The institute bearing John McCain’s name says the Republican Party’s retreat from its strong national security stance would shock the senator if he were alive.
McCarthy has been uneven on Ukraine, saying last fall that he did not support a “blank check” for Zelensky but then saying he supported the nation’s defense against Russian incursion. During a spring trip to Israel, McCarthy rebuked a Russian reporter who suggested he didn’t support Ukraine.But he’s never made such forceful comments on U.S. soil. And unlike many in Congress, the House speaker has not traveled to Kyiv.
for speaking out against Putin. Kara-Muza, who previously spoke at McCain Institute events, served as a pallbearer at the late senator’s 2018 funeral.Farkas first came into the McCain orbit as a Democratic staffer two decades ago for the late senator’s longtime friend Sen. Carl M. Levin , when he was on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Increasingly, with the elections of 2018, 2020 and 2022, the new crop of Republicans veered toward Trump’s worldview. Some of these far-right conservatives have threatened to oust McCarthy as speaker if they’re upset with how he handles the coming negotiations over government funding, which will include the Ukraine request.
Sen. John Barrasso , the No. 3 GOP leader, embraces McCain’s global outlook as a frequent companion on the late senator’s trips abroad — known as “codels,” or congressional delegations traveling on official business. Republican Sens. John Thune and John Cornyn , also possible successors to McConnell, lean toward his views as well.
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