Hawley Warns Biden Against Sending Troops To Ukraine: ‘We Do Not Need American Soldiers Fighting in Europe’

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🗓️ 24 February 2022

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Sen. Josh Hawley accused President Joe Biden of “haphazard, feckless foreign policy” Thursday, insisting that “we do not need American soldiers fighting in Europe.”

The Missouri Republican discussed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine during a Thursday interview with The Daily Signal's Mary Margaret Olohan at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Orlando, Florida, where he repeatedly emphasized that Biden’s “weakness” has led to the escalating situation in Ukraine.

“We need to be really clear that what the Russians are doing is absolutely wrong, that it is a violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty, and now we need a policy,” Hawley said. “Joe Biden hasn’t had any policy.”

“We should shut down Russia’s energy production and open ours,” he added. “We are the greatest energy-producing nation in the world. Joe Biden has shut down our energy production, that’s sent a message of weakness, it’s sent a message of dependence, that made us more dependent on foreign adversaries.”

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0:00.0	This is a daily signal podcast bonus episode recorded at the conservative political action
0:11.2	conference.
0:12.2	I'm Mary Margaret Olehann and I had the privilege of sitting down with Senator Josh
0:15.8	Hawley and getting his take on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
0:19.9	He'll explain what he thinks of the Biden administration's posturing, how he would
0:24.1	have handled this situation, and who the U.S. should really be focusing on.
0:28.2	Let's dive in.
0:40.8	My guest today is Senator Josh Hawley, a Republican from Missouri.
0:44.0	Senator Hawley, thank you so much for joining us.
0:45.8	Thanks for having me.
0:46.8	So we'd love to ask you about the situation in Ukraine as of last night or today, Russia
0:52.4	has launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
0:55.8	What are your thoughts on this?
0:57.1	Well, we need to be really clear that what the Russians are doing is absolutely wrong,
1:01.3	that it is a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty, and now we need a policy.
1:04.2	Joe Biden hasn't had any policy.
1:05.6	His weaknesses help lead us into this catastrophe.
1:08.3	So the policy needs to be, we should shut down Russia's energy production and open hours.
1:13.8	We are the greatest energy producing nation in the world.
1:16.3	Joe Biden has shut down our energy production.
1:18.7	That sent a message of weakness.
1:20.6	It sent a message of dependence that made us more dependent on foreign adversaries.
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