McCarthy additionally mentioned he agreed with former Vice President Mike Pence’s remark closing week that there is not any room within the Republican Birthday party for “apologists for Putin.”
Trump has since described the invasion of Ukraine as “a Holocaust” and “a terrible factor that’s taking place,” urging Russia to forestall killing Ukrainians. On the other hand, he has now not walked again his reward of Putin. Trump has additionally again and again claimed that struggle don’t have took place if he was once nonetheless president.
A few of his allies at the far-right have behaved in a similar way.
When Russian aggression towards Ukraine had now not but escalated right into a full-scale invasion, Fox Information host Tucker Carlson defended Putin, parroting Kremlin speaking issues in an notorious rant on Feb. 22 with such efficacy that Russian TV later aired segments of his broadcast. He has since shifted his tone, admitted he was once incorrect, and has as an alternative sought responsible President Joe Biden for the warfare.
