Stopping aid to Ukraine would mark “a huge setback for the United States” and the nation’s reputation as a leader of the free world, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said, according to the Associated Press.
“Honestly, I think Ronald Reagan would turn in his grave if he saw that we weren’t going to help Ukraine,” the lawmaker said, according to the outlet. “I, for one, remain a Reagan Republican,” he said. “And I think that’s the best path for us going forward. But look, in our democracy, voters make that decision.”
The United States has provided billions of dollars in assistance to help Ukraine as that country fights a Russian invasion, but while some in the GOP, like McConnell, support additional aid for the Eastern European nation, other Republicans oppose it. .
McConnell took office as a United States senator in 1985, during Reagan’s tenure in the White House. His current term will end in early 2027.
Former President Donald Trump blamed McConnell earlier this week after Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron (R) lost the Bluegrass State gubernatorial race to incumbent Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear.
“Daniel Cameron lost because he couldn’t alleviate the stench of Mitch McConnell,” Trump wrote about social truth. “I told him from the beginning that this is a big burden to overcome. McConnell and Romney are kryptonite for Republican candidates. I raised it 25 points, but the relationship with McConnell was ‘too much to bear.'”
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