Graham calls Zelensky’s Pennsylvania tour ‘a mistake’

By Free Republic | Created at 2024-09-26 19:25:46 | Updated at 2024-10-01 04:17:40 4 days ago

Graham calls Zelensky’s Pennsylvania tour ‘a mistake’
The Hill ^ | 09/26/2024 | Tara Suter

Posted on 09/26/2024 12:07:18 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s trip to Pennsylvania, where he appeared with Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) in what many Republicans saw as a political event.

Graham told reporters at the Capitol that “what happened in Pennsylvania was a mistake.”

Graham said he didn’t know who set the meeting up and that Zelensky’s visit to a munitions factory to thank workers “makes sense.” But the political overtones of the trip, Graham suggested, should have been avoided.

“Whether it was intended or not, [it] has a political perception, and that was a mistake,” Graham said.

But Graham also said that error should be stripped from the long-term goals of ensuring Ukraine is successful in its battle with Russia.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: graham; mistake; tour; zelensky

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To: ChicagoConservative27

Graham is right for a change. Not only did Zelensky piss Trump off (not a good down range move) but the long term charity money Zelenscky seeks will virtually dry up if Trump is sitting in the Oval office.

At a minimum I predict, Trump will demand an audit of all the billions sent to Zelensky since Biden stole the presidency.

2 posted on 09/26/2024 12:11:40 PM PDT by Cen-Tejas

To: ChicagoConservative27

You gotta have your face and name in the news.

Funny how Graham is lecturing Mr. Z on staying out of the media or sending the wrong message.

3 posted on 09/26/2024 12:11:48 PM PDT by Red6

To: ChicagoConservative27

God forgive me but I hate Lindsey Graham. He is the worst human imaginable, a faggoty warmonger with soft hands.

4 posted on 09/26/2024 12:14:47 PM PDT by wildcard_redneck (He who sacrifices freedom for security deserves neither.)

To: Cen-Tejas

The “lost” money is seldom really lost.

It’s just appropriated in ways where they do not want public transparency.

5 posted on 09/26/2024 12:15:55 PM PDT by Red6

To: ChicagoConservative27

Graham playing both sides in front of the camera to make it sound like he’s concerned. Has he complained about all the other times Zelensky has flown here on his begging tours, or spoken to Congress? He’s a snake. I’m surprised he wasn’t there for the photo-op. During the Cold War, I would have expected him to have been a double-agent. That’s how he works.

6 posted on 09/26/2024 12:16:48 PM PDT by mass55th (“Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway.” ― John Wayne)

To: wildcard_redneck

7 posted on 09/26/2024 12:16:53 PM PDT by Red6

To: ChicagoConservative27

I guess “mistake” is what we’re calling corruption these days.

8 posted on 09/26/2024 12:18:55 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)

To: Cen-Tejas

Graham is full of crap. He’s only bothered by the poor political optics of the Zelensky visit. Graham himself had probably already lined up a Zelensky visit to Boeing in South Carolina, complete with a private bathhouse session.

To: ChicagoConservative27

There is no such thing as a mistake, it’s all premeditated carelessness.

10 posted on 09/26/2024 12:22:05 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)

To: ChicagoConservative27

Limp wristed Lindsey congressional military industrial complex himself in the flesh doesn’t want any bad light shining on his war for profit.

11 posted on 09/26/2024 12:25:23 PM PDT by Manic_Episode (A government of the government, by the government, for the government)

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