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Rep. Lisa McClain told Fox News Digital that Biden "is incredibly weak on the world stage, which is why Vladimir Putin thought this was a great time to invade Ukraine."
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“Now, more than ever, we need a president who will stand up to our adversaries and put strong sanctions on Russia to send a message loud and clear to the world that we will not tolerate this blatant violation of international law,” the House Armed Services Committee member continued.
McClain’s statement came as a chorus of several prominent Republican senators blasted Biden online over the Russian invasion into Ukraine.
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“Weakness always invites aggression,” Florida Sen. Rubio tweeted Tuesday. “And weakness in response to aggression always invites others to be aggressive as well.”
South Carolina Sen. lindsey-graham” target=”_blank”>Lindsey Graham< for the U.S. to “destroy the ruble and crush the Russian oil and gas sector” in response to Putin’s aggression in Ukraine.
“Putin’s decision to declare eastern Donetsk and Luhansk as independent regions within Ukraine is both a violation of the Minsk Agreements and a declaration of war against the people of Ukraine,” the Republican from South Carolina also wrote.
Former President Trump also released a statement on the Russian invasion of Ukraine, saying that if “properly handled, there was absolutely no reason that the situation currently happening in Ukraine should have happened at all.”
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“I know Vladimir Putin very well, and he would have never done during the Trump Administration what he is doing now, no way!” Trump wrote. “Russia has become very very rich during the Biden Administration, with oil prices doubling and soon to be tripling and quadrupling.”
The Biden administration on Tuesday declared the Russian troop movement into Ukraine to be an “invasion.”
