Political Quotes

“No. 1, you are very consistent, Senator Paul, in the sense that you do not believe that standing up to aggression stops it. I do. When you appease it, you get more of it. In 2014, Putin invades Crimea. We end that conflict only to have him invade again in 2022. You can have your opinions, but you need to listen to what the enemy is saying. If you believe Putin is going to stop voluntarily, you are completely discounting everything he has said and everything he has done. He is going to go until somebody stops him. Not one American soldier has died in the effort to stop him in Ukraine. We have provided weapons. We put sanctions. We have done a lot of things, but the war keeps going. Senator Paul advocated for getting out of Afghanistan, Syria. You name it, he wants to leave. The problem is that the people you leave behind want to kill you. Senator Paul doesn't believe that radical Islam is dedicated to the destruction of the American people, our way of life. I do. Under his model, if you leave them alone, they will leave you alone. There is really no reason for us to be forward-deployed because we are safe if we just ignore them. If you ignore Putin, there goes Taiwan. All the negotiations--I appreciate them--they haven't worked. We are negotiating, and Ukrainians are dying. How many Ukrainians have died since these talks have been going on? To my friends in the Trump administration, you have an obligation to bring this war to an end for the good of the civilized world.”