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Dave McCormick: “I don't think we would have been in this situation had we…”

Featuring: Dave McCormick, Republican | U.S. Senate, Pennsylvania

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Published | Video Starts at 13:06

Thus far, with regard to Russia, listen, this is a conflict that has to come to an end. President Trump campaigned on that. You know, to be partisan for a minute. I don't think we would have been in this situation had we not had the Biden administration and the mix signaling the withdrawal of Afghanistan. the very weak signaling on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. All of these things, I think, gave a green light to Putin to go into Ukraine. (13:06–13:15)

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Asserts that the Biden administration's actions, including the Afghanistan withdrawal, contributed to the current situation with Russia.

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