SCRANTON, Pa. (WHTM) — A Pennsylvania city is suddenly at the center of an international incident after a visit from Ukraine’s president Sunday.
What should have been little more than a photo-op has blown up has Governor Josh Shapiro among those taking fire from angry Republicans.
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A Ukrainian delegation visited Scranton’s Army Ammunition Plant, including a tour where 155-millimeter howitzer rounds are made. They are considered crucial in Ukraine’s fight against Russia. Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy thanked workers and signed a shell.
U.S. Senator Bob Casey, Congressman Matt Cartwright, and Shapiro, all Democrats, welcomed the group, which was an unwelcome sight to Republican Speaker of the U.S. House Mike Johnson.
The Speaker called the all-Democrat event Pro-Kamala Harris and politically motivated in a crucial battleground state.
“We’re in the middle of a hotly contested national election,” Johnson said, “and we don’t need foreign countries intervening in and letting their opinions be heard at a time like this.”