Sen. Lindsey Graham says fellow Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville is an “outlier” on Putin and Ukraine
Washington — Sen. Lindsey Graham said his Republican colleague Sen. Tommy Tuberville is an “outlier” within the party when it comes to his stance on Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine.
“Sen. Tuberville’s analysis really misses what Putin is all about,” Graham, a South Carolina Republican, said on “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “He’s an outlier, I think, in the Republican Party. I like him personally.”
Tuberville, an Alabama Republican, said on Steve Bannon’s “War Room” podcast last week that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is a “dictator” and “not a constitutional president,” while suggesting that the U.S. shouldn’t be backing him and downplaying Russian President Vladimir Putin’s intentions in Ukraine.
President Biden publicly apologized to Zelenskyy for the delay in military assistance that allowed Russia to make gains on the battlefield.
Graham admitted “we did lose momentum” in training Ukrainians with the delay in the weapons package, but “now we’ve got a chance to reset this war.” And he stressed that Ukraine’s success is in American interest.
“If we help Ukraine now, they can become the best business partner we ever dreamed of,” Graham said, citing mineral assets in Ukraine. “This is a very big deal, how Ukraine ends. Let’s help them win a war we can’t afford to lose.”
Kaia Hubbard
Source: cbsnews.com