White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki accused GOP Senator Josh Hawley of ‘parroting Russian talking points’ after he stated his own objection to Ukraine being invited into the NATO alliance.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki accused GOP Senator Josh Hawley of ‘parroting Russian talking points’ after he stated his own objection to Ukraine being invited into the NATO alliance.
The Details: Hawley had stated that inviting Ukraine into the alliance would simply not be in the interest of the U.S. and would actively undermine attempts to counterbalance China in the Pacific.
Former President George W. Bush had previously vowed that Ukraine and Georgia would eventually become members of the alliance in 2008, although no concrete plan for how this would happen was ever adopted.
NATO’s refusal to officially declare that Ukraine will not be admitted to the alliance in the future is a major point of contention for the Russians, who have repeated requested that Ukraine’s membership in NATO be blocked to decrease security concerns for Russia.
What People are Saying:
Yo, @PressSec just dropped an elbow on Sen. Josh Hawley (R-VA) for parroting Russian disinformation and abandoning democracy.
— Eric Garland (@ericgarland) February 2, 2022
Correct. pic.twitter.com/LGxYkoe1gZ
Look at all the Dems cheering this neocon for using classic right-wing insults to attack Hawley as a "weakling" because he doesn't want to risk war with Russia over NATO in Ukraine.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 2, 2022
This is the Biden WH's favorite pundit. Militarism is almost as popular as censorship among Dems: https://t.co/AK48wqbaKj
All this because Hawley said the US, to diffuse tensions with Russia, should stop trying to build NATO up to Russia's border.
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) February 2, 2022
And of course the tweet goes viral because liberals adore Kinzinger and are drowning in CIA militarism and anti-Russia propaganda from the last 5 years. https://t.co/NYDyJxUlgh
I had been on the fence about Hawley, but this decides it. With enemies like Kinzinger, Senator Hawley must be a terrific guy! https://t.co/1mtYUOCd1J
— Michael Knowles (@michaeljknowles) February 2, 2022