{"id":2345769,"date":"2024-09-25T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-and-cornyn-urge-zelensky-to-stay-out-of-american-politics-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-25T13:09:50","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T17:09:50","slug":"thune-and-cornyn-urge-zelensky-to-stay-out-of-american-politics-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thune-and-cornyn-urge-zelensky-to-stay-out-of-american-politics-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Thune and Cornyn urge Zelensky to \u2018stay out\u2019 of American politics &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fthune-and-cornyn-urge-zelensky-to-stay-out-of-american-politics-washington-examiner%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=2345769&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>Top Senate Republicans have urged\u2063 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u200d to refrain\u2064 from interfering in American politics following his critical comments about Donald Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance. During his visit to the U.S. for the United Nations General \u200cAssembly, Zelensky\u200b has been\u2063 promoting his &#8220;victory plan&#8221; to conclude the war with \u200dRussia, \u200dwhich has sparked backlash \u200bamong Republicans, \u2064a \u2062group\u2062 he relies on for military support. Senator John Thune emphasized that Zelensky&#8217;s involvement in\u200b American \u200bpolitical discourse is inappropriate during election season. The tensions were\u200d exacerbated by Zelensky&#8217;s recent visit to\u200c a munitions plant in Pennsylvania, perceived by some Republicans \u2063as an act of election interference. Lawmakers expressed \u200bconcern that such actions \u200ccould jeopardize Ukraine&#8217;s support among U.S. officials.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Top Senate Republicans urge Zelensky to &lsquo;stay out&rsquo; of American politics<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1768782\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The front-runners to replace Senate Minority Leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) urged Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/volodymyr-zelensky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> to &ldquo;stay out&rdquo; of American politics after he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-does-this-image-show-several-public-figures-wearing-keep-america-trumpless-shirts\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Does This Image Show Several Public Figures Wearing \u2018Keep America Trumpless\u2019 Shirts?\">made comments critical<\/a> of former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Zelensky, in the United States for the United Nations General Assembly, has been presenting U.S. officials with his &ldquo;victory plan&rdquo; to end the war against Russia. But his visit has simultaneously antagonized Republicans, whose support is needed for future military assistance.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with the<em> New Yorker<\/em>, Zelensky called Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/the-new-yorker-interview\/volodymyr-zelensky-has-a-plan-for-ukraines-victory?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=9\/25\/24%20%20AM:&amp;utm_term=Punchbowl%20AM%20and%20Active%20Subscribers%20from%20Memberful%20Combined\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>too radical<\/a>&rdquo; over his views on Ukraine while suggesting that Trump&rsquo;s plan to end the war in a single day was nothing more than a campaign slogan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it would be advisable for him to stay out of American politics,&rdquo; Senate Minority Whip John Thune (R-SD) told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;They have their differences on some issues, but it&rsquo;s not his place to litigate that here in the middle of an American election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The warning comes ahead of Zelensky&rsquo;s visit to Capitol Hill on Thursday. He has the support of Senate leadership, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/2976798\/mcconnell-setback-isolationist-republicans-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>including McConnell<\/a>, but the GOP conference is still stinging over the roughly $60 billion in foreign aid Washington approved earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-crushes-trump-wait-trump-smashes-desantis-polls-are-useless-nowadays\/\" title=\"DeSantis Crushes Trump! Wait, Trump Smashes DeSantis! Polls Are Useless Nowadays\">sizable minority<\/a> of Senate Republicans voted against the package in April, questioning the value of the funding without a clear off-ramp to the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>Those wounds were reopened on Sunday when Zelensky visited a munitions plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The visit was billed as a thank-you to the workers helping with Ukraine&rsquo;s war effort, but Republicans called the trip &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-asserts-he-had-every-right-to-interfere-with-2020-election-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump asserts he had \u2018every right\u2019 to interfere with 2020 election - Washington Examiner\">election interference&#038;rdquo<\/a>; in a swing state.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, left, is watched by Rich Hansen, the commander&rsquo;s representative for the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, while signing military ordnance in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2024. (Office of the Ukrainian Presidency via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I think that was a monumental blunder for Zelensky to get involved in American politics,&rdquo; said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), an adviser to McConnell. &ldquo;I mean, it&rsquo;s just not very smart. Ukraine needs all the friends it can get.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Both Cornyn and Thune are running to replace McConnell as GOP leader next year.<\/p>\n<p>Thune doubted there is an appetite to give Ukraine additional support in Congress, though he judged that the Biden administration could draw from existing funds in the near term.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I doubt it. We just don&rsquo;t have the bandwidth to deal with it,&rdquo; Cornyn added in a separate interview.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration&rsquo;s authority to send $6 billion in equipment will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2024\/09\/24\/white-house-ukraine-military-aid-00180780\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>expire<\/a> at the end of the month.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When asked about Zelensky&rsquo;s remarks on Wednesday, Vance sidestepped his criticism but said all options must be considered in negotiating an end to the war, presumably including Ukraine ceding some land to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He&rsquo;s going to negotiate an end to the conflict,&rdquo; Vance said of Trump. &ldquo;And of course, everything is going to be on the table, but I think nothing is going to be definitively on the table.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>Marisa Schultz contributed to this story.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1768782\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1768782\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top Senate Republicans advise Zelensky to avoid U.S. politics<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2345770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelensky-thune-cornyn-1024x592.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33567,22362,23610,8630],"class_list":["post-2345769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-american-politics","tag-cornyn","tag-thune","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelensky-thune-cornyn-1024x592.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345769","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2345769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2345769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2345770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2345769"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2345769"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2345769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}