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2019-10-05 Home Front: Politix
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) warned Ukraine 's Zelensky to back off Biden's
Projection alert !
[The Hill] While choosing his words carefully, Murphy made clear ‐ by his own account ‐ that Ukraine currently enjoyed bipartisan support for its U.S. aid but that could be jeopardized if the new president acquiesced to requests by President Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani to investigate past corruption allegations involving Americans, including former Vice President Joe Biden’s family.

Murphy boasted after the meeting that he told the new Ukrainian leader that U.S. aid was his country’s "most important asset" and it would be viewed as election meddling and "disastrous for long-term U.S.-Ukraine relations" to bend to the wishes of Trump and Giuliani.

"I told Zelensky that he should not insert himself or his government into American politics. I cautioned him that complying with the demands of the President's campaign representatives to investigate a political rival of the President would gravely damage the U.S.-Ukraine relationship. There are few things that Republicans and Democrats agree on in Washington these days, and support for Ukraine is one of them," Murphy told me today, confirming what he told Ukraine's leader.

The implied message did not require an interpreter for Zelensky to understand: Investigate the Ukraine dealings of Joe Biden and his son Hunter, and you jeopardize Democrats' support for future U.S. aid to Kiev.

The Murphy anecdote is a powerful reminder that, since at least 2016, Democrats repeatedly have exerted pressure on Ukraine, a key U.S. ally for buffering Russia, to meddle in U.S. politics and elections.
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Posted by Besoeker 2019-10-05 05:49|| || Front Page|| [19 views ]  Top

#1 If the eminent Murphy was told he's going full Taras Bulba, would he even get the reference?
Posted by g(r)omgoru 2019-10-05 06:20||   2019-10-05 06:20|| Front Page Top

#2 but, but I'm not bald.....
Posted by Hon. Moiphy 2019-10-05 08:26||   2019-10-05 08:26|| Front Page Top

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