During an appearance on Fox News on Sunday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was asked to comment on the fact that 63 of his Republican colleagues voted against a resolution in support of NATO and to say whether he thinks they were wrong in voting against the alliance.
Instead of answering the question directly, McCarthy offered a half-baked explanation while refusing to rebuke his colleagues’ subservience to Vladimir Putin.
“No, there’s strong support for NATO moving forward,” McCarthy replied noted Raw Story. “Always has been. NATO is in the process of defending themselves but the one thing we need to make sure is NATO countries spend the money — more than 2%.”
“This affects everybody and that’s why we should stand up for Ukraine and provide them the weapons to defend themselves where Putin cannot continue to do these atrocities,” he added.
Watch the interview below:
