{"id":1710596,"date":"2022-10-25T15:03:01","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T19:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1710596"},"modified":"2022-10-25T15:03:18","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T19:03:18","slug":"that-was-quick-progressives-pull-ukraine-peace-letter-after-democratic-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/that-was-quick-progressives-pull-ukraine-peace-letter-after-democratic-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"That Was Quick: Progressives Pull Ukraine Peace Letter After Democratic Backlash"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fthat-was-quick-progressives-pull-ukraine-peace-letter-after-democratic-backlash%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=1710596&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>That was quick.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/leftists-push-biden-to-rethink-ukraine-strategy-seek-diplomatic-end-with-moscow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">withdrew its letter<\/a> demanding that the Biden administration open diplomatic discussions between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/scientists-want-feds-to-impose-stricter-regs-for-research-into-pathogens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine and Russia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The CPC issued the letter Monday, but its chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) blamed staffers for sending the letter without properly vetting or considering its timing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Congressional Progressive Caucus hereby withdraws its recent letter to the White House regarding Ukraine,\u201d Jayapal <a href=\"https:\/\/progressives.house.gov\/press-releases?ID=5E8128B9-75AC-4E00-8738-24D9951BB606#:~:text=October%2025%2C%202022&#038;text=%E2%80%9CThe%20Congressional%20Progressive%20Caucus%20hereby,I%20accept%20responsibility%20for%20this.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal, who bills herself as a friend of working-class Americans, promptly threw the schlepps working for her on Capitol Hill under the bus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe letter was drafted several months ago, but unfortunately was released by staff without vetting,\u201d she added. \u201cAs Chair of the Caucus, I accept responsibility for this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The original letter called upon President Joe Biden to change strategy on the Russian-Ukraine war and to begin a \u201cproactive diplomatic push, redoubling efforts to seek a realistic framework for a ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In reaction, establishment Democrats, directly and indirectly, criticized the CPC for its actions.<\/p>\n<p>Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-VA), for example, rebuked anybody who even suggests that Ukraine or the U.S. could engage in good-faith negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot engage in magical thinking regarding the nature of the Russian threat,\u201d Connolly <a href=\"https:\/\/connolly.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=4640\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>. \u201cRussia has lied about its intentions in Ukraine and overturned international agreements fundamental to safeguarding peace on the European continent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The congressman made his statements from Croatia, where he joined Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, who announced plans for even more funding for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongress has secured over $60 billion in security, economic, humanitarian and budget assistance for Ukraine, including twelve and a third billion just weeks ago,\u201d Pelosi said. \u201cAnd more will be on the way when we pass our omnibus funding bill this fall.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Connolly also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/minutes\/congress\/10-25-2022\/pelosis-ukraine-vow\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>, \u201cUkraine has our support now and until victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jayapal also noted that the progressive letter made it seem as if the CPC was expressing bipartisanship with the GOP when it came to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause of the timing, our message is being conflated by some as being equivalent to the recent statement by Republican Leader McCarthy threatening an end to aid to Ukraine if Republicans take over,\u201d Jayapal said, noting that the letter \u201ccreated the unfortunate appearance that Democrats \u2026 are somehow aligned with Republicans who seek to pull the plug on American support for President Zelensky and the Ukrainian forces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, progressives believe that it\u2019s better to support the war than to \u201calign\u201d with Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever happened to the anti-war Left of yesteryear? Did they ever actually exist? Considering their absence during the Obama years and their utter silence-turned-cowardice as displayed by the CPC,\u00a0 it would appear not.<\/p>\n<p><em>The views expressed in this piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That was quick. On Tuesday, the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) withdrew its letter demanding that the Biden administration open diplomatic discussions between Ukraine and Russia. The CPC issued the letter Monday, but its chair Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) blamed staffers for sending the letter without properly vetting or considering its timing. \u201cThe Congressional Progressive Caucus hereby &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1710599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1710596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710596","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1710596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1710596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1710599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1710596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1710596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1710596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}