VP Harris criticized Gov. DeSantis' recent comments that defending Ukraine is not a 'vital' national interest for the U.S., saying that he may not have made the statement if he understood the issues.
“While the U.S. has many vital national interests — securing our borders, addressing the crisis of readiness within our military, achieving energy security and independence, and checking the economic, cultural, and military power of the Chinese Communist Party — becoming further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia is not one of them,” DeSantis wrote.
“The Biden administration’s virtual ‘blank check’ funding of this conflict for ‘as long as it takes,’ without any defined objectives or accountability, distracts from our country’s most pressing challenges,” he continued. DeSantis also contended that “peace should be the objective” for the U.S., adding that he's opposed to sending “F-16s and long-range missiles” to help Ukraine defend itself against Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war.as well as a shift from his time serving in Congress, during which he supported multiple defense bills that provided for U.S. military and intelligence support for Ukraine.
While he has not yet announced a 2024 presidential bid, DeSantis is already being viewed as a favorite by
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