Sen. Bernie Sanders Calls Trump Out For Meeting With Zelenskyy, Condemns Oligarchy
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Sanders also offered advice to Democrats, who he claimed "have been playing dead for too many years."
In a scathing interview on Sunday, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) condemned President Donald Trump’s meeting chastising Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy and doubled down on referring to Trump’s administration as an oligarchy.
“Zelenskyy is leading a country, trying to defend democracy against an authoritarian dictator, Putin, who invaded his country. I think millions of Americans are embarrassed, are ashamed, that you have a president of the United States who says that Ukraine started the war, that Zelenskyy is a dictator. He’s got it exactly backwards,” Sanders told NBC News’ Kristen Welker on “Meet The Press.” He also said it was a “horrific suggestion” for Republicans to call for Zelenskyy’s resignation.
“The people of Ukraine have lost tens of thousands of soldiers. Their cities are being bombed as we speak. And our job is to defend the 250-year tradition that we have of being the democratic leader of the world, not turn our backs on a struggling country that is trying to do the right thing,” Sanders added.
On Friday, Trump, Vice President JD Vance and a member of the right-wing media berated Zelenskyy during his Oval Office visit in which they were due to talk about a mineral rights deal following aid that America gave to Ukraine when Russian dictator Vladimir Putin launched a full-fledged invasion of the country beginning in February 2022.
(It’s worth noting that Trump baselessly called Zelenskyy a dictator last month. However, ironically, Trump has repeatedly praised Putin and other well-known dictators.)
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