d be a done-deal already. But since Mitch McConnell proposed it, it’s dead in the water, will never get done.
AND with how many dems, who likely have FINANCES Options and business dealings there, i doubt they’d vote on this anyway, no matter WHOM suggested it.
IMO, McConnell & his crew of America last GOP hacks must be voted out.
Unlike USSR of the past, I don’t think Russia is capable of it even wants to be a threat to USA & based on their oil / gas profits would likely not be a threat to Ukraine or other EU nations were it not for provocations of having hostile NATO military forces on Russia borders.
Maybe Putin should have taken a leaf from US govt book & flooded Ukraine with millions of Russian & whatever other foreign migrants they could round up to claim asylum who could then create unbearable economic, social & political unrest making it easy for Russia govt to easily takeover.
Western govts forcing citizens to accept unvetted legal & illegal mass migration seems to be working well for the “one world govt” politicians dominating current US & EU govts.
I don’t think Americans want a Marxist Communist dictatorship but current US govt, Dem & GOP, are creating one. Russia / China control media & now US govt is doing so.
Our politicians are flooding us with millions of foreigners with hostile or no allegiance to US & everything in our society re: jobs, education, health care, law & order & energy access is now based solely on adherence to WOKE race, climate change & globalist political dictates.
THING IS, most of eastern europe, normally doesn’t ACCEPT refugees/asylum seekers, UNLIKE THE US, who seems to welcome them by the millions.
If I’m not mistaken Eastern Europe is mainly just Russia.
It’s interesting that EU rules do not mention or require members to accept mass foreign migration yet that’s exactly what EU has done regarding millions of Mid East Muslims that invaded Europe in recent years & now EU states have no go zones & demands for Sharia acceptance.
Hungary refused such unwanted & forced foreign intrusion / disruption of their civil society which led to EU hostility & Soros funded attacks & political sabotage in Hungary.
I really do believe my lying eyes re: the Western nations ruling political regimes, now mainly made up of globalist & extreme left wing Socialist ideologues, are colluding to impose a one world govt dominance that will inevitably subjugate all citizens & economies in the so-called “democracies” to the dictates of a self designated cabal of ruthless political tyrants, powermongers & profiteers.
Like USA, EU rules supposedly requires member states to ensure free press, freedom of personal opinion & adherence to rule of law.
Don’t know actual situation in EU states but in USA those rules now seem only to apply for citizens who support the Dem Party ruling regime.
I’m wondering why our e!acted reps are so willing & anxious to instigate / foment war hostilities with Russia to the point that they are willing to sacrifice USA national security & economic interests.
US govt is acting like they want some excuse to drag NATO & US into war or some military conflict with Russia for no other reason I can see except to crush Russia at which point we would then have to finance another Marshall Plan.
Pretty sure NATO nations in Europe would not have poked Russia in eye by increasing military training & forces in Ukraine over last few years (since Hillary lost?) had US govt not butted in & encouraged them to do so.
If US govt so worried about “democracy” in foreign nations then they should be applying same destabilizing economic sanctions & issuing fight to the death war threats to the really horrible China dictatorship & the inhumane Mid East Islamic theocracies.
Putin is definitely cruel in war but I suspect all the Marxist & one world order tyrants in US & Western govts would resort to mass bombing of Russian or any other non combat people in a war. Certainly did so in WW2.
History has proven that no govt or dominant political regime is above mass murder of its enemy civilians in war or even its own citizens if in civil war.
Least of all the US govt.