Senate Minority Leader criticized President on Monday for “hesitancy” to provide aid to Ukraine, saying it has “prolonged the bloodshed.”
The senator has been a vocal ally of Biden’s proposed $106 billion funding package, which the Democratic president has been urging Congress to pass since mid-October. But McConnell’s latest remarks come as he faces pressure among fellow Republicans, including new House Speaker Mike Johnson, to focus on the situation in Israel separately.
“This is a moment for swift and decisive action to prevent further loss of life and impose real consequences on the powers that have terrorized the people of Ukraine and Israel,” he said at the University of Louisville. “Right now, the Senate has a chance to produce supplemental assistance that will help us do exactly that.”
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The Kentucky senator was speaking alongside , Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States, who was his guest at the McConnell Center speaker series at U of L.
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