{"id":2514132,"date":"2025-11-24T16:42:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-spars-with-mcconnell-over-ukraine-peace-plan\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T16:44:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T21:44:03","slug":"vance-spars-with-mcconnell-over-ukraine-peace-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vance-spars-with-mcconnell-over-ukraine-peace-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Vance spars with McConnell over Ukraine peace plan"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fvance-spars-with-mcconnell-over-ukraine-peace-plan%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=2514132&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>Teh article discusses a public dispute between Vice President JD Vance and retiring Senator Mitch McConnell regarding the White House&#8217;s efforts to negotiate peace in the Ukraine conflict. mcconnell criticized President Trump and his management, accusing them of effectively aiding Russian President Vladimir Putin by supporting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-republicans-urge-biden-to-keep-embassy-in-jerusalem\/\" title=\"House Republicans Urge Biden to Keep Embassy in Jerusalem\">peace plan<\/a> that could reward Russian aggression and resemble a capitulation similar to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. In response, Vance condemned McConnell&#8217;s remarks as a baseless attack and defended the president&#8217;s team for working to resolve the situation left by McConnell&#8217;s previous foreign policy decisions. The article also highlights reactions from other Republican figures, including Senate primary candidates and Donald Trump Jr., who sided with Vance and criticized McConnell&#8217;s stance as out of touch with current GOP priorities. The peace plan under <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >negotiation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congresswoman-says-democrats-must-defeat-gop-in-2022-to-preserve-democracy\/\" title=\"Democratic Congresswoman Says Democrats Must Defeat GOP In 2022 To Preserve Democracy\">reportedly includes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-pompeo-we-defended-israel-brought-iran-to-its-knees-biden-reversing-historic-progress\/\" title=\"Mike Pompeo: \u2018We Defended Israel\u2019, Brought Iran \u2018to Its Knees\u2019 \u2014 Biden Reversing \u2018Historic ...\u2019\">territorial concessions<\/a><\/a> to Russia and remains unfinished, drawing skepticism from some European allies and political figures. Despite the controversy, Trump expressed cautious optimism about possible progress in the peace talks.  <\/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\">Vance spars with McConnell over &lsquo;ridiculous attack&rsquo; on Ukraine peace plan<\/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\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2410425\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Vice President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\/\">JD Vance<\/a> criticized retiring Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitch-mcconnell\/\">Mitch McConnell<\/a> (R-KY) on Monday for verbally attacking the White House&rsquo;s efforts to secure peace in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\/\">Ukraine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>McConnell accused President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> of playing into Russian President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\/\">Vladimir Putin<\/a>&lsquo;s hands on the developing peace plan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897012\/kathy-hochul-new-york-city-better-place-cordial-trump-zohran-mamdani-meeting\/\">Hochul says New York City is in &#8216;better place&#8217; after cordial Trump-Mamdani meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897178\/watch-live-trump-signs-executive-order-white-house\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump signs executive order from White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897025\/trump-visit-china-april-plans-xi-jinping-state-visit\/\">Trump to visit China in April with plans to host Xi for state visit later next year<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Putin has spent the entire year trying to play President Trump for a fool. If Administration officials are more concerned with appeasing Putin than securing real peace, then the President ought to find new advisors,&rdquo; McConnell, 83, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SenMcConnell\/status\/1991993757303288242\">said in a statement<\/a> on Friday. &ldquo;Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America&rsquo;s interests. And a capitulation like Biden&rsquo;s abandonment of Afghanistan would be catastrophic to a legacy of peace through strength.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Vance did not appreciate his former Senate colleague&rsquo;s remarks.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is a ridiculous attack on the president&rsquo;s team, which has worked tirelessly to clean up the mess in Ukraine that Mitch&mdash;always eager to write blank checks to Biden&rsquo;s foreign policy&mdash;left us,&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JDVance\/status\/1993018987970474403\">wrote on X<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Vance then wondered if the three Republican primary candidates seeking to succeed McConnell in the Senate next year share the same views on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Those candidates are former Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, Rep. Andy Barr (R-KY), and pro-Trump businessman Nate Morris. As of Monday afternoon, Morris was the only one to respond to Vance&rsquo;s message on social media.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mitch McConnell is 100% wrong on Ukraine. Mitch has offered no plan or vision to find peace between Ukraine and Russia, only more endless war and more attacks on President Trump,&rdquo; Morris <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/NateMorris\/status\/1993020903685341207\">said<\/a>. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m running for Senate because Kentucky deserves an America First Senator, not Mitch McConnell 2.0.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump Jr. also weighed in on McConnell&rsquo;s comments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Mitch is just bitter and lashing out against my father because he&rsquo;s mad that Republican voters have rejected his globalist agenda on just about everything and want to put America First!&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DonaldJTrumpJr\/status\/1993012655460933962?s=20\">wrote <\/a>on X.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP infighting on foreign policy comes as the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> works to negotiate peace between Russia and Ukraine ahead of a Thanksgiving deadline issued by Trump. Critics, such as McConnell, view the proposal as in favor of Russia because it reportedly includes the aggressor&rsquo;s demands, such as territorial concessions from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Mirroring the 20-point peace plan between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, the Ukraine peace plan has not been finalized yet. The initial draft of the plan reportedly totaled 28 points, but it appears that a revised draft now features 19 points.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/foreign-policy\/3896361\/rubio-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-geneva-productive\/\">RUBIO HAILS RUSSIA-UKRAINE PEACE TALKS IN GENEVA AS &lsquo;MOST PRODUCTIVE AND MEANINGFUL&rsquo; YET<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Despite opposition to his administration&rsquo;s peace plan from European leaders allied with Ukraine, Trump remains hopeful the deal will come to fruition.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Is it really possible that big progress is being made in Peace Talks between Russia and Ukraine???&rdquo; he <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115604227117479754\">wrote <\/a>on Truth Social early Monday. &ldquo;Don&rsquo;t believe it until you see it, but something good just may be happening. GOD BLESS AMERICA!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/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>Vance clashes with McConnell over Ukraine peace plan criticism<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2159,"featured_media":2514133,"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\/2025\/11\/image-collage-gplvzxtji-1764016310336-e1764016408770.jpg?1763999899&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[53089,50007,37043,6991,15469],"class_list":["post-2514132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-mcconnell-2","tag-peace-plan","tag-political-debate","tag-ukraine","tag-vance"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-gplvzxtji-1764016310336-e1764016408770.jpg?1763999899&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514132","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\/2159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514132"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514136,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514132\/revisions\/2514136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}