The high-profile comments by the potential 2024 presidential hopeful intensify a clash within the party between security hawks who want to preserve the post-World War II order and a right-wing populist wing seeking to pull back from global affairs.
About a half-dozen of Wicker's GOP colleagues voiced varying degrees of opposition to DeSantis' remarks Monday night on Fox News.
Cramer, who otherwise praised DeSantis, said he’s “not super surprised” by the remarks, as DeSantis is navigating a complicated dynamic with the party base. “It’s not a territorial dispute in the sense that — any more than it would be a territorial dispute if the United States decided that it wanted to invade Canada or take over the Bahamas,” Rubio told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. “Just because someone claims something doesn’t mean it belongs to them. This is an invasion.”
“This is not a territorial conflict. This is a war of aggression," he said, adding that DeSantis has been"a great governor, but in my opinion, if you don’t get Ukraine right, this is a chance to stop Putin before it gets to be a bigger war — and China’s watching.”
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