House Intel Chair and lead impeachment manager Adam Schiff was mocked for suggesting Ukraine aid was essential so “that they can fight Russia over there, and we don’t have to fight Russia here,” suggesting a scenario that some interpret as Russia literally invading the United States.
Saagar Enjeti of “The Hill” tweeted:
We’re just going to let this unhinged statement pass?
Do people realize the policy this locks Dems into from here forward..
“The United States aids Ukraine and her people so that they can fight Russia over there, and we don’t have to fight Russia here.”
We're just going to let this unhinged statement pass? Do people realize the policy this locks Dems into from here forward..
"The United States aids Ukraine and her people so that they can fight Russia over there, and we don’t have to fight Russia here.”https://t.co/axC0LATlPe
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) January 22, 2020
Fox News reports Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, suggested at one point that military aid to Ukraine was essential so the U.S. would not have to fight Russians at home, as soldiers did in the videogame “Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2.”
“The United States aids Ukraine and her people so that they can fight Russia over there, and we don’t have to fight Russia here,” Schiff said, drawing rebukes from commentators.
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One Twitter user compared Schiff’s words with Obama telling Mitt Romney the cold war from the 1980s is over.
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"So that we can fight Russia over there and we don’t have to fight Russia here." Adam Schiff
"The 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back." Barack Obama pic.twitter.com/ViRWoKrIYp
— Tim Xeriland (@Xeriland) January 22, 2020
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