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Zelenskyy’s visit to Pennsylvania weapons factory upsets speaker as Trump continues attacks on Ukrainian president

The US House speaker, Mike Johnson, has demanded that Ukraine fire its ambassador to Washington as the feud between Donald Trump and Volodymr Zelenskyy escalated and Republicans accused the Ukrainian leader of election interference.

In a public letter, Johnson demanded that Zelenskyy fire the Ukrainian ambassador, Oksana Markarova, over a visit to a munitions factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, last week where the Ukrainian president thanked workers for providing desperately needed shells to his outgunned forces.

Johnson complained that Markarova had organised the visit to the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant as a “partisan campaign event designed to help Democrats”. The event was attended by the Pennsylvania governor, Josh Shapiro, a Democrat who has campaigned in support of Kamala Harris.

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[–] Rocketpoweredgorilla@lemmy.ca 107 points 2 years ago (3 children)

no Republicans were invited

So? Why would they invite the assholes trying to sabotage everything? Putin wasn't invited either.

[–] linearchaos@lemmy.world 50 points 2 years ago (1 children)

"We don't invite Russian assets" QED

[–] zigmus64@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I do enjoy every opportunity I get where my brain gets to say the words quod erat demonstrandum.

[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They act like babies and then clutch their pearls when not allowed at the adukt table. Same people who rail against benefits but go back to their states and take credit for any improvements. Gross people all around.

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

I first didn't think much of it, but now I am realizing that this visit shows how Republicans lie that Biden is just dropping pallets off dollar bills into Ukraine, when in reality majority of it actually stays within US, creating jobs, and apart from artillery shells majority of production is to replenish US stocks, because we are giving Ukraine equipment that was close to expire.

This lie being exposed is the real reason why Mike is upset.

[–] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

Also the Democrats who were there are currently in office one being the Governor. It's his job to meet with diplomats sometimes and do that kind of stuff so wtf.

[–] NounsAndWords@lemmy.world 90 points 2 years ago (1 children)

He's still upset Zelenskyy didn't falsify evidence about Hunter Biden for him.

[–] EleventhHour@lemmy.world 58 points 2 years ago (2 children)

And then told congress about the attempted extortion, which got Trump impeached for election interference

[–] takeda@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

"official presidential duties"

[–] sfbing@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

"Perfect phone call."

[–] kn0wmad1c@programming.dev 82 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay, I might be oversimplifying a bit here, but is the speaker of the house escalating global tensions simply because he wasn't invited to a party?

[–] modifier@lemmy.ca 17 points 2 years ago

I highly doubt it because he's got to he accustomed to that this late in his sad life.

[–] WatDabney@fedia.io 55 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Amongst all of the Republican insanity of recent years, the thing that definitely stands out to me the most, as the weirdest, is their slavish subservience to Putin.

I understand it from an extremely cynical point of view, but still, it's just so weird snd so directly contrary to everything they've ever claimed to stand for. It's hypocrisy and malfeasance and amorality and pathetic subservience all rolled into one and cranked up to 11.

[–] HocEnimVeni@lemmy.world 23 points 2 years ago

We don't call him Moscow Mitch for nothing

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Must be the hate of being held to answer and to laws that putin doesn't have.

I mean otherwise Russia is just a shithole country.

[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 39 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Not everything is about our fucking election. One side wants to continue funding Ukraine and the other side ~~wants Russia to win~~ wants to stop funding. What does that have to do with the election? Where was this talk when Trump, not even an elected official, had Viktor Orbán over?

[–] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Nobody complained about Orban because nobody likes Orban.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Trump's also an ex president, unfortunately.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago
[–] KaRunChiy@fedia.io 38 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Jesus christ everything is election interference for them. Jesus himself could came back and praise Bill Clinton and they'd claim that's election interference

[–] tenchiken@lemmy.dbzer0.com 33 points 2 years ago

Of course! He was a dark skinned, long haired immigrant who talked about being decent to each other and how being rich was wrong.

Can't have that in Murrica!

[–] Olhonestjim@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago

Oh they'd crucify that dude all over again.

[–] JoShmoe@ani.social 28 points 2 years ago

Zelensky is the better man.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 24 points 2 years ago

“lol no”

[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 years ago

Go jerk off with your son Mike Johnson.

[–] nemonic187@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

So they’re traitors AND cry babies.

[–] SelfProgrammed@lemmy.world 16 points 2 years ago

Watching our senators and congresspersons in how they respond to Ukraine and simultaneously how they respond to Israel is absolutely sickening. We're not Russia but it seems like our representatives want us to be just as authoritarian, just as ruthless, just as disconnected from reality. I know it's not the whole of the house, but the bad apples are the loudest.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Ironically,.not many people would've known about this. Now they do and hiis behaviour paints the Republican Party poorly. it is such a very normal and inconspicuous thing,.and then he does this,.making me wonder wtf is up with him and that party.

[–] RagingSnarkasm@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

"I could fire him, but I'm going to need you to do us a favor."

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

They could have a cage fight to work it out. I know who my money is on.