{"id":1396798,"date":"2022-03-23T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396798"},"modified":"2022-03-23T16:31:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T20:31:01","slug":"exclusive-mccarthy-says-ukraine-wont-distract-congress-from-americas-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-mccarthy-says-ukraine-wont-distract-congress-from-americas-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"EXCLUSIVE: McCarthy Says Ukraine Won\u2019t Distract Congress From America\u2019s Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fexclusive-mccarthy-says-ukraine-wont-distract-congress-from-americas-problems%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1396798&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><strong>PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL-\u00a0<\/strong>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller that he does not believe the current war in Ukraine will distract members of Congress from also focusing on the ongoing problems in the U.S., such as the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy said he thinks Congress can focus on both Ukraine and issues like the border and the opioid crisis, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/nchs\/pressroom\/nchs_press_releases\/2021\/20211117.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">killed<\/a> over 75,000 Americans in the 12-month timeframe ending in April 2021. Members of Congress have been very much focused on the war between Russia and Ukraine, with some like Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham even <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/03\/sen-lindsey-graham-assassination-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">calling<\/a> for the assassination of Russian President Vladimir Putin after hundreds of Ukrainians have been killed or injured.<\/p>\n<p>The Minority Leader made it clear that he believes Congress can focus on these issues at the same time, saying Republicans have been all over the border crisis and mentioning he first led a congressional delegation to the border in March 2021.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you can do both. And I think from the aspect you\u2019re watching murder there, you can stand up against that. Not one Republican is asking for American men or women to go in there and fight. But they would like to supply them with the weapons so they could defend themselves. But the Republicans have been on the forefront of protecting our border,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/23\/kevin-mccarthy-why-kicked-out-liz-cheney-adam-kinzinger-republican-conference\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McCarthy<\/a> told the Daily Caller.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI remember leading the first delegation down there and coming back, was that February, March? Just in the interviews with the agents I came into the press conference and said we\u2019re catching people on the terrorist watch list. Remember, they said I was lying. Fentanyl is now the number one killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. I think you\u2019ve almost had every single Republican down to the border,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7396805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-7396805\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (L) (R-CA) hugs Rep. Victoria Spartz (R-IN) following a press conference on the State of the Union speech to be delivered by U.S. President Joe Biden later this evening on March 01, 2022 in Washington, DC. Ukrainian born Spartz delivered an emotional appeal for further U.S. support for Ukraine during the press conference. (Photo by Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>McCarthy also said that he doesn\u2019t care what country it is, he does not see how the U.S. can just let innocent children be killed. He did say there are no Republicans who support sending U.S. troops into Ukraine to fight but did, however, say the U.S. should give Ukraine planes so they can create their own no-fly zone. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/02\/three-republicans-vote-against-resolution-supporting-ukraine-rosendale-massie-gosar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Three Republicans Voted Against A Resolution Supporting Ukraine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how you walk away from watching innocent children get killed and don\u2019t care what country it\u2019s in. It\u2019s not who we are, but we\u2019re not sitting saying, go put American men and women. What\u2019s interesting here is that Ukraine isn\u2019t asking for our military, they\u2019re asking for our equipment. And we\u2019ve watched the president fail at this,\u201d McCarthy continued. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/18\/andy-barr-bill-waiving-costs-americans-fleeing-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Barr Introduces Bill Waiving Costs For Americans Fleeing Ukraine)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive them the big planes. They have their own no-fly zone. And from our standpoint as well, let\u2019s secure our borders too,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FL-\u00a0House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy said Wednesday in an exclusive interview with the Daily Caller that he does not believe the current war in Ukraine will distract<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1396798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1396798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}