{"id":1887001,"date":"2023-03-14T16:28:22","date_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-pushes-back-against-republican-skepticism-of-ukraine-support\/"},"modified":"2023-03-14T16:30:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T20:30:01","slug":"lindsey-graham-pushes-back-against-republican-skepticism-of-ukraine-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lindsey-graham-pushes-back-against-republican-skepticism-of-ukraine-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Graham pushes back against Republican skepticism of Ukraine support"},"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%2Flindsey-graham-pushes-back-against-republican-skepticism-of-ukraine-support%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=1887001&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:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/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\">S<\/span>en. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC), tacitly refuted skepticism about U.S. support <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine<\/a> From a cacophony 2024 GOP aspirants. <\/p>\n<p>Tucker Carlson, Fox News&#8217; host, read responses from potential 2024 candidates on Monday. He revealed that many of them, including former President Donald Trump, were not eligible. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/desantis-says-defending-ukraine-not-a-key-us-interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL)<\/a>They were either apathetic or opposed to increasing support for the war-torn country, arguing that Ukraine&#8217;s affairs were not in their national interest. Graham warned against repeating &#8220;the mistakes of the past.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"512\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"430\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina is seen at a hearing held on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, March 22, 2022.                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/desantis-says-defending-ukraine-not-a-key-us-interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DESANTIS SAYS THAT DEFENDING UKRAINE ABOUT RUSSIA ISN&#8217;T A KEY US INTEREST<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To those who believe that Russia&#8217;s unprovoked and barbaric invasion of Ukraine is not a priority for the United States \u2014 you are missing a lot. The last time someone in Europe claimed the land of others, and tried to take it by force of arms, was Adolf Hitler&#8217;s attempt to build a Third Reich. Those who miscalculated Hitler&#8217;s intentions paved the way for a wider war,&#8221; The senator tweeted. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To those who believe that Russia&#8217;s unprovoked and barbaric invasion of Ukraine is not a priority for the United States \u2013 you are missing a lot.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1635686665938149376?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2023<\/a>              <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>               <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Graham has supported more hawkish foreign policy positions for many years. Recently, Graham called for a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/lindsey-graham-floats-bill-drug-cartels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A hard-line approach<\/a> Mexican drug cartels. He <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=cMDv7XJY2qE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">endorsed<\/a> Trump during the 2024 election. Carlson was informed by Trump that Trump did not consider opposition to Russia&#8217;s war on Ukraine as an issue. &#8220;a vital American national strategic interest.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We asked each potential GOP presidential candidate for 2024 to answer six questions about the war in Ukraine. You can find their complete answers below, as promised. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tjcM4w54cR\">pic.twitter.com\/tjcM4w54cR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tucker Carlson (@TuckerCarlson) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TuckerCarlson\/status\/1635442071073955841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2023<\/a>              <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>               <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>DeSantis, whose foreign policies are somewhat obscure, made headlines. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign\/desantis-says-defending-ukraine-not-a-key-us-interest\">It is possible to suggest<\/a> That &#8220;becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia&#8221; This would not be in America\u2019s national interest. <\/p>\n<p>Graham, without naming names, recalled the history between Russia &#038; Ukraine and warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s military campaign would not end at Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Ukraine willingly gave up their nuclear weapons in 1994 in exchange for Russia&#8217;s recognition of Ukraine&#8217;s territorial sovereignty, which included Crimea,&#8221; The South Carolina Republican stated. &#8220;Putin is openly saying that his long-term goal is to recreate the old Russian empire and he has no intention of stopping in Ukraine.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE ABOUT THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Other Republicans such as Sens. Marco Rubio (R\u2013FL), has also <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/rubio-rejects-desantis-assertion-war-ukraine-territorial-dispute\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Rebutted<\/a> Some of the 2024 candidates&#8217; views on Ukraine illustrate a growing divide within party members over how to manage Russia&#8217;s belligerence. <\/p>\n<p>All 2024 hopefuls did not downplay Ukraine&#8217;s importance in U.S. foreign policies. For example, Mike Pence, former Vice President, said that &#8220;victory for Ukraine&#8221; This should be the goal. Graham&#8217;s colleague, Senator Tim Scott (R.S.C.), stressed the same. &#8220;degrading the Russian military is in our vital national interest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/lindsey-graham-pushes-back-ukraine-skepticism-gop\">Lindsey Graham rebukes Republican Skepticism about Ukraine Support<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) tacitly rebutted skepticism over U.S. support for Ukraine from a cacophony of 2024 GOP aspirants. On Monday, Fox News host Tucker Carlson read responses from potential 2024 contenders, revealing that many of them, such as former President Donald Trump and Gov. 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