{"id":1871757,"date":"2023-03-08T12:58:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T17:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-pumps-the-brakes-on-zelenskys-invite-to-visit-ukraine\/"},"modified":"2023-03-08T12:59:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T17:59:37","slug":"mccarthy-pumps-the-brakes-on-zelenskys-invite-to-visit-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-pumps-the-brakes-on-zelenskys-invite-to-visit-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy pumps the brakes on Zelensky&#8217;s invite to visit Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><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%2Fmccarthy-pumps-the-brakes-on-zelenskys-invite-to-visit-ukraine%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=1871757&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-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_77522146\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"CIA director: US 'confident' China is 'considering' Russia's lethal aid requests\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The United States is \" confident that china is sending lethal aid to russia for its war against ukraine cia director william burns said in a new interview. made the comments an interview with cbs face nation airing sunday one week after u.s. secretary of state antony blinken began publicly accusing beijing considering such step. warnings which argued were deterrence effort come as struggles continue presenting itself neutral peace broker russia-ukraine while maintaining limits partnership moscow.>               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT2M26S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-02-27 18:21:16\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/localimages\/1248337_th_1677522125.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1248337.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_77522146\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1248337\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">H<\/span>Use the Speaker <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kevin-mccarthy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin McCarthy<\/a> (R-CA), indicated that he does not have any immediate plans for visiting. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> After being invited by the Ukrainian President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Zelensky invited McCarthy to visit war-torn Ukraine, just as the other members of Congress did. This suggested that it could help him formulate his political views on Ukraine. McCarthy responded to the invitation by stating that he was opposed to giving Ukraine &#8220;a second chance.&#8221;<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/patriotism-unity\/kevin-mccarthy-reiterates-support-for-ukraine-but-not-a-blank-check\">blank check<\/a>.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/mccarthy-defends-release-jan-6-footage-tucker-carlson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MCCARTHY DEFENDS RELEASE OF JAN. 6 FOOTAGE TO TUCKER CARLSON<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has to come here to see how we work, what&#8217;s happening here, what war caused us, which people are fighting now, who are fighting now, and then, after that, make your assumptions,&#8221; Zelensky <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/03\/08\/politics\/zelensky-mccarthy-ukraine\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said to<\/a> CNN&#8217;s Wolf Blitzer in an interview. &#8220;I think that Speaker McCarthy, he never visited Kyiv or Ukraine, and I think it would help him with his position.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>McCarthy had a brief conversation with Zelenksy while he was visiting the United States. But, McCarthy is still dealing with the split caucus regarding funding for Ukraine. Members such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R.GA), have been critical about the assistance given to Kyiv. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s be very clear about what I said: no blank checks, OK? So, from that perspective, I don&#8217;t have to go to Ukraine to understand where there&#8217;s a blank check or not,&#8221; McCarthy stated that he had no plans to travel to Ukraine when questioned by CNN. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I will continue to get my briefings and others, but I don&#8217;t have to go to Ukraine or Kyiv to see it. 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