Political Quotes

“one, I want to associate myself with the comments of Senator Collins from Maine. That was a great story about why we should all be happy today with Finland and Sweden and why this makes a lot of sense. There is one person I want to thank whom I don't usually give a big shout-out to: President Putin from Russia. Without you, we wouldn't be here. You have done more to strengthen NATO than any speech I could ever hope to give. John McCain, I wish you were alive today to celebrate because what we have been able to accomplish here through Putin's invasion of Ukraine is to remind everybody in the world, when it comes to bullies, you better stand up to them before it is too late. So our friends in Finland and Sweden have decided to join NATO. That is a good thing. But let me put Ukraine in perspective right quick. Our military leaders and our experts told us: After the invasion, 4 days, they would be in Kyiv. Well, they miscalculated. They overestimated the capabilities of the Russians, and they certainly undercalculated the resolve of the Ukrainian people. We are 160 days into this fight. Ukraine is still standing, bloodied but unbowed; NATO is bigger; crippling sanctions on the Russian economy; the ICC is investigating war crimes committed by Putin and his cronies. You have 100 U.S. Senators--we can't agree on Sunday being a day off--have agreed that Russia should be a State sponsor of terrorism under U.S. law.…”