Top House Republican Busted When He Tries To Falsely Claim That Democrats Also Don’t Support Ukraine

Rep. McCaul gets checked by Margaret Brennan on Face The Nation.

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House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul (R-TX) tried to say that House Democrats who have unanimously supported aid to Ukraine didn’t and was immediately corrected on Face The Nation.

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McCaul said, “We have factions on the left and right that do not support Ukraine.”

Face The Nation’s Margaret Brennan stopped him and said, “This is a Republican bill.”

McCaul’s only response was to say, “right,” and then try to move on.

The truth is that Democrats have unanimously supported aid to Ukraine.

McCaul’s lie was triggered by at least ten House Republicans introducing a bill called the Ukraine Fatigue Resolution, which would cut off aid to Ukraine. There are no Democratic bills calling for aid to be cut off to Ukraine. There was an old letter from the House Progressive Caucus that was accidentally released and withdrawn that called for more diplomacy, but House Democrats have consistently supported Ukraine.

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Republicans can’t both sides opposition to supporting Ukraine. The GOP is the only side that has members who are supporting Putin and Russia by calling for aid to Ukraine to be cut off.
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Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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