On Thursday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Sen. Angus King (I-ME) said that there are an “unsustainable number of people that are coming to the border” but “it’s really sort of illogical to connect border security with aid for Ukraine.” And “Ukraine is critical.”
King stated, “I am concerned, because it’s really sort of illogical to connect border security with aid for Ukraine. They’re two very separate issues. Ukraine is critical. To back away, to leave Ukraine to the tender embrace of Vladimir Putin would be a historic, and I mean historic mistake that would haunt this country for generations. It would undermine our credibility around the world with our allies. It would certainly destabilize Europe. It would open the door in Eastern Europe to Putin’s ambitions. It would be a huge mistake. Now, having said all of that, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) and Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) and others are working on something on the border, and if it can be narrowed to the point where it does indeed increase border security, I think both sides might be able to come together on a principle like that. Both — people on both sides of the aisle believe in…
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