{"id":2346428,"date":"2024-09-26T17:55:10","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-flanked-by-harris-during-dc-visit-to-make-victory-pitch-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-26T17:56:17","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T21:56:17","slug":"zelensky-flanked-by-harris-during-dc-visit-to-make-victory-pitch-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/zelensky-flanked-by-harris-during-dc-visit-to-make-victory-pitch-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Zelensky flanked by Harris during DC visit to make victory pitch &#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\">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%2Fzelensky-flanked-by-harris-during-dc-visit-to-make-victory-pitch-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=2346428&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>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky concluded a high-stakes visit to\u200b Washington, where he engaged in critical discussions with U.S. \u200cleaders, including Vice President\u200c Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden.\u200c During his visit, Zelensky expressed gratitude for ongoing U.S. support while \u2063urging for the capability to launch more offensive operations against Russia using American weapons. Following a press conference where he emphasized the importance of U.S. coordination for Ukraine&#8217;s success in the war, Zelensky faced mounting tensions with former President Donald\u200b Trump, \u200bwho\u200d criticized him during a campaign\u2063 event.<\/p>\n<p>Amid this \u200cbackdrop, the Biden administration announced an\u2063 additional $8 billion in\u2062 military aid, as lawmakers called for more\u2063 action to allow longer-range strikes against\u200b Russian positions. Zelensky&#8217;s meetings with bipartisan lawmakers emphasized a unified request for\u2064 enhancing support \u200bin the face of grievances regarding the pace of aid from the\u2063 Biden administration. Both Democratic\u200d and Republican \u2062senators agreed that giving\u2063 Ukraine the necessary \u2064tools and permission for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-insists-on-territorial-integrity-as-talks-loom\/\" title=\"Ukraine insists on territorial integrity as talks loom\">counter-offensive actions<\/a> could help\u2063 expedite an end\u200c to the conflict. The visit highlighted \u200bthe intertwining of U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/persecution-fears-rise-as-biden-backs-away-from-religious-freedom-abroad\/\" title=\"Persecution Fears Rise as Biden Backs Away From Religious Freedom Abroad\">foreign policy interests<\/a> with Ukraine&#8217;s military situation and Biden&#8217;s\u200b balancing \u200cact \u200bof providing military support while managing\u200b relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin.  <\/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\">Zelensky flanked by Harris during DC visit to make victory pitch: &lsquo;This war can be won&rsquo;<\/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>Ukrainian President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3167169\/as-zelensky-meets-with-biden-and-harris-he-learns-he-has-a-new-enemy-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\">Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> capped off a U.S. trip on Thursday with high-stakes meetings on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3167543\/zelensky-pleads-looser-weapons-restrictions-private-senate-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Capitol Hill\">Capitol Hill<\/a> and at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3167669\/watch-live-harris-joins-zelensky-white-house-press-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Volodymyr Zelensky\">White House<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The wartime foreign leader expressed public gratitude to leaders in Washington for their continued support but was resolute behind closed doors in his request to strike deeper into Russia with American weapons.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s crucial for us to be fully understandable and to work in full coordination with the United States,&rdquo; Zelensky said in brief remarks to reporters after meeting in the Oval Office with President Joe Biden. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m thankful for the bipartisan support. We believe this war can be won and just peace can be close only with the United States.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky was flanked by Vice President Kamala Harris but not Biden, a notable approach as Harris seeks to become the next occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, during a Thursday press conference. The White House used the same tactic when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited in July.<\/p>\n<p>Harris noted it was her seventh time meeting with Zelensky and vowed that U.S. support for Ukraine would remain unwavering as part of a foreign policy strategy to maintain U.S. dominance on the world stage.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Isolation is not insulation,&rdquo; she said. &ldquo;So then, the United States supports Ukraine, not out of charity, but because it is in our strategic interest.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3167169\/as-zelensky-meets-with-biden-and-harris-he-learns-he-has-a-new-enemy-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"tensions escalated\">tensions escalated<\/a> between Zelensky and former President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>On the campaign trail this week, Trump criticized Zelensky to supporters as &ldquo;the greatest salesman on Earth&rdquo; for securing more than $100 billion in U.S. aid since the start of the war and accused him of &ldquo;making little nasty aspersions toward your favorite president, me.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>While a meeting between the two seemed to be up in the air, Trump announced Thursday afternoon that they would meet Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration unveiled a new $8 billion weapons package on Thursday that it will provide as part of money already approved by Congress. Biden said he directed the Defense Department to allocate the remaining funding that has been appropriated by the end of his term in January 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The pledge and Zelensky&rsquo;s plea to go on offense in Russia came amid bipartisan angst in Congress over Biden&rsquo;s refusal to allow longer-range strikes against military depots with U.S. weaponry over fears of retaliation from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Lawmakers, particularly Republicans, have increasingly blamed Biden for &ldquo;slow-walking&rdquo; the disbursement of money that Congress has allocated.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/carson-points-out-that-every-democratic-plan-has-backfired-in-trumps-favor-as-seen-in-the-bible-2\/\" title=\"Carson points out that every Democratic plan has backfired in Trump&#039;s favor, as seen in the Bible\">vice president&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s ceremonial office inside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier in the day, Zelensky met on Capitol Hill with Republicans and Democrats from both chambers. He stood firm in his request to use such long-range weapons, according to senators, and those in attendance agreed that the administration should grant Ukraine the green light.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The administration has been a strong ally, but it needs to give him both the tools and the permission he needs to strike the Russians deeper inside that country,&rdquo; Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that senators &ldquo;made some suggestions for how [Zelensky] can be more persuasive with [Biden].&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The longer that we slow-walk the weapons and put restrictions on their ability to use them against Russian stockpiles, energy resources, and the like, the longer this war will go on,&rdquo; said Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), a candidate to be the next Senate GOP leader.<\/p>\n<p>The sentiments were similarly expressed by the chamber&rsquo;s second-ranking member, Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), who said the U.S. &ldquo;must continue to push for the resources, equipment, and flexibility necessary to prevail against Russian tyranny.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky&rsquo;s Washington visit was preceded by a speech billed as a victory plan at the United Nations General Assembly in New York and a stop at a munitions factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, to thank workers at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>But between the battleground state visit that was accompanied by Democratic officials and a swipe at Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) that he was &ldquo;too radical&rdquo; on Ukraine, Zelensky&rsquo;s U.S. trip came against the backdrop of GOP accusations of meddling in U.S. elections. The moments only exacerbated already terse relations with Trump.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back at the White House, Harris rebuked those in the GOP who have opposed recent U.S. military aid to Ukraine or who have suggested the sovereign nation cede part of its territory to Russia to end the war. She did not name any Republicans, but her intended targets were clear: Trump and Vance.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There are some in my country who would instead force Ukraine to give up large parts of its sovereign territory, who demand that Ukraine accept neutrality, and would require Ukraine to forgo security relationships with other nations,&rdquo; Harris said. &ldquo;They are not proposals for peace. Instead, they are proposals for surrender.&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>Zelensky, joined by Harris, visits DC to assert: &#8216;This war can be won.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3108,"featured_media":2346429,"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-pitch-washington-ukraine-aid.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[33873,4021,41807,32076,8630],"class_list":["post-2346428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-dc-visit","tag-harris","tag-victory-pitch","tag-washington-examiner","tag-zelensky"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/zelensky-pitch-washington-ukraine-aid.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346428","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\/3108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2346428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2346428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2346429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2346428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2346428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2346428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}