{"id":2346378,"date":"2024-09-26T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T20:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-dismisses-gop-criticism-over-zelensky-pennsylvania-visit-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T16:11:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T20:11:37","slug":"white-house-dismisses-gop-criticism-over-zelensky-pennsylvania-visit-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-dismisses-gop-criticism-over-zelensky-pennsylvania-visit-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"White House dismisses GOP criticism over Zelensky Pennsylvania visit &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fwhite-house-dismisses-gop-criticism-over-zelensky-pennsylvania-visit-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=2346378&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>The White House has dismissed Republican criticisms regarding \u200bUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky&#8217;s recent visit \u200cto a Pennsylvania ammunition \u2064factory, which some GOP members allege was a politically \u2064motivated campaign event. They \u2062are questioning whether the visit was funded by U.S.\u2064 taxpayers in violation of federal law. White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre characterized the allegations as a\u200c &#8220;political stunt,&#8221; stating that\u200d it was normal \u2064for Ukraine to engage in such activities during wartime. House Republicans are pushing\u2063 for an \u2063investigation, suggesting that the visit \u200baimed\u2062 to bolster Vice President Kamala Harris&#8217;s political standing. Zelensky\u200d himself has expressed concerns that a second Donald\u2064 Trump administration might escalate global tensions, describing Trump&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-val-demings-planning-to-run-against-sen-rubio-in-florida\/\" title=\"REPORT: Val Demings Planning To Run Against Sen. Rubio In Florida\">potential <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-knows-he-messed-up-on-fracking-at-debate-and-is-now-doing-damage-control-the-daily-wire\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Knows He Messed Up On Fracking At Debate And Is Now Doing Damage Control | The Daily Wire\">running mate<\/a><\/a>, Senator J.D.\u200b Vance, as &#8220;too radical.&#8221;  <\/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\">White House dismisses GOP criticism over Zelensky Pennsylvania visit as &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harris-says-trump-disrespected-sacred-ground-at-arlington-cemetery-for-political-stunt-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Harris says Trump \u2018disrespected sacred ground\u2019 at Arlington Cemetery for \u2018political stunt\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">political stunt&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/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_1768400\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> pushed back against criticism from Republicans who are alleging Democrats effectively sponsored an illegal campaign event in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Pennsylvania\">Pennsylvania<\/a> earlier this week.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163793\/zelensky-pennsylvania-seen-some-republicans-bid-boost-democrats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>visit to a Pennsylvania ammunition factory<\/a> on Sunday was rebuked by Republicans, who are asking for information to determine whether it was &ldquo;politically motivated&rdquo; and paid for by U.S. taxpayers in violation of federal law. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was business as usual for the Ukrainians to request during wartime,&rdquo; press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. &ldquo;We would encourage the House Republicans to drop this. This is a political stunt.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>House Republicans are demanding an investigation into&nbsp;Zelensky&rsquo;s&nbsp;visit to the swing state, questioning whether it was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3163874\/trump-argues-zelensky-wants-harris-win-badly-as-ukrainian-leader-visits-pennsylvania\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">intended to boost<\/a> Vice President Kamala Harris, the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3164910\/house-republicans-demand-investigation-zelensky-visit-politically-motivated-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"first to report\">first to report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian leader has said a second Donald Trump administration could lead to &ldquo;global conflict&rdquo; and described Trump&rsquo;s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), as &ldquo;too radical.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, only Democratic officials toured the factory with Zelensky, prompting a reporter to ask if the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/White-House\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>White House<\/a> made any efforts to make the event bipartisan.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This came from the Ukrainians, not us,&rdquo; Jean-Pierre said. &ldquo;The whole world knows this is someone [Russian President Vladimir] Putin wants dead.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She also said Zelensky met with Republicans in Utah two months ago and that no complaints emerged from that visit. <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With less than six weeks to go before Election Day, Republicans are alleging the intent was clearly for Zelensky to boost Harris&rsquo;s campaign, which they argue would constitute foreign election interference.<\/p>\n<p>House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) is demanding that Zelensky <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3166535\/johnson-demands-zelensky-fire-ukrainian-ambassador-pennsylvania-trip\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"fire\">fire<\/a> the Ukrainian ambassador to the United States for planning the Pennsylvania stop, calling it &ldquo;a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-demands-zelensky-fire-ukrainian-ambassador-after-pennsylvania-trip-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson demands Zelensky fire Ukrainian ambassador after Pennsylvania trip - Washington Examiner\">partisan campaign event designed<\/a> to help Democrats.&rdquo; <\/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_1768400\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1768400\"}});<\/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>White House calls GOP criticism of Zelensky&#8217;s visit a &#8216;political stunt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2635,"featured_media":2346379,"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-pennsylvania.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[37039,41574,32076,32127,8630],"class_list":["post-2346378","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-gop-criticism","tag-pennsylvania-visit","tag-washington-examiner","tag-white-house","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelensky-pennsylvania.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346378","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\/2635"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346378"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346378\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346378"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346378"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346378"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}