McCarthy tells Russian reporter 'I do not support what your country has done to Ukraine'
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., rebuked claims from a Russian reporter that he does not support sending aid to Ukraine during a press conference in Israel Monday.
A reporter from Russia started a question by stating the California representative does not support "unlimited and uncontrolled" supplies of weaponry and aid to Ukraine. He then asked McCarthy if U.S. policy on sending weaponry to Ukraine will change.
"Did he say I don't support aid for Ukraine?" McCarthy responded. "No, I vote for aid for Ukraine. I support aid for Ukraine. I do not support what your country has done to Ukraine. I do not support your killing of the children either."
McCarthy is in the Middle East leading a bipartisan congressional delegation to commemorate Israel's 75th anniversary of independence. He became the second U.S. speaker to deliver remarks before the Israeli Knesset, the national legislature of Israel, on Monday.
"I think for one standpoint, you should pull out and I don't think it's right," McCarthy said to the reporter. "We will continue to support because the rest of the world sees it just as it is."
McCarthy have voiced concerns over how Ukraine aid is being spent, but vowed not to hand Ukraine a "blank check."
“I think people are gonna be sitting in a recession and they’re not going to write a blank check to Ukraine,” McCarthy, then House minority leader, told Punchbowl News in October 2022.
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