The US Congress passed a 17 trillion won military and humanitarian aid plan for Ukraine and neighboring countries on the 10th local time.



On the 16th, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, who was being invaded by Russia, was invited to listen to a video speech and promised support.



Congress has also voiced the need for military assistance to Ukraine, including fighter assistance to the Biden administration.



The New York Times (NYT) calls the one voice that Democrats and Republicans are making in support of Ukraine as the most notable consensus since 9/11.



But the shared purpose of both parties is not bipartisan support for the president, the supreme commander, the New York Times pointed out.



Republicans are saying they are taking a hardline stance against Russia to bolster their offensive line against President Biden.



After Zelensky's address to Congress, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Republican Jim Risch criticized the video he showed, a direct result of the Biden administration's "slow, too little, too late" response.



Republican Senator John Kennedy said Vladimir Putin's invasion could be traced back to the US withdrawal from Afghanistan, the failed attack on Syria, and Russia's annexation of Crimea, "which happened when Biden was president or vice president."



However, there are also counterarguments that such a claim is nothing more than a political offensive in the nature of anti-harm.



The New York Times pointed out that Kennedy's analysis was missing four years of former President Donald Trump.



It is said that the Trump administration is blind to the fact that it has undermined the unity of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) by insisting on the security free-rider theory.



In connection with the alleged interference in the 2016 election by Russia, it was also mentioned that Russia's President Vladimir Putin was seeking a return to the 7 major countries (G7).



The New York Times also pointed out that the fact that Kennedy visited the Kremlin with seven other Republican senators in July 2018, shortly after the Senate Intelligence Committee report came out that Russia had intervened in the 2016 election for Trump, was also missing.



In response, the Democrats argued that the Republicans were only focused on slandering their opponents.



Democratic Senator Christopher Murphy said, "The Republican Party has failed to fulfill its responsibility to attack President Biden in a moment of national crisis." said.



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