Hakeem Jeffries does not exclude the possibility of sending US soldiers to fight in Ukraine. And he says there is a “pro-Putin faction” in the House of Representatives.
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The leader of the Democratic Party in the House of Representatives (the lower house of the US Congress) admits that there is a “significant probability” that US soldiers will be sent to fight in Ukraine. This scenario becomes probable, when reading Hakeem Jeffriesif kyiv begins to lose the war against Russia.
“We cannot let Ukraine fall. Because if it falls, then there is a significant probability that the United States will have to enter the conflict, not only with our money but also with our military men and women,” Jeffries said on CBS’s 60 Minutes.
The North American Congress recently approved a military and humanitarian assistance package worth 61 billion dollars (around 57 billion euros). This approval came after several months of parliamentary wrangling between Republicans and Democrats, a difficult process for which Jeffries is responsible. a “pro-Putin” faction congressional.
“There is a growing pro-Putin faction in the Republican Party that does not want to support Ukraine and that, for some reason, believes that Russia is not an enemy of the United States,” says Hakeem Jeffries.
Whoever leads this “faction”, adds the Democratic leader, is the Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene.
The American’s comment comes after Emmanuel Macron admitted the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine last Thursday. For the French president, this possibility could be raised “legitimately” if Russia begins to achieve victory in the war and, also, if kyiv asks for this help from allied countries.
Source: Observadora
