Just over two years ago when Russia invaded Ukraine, Democrats and Republicans in the United States Congress were united in their opposition to what had occurred.
“What we have in Europe now is the first shooting war since World War II,” then-U.S. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, said in February 2022. “This is a serious, serious incident.”
He went on to say that Russian President “Vladimir Putin is a bad guy. He’s an authoritarian, he yearns for empire, and we need to do everything we can to stop him.”
“Russia’s launch of a premeditated war against the sovereign nation of Ukraine is an attack on democracy and a grave violation of international law, global peace and security,” said then-U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California. “Putin’s unprovoked actions will cause devastating loss of life and a diminishing of Russia in the world order.”
It was no different in Tennessee.