Recently our two Tennessee U.S. senators cast votes against our country’s providing military assistance funding to Ukraine , a courageous democracy that is fighting for its very existence against the unprovoked aggression of its dictatorship neighbor.
While Presidents Reagan and Roosevelt memorably denounced totalitarian aggression, and backed up that speech with action, our Tennessee Senators Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty voted to step back and leave the field to the unprovoked invader.
Russian President Vladimir Putin himself predicted (and undoubtedly hoped) that America’s resolve to stand for democracy would eventually flag over time and fall a casualty to internal division, giving him victory.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty have fulfilled the wishes of this bloodthirsty man, putting our service people at increased risk. We know that both Putin and Chinese leader XI Jing Ping are emboldened by our elected officials’ flaccid response and that future attacks are now being considered more seriously in Moscow and Beijing.