The Missouri GOP senator said the U.S. can’t prioritize both NATO and China at the same time.
The United States Senate nearly had a unanimous vote Wednesday to allow Finland and Sweden into the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). The Senate voted, 95-1, to allow the two Scandinavian countries into NATO. The lone dissenter was Missouri Republican Josh Hawley.
Hawley is now getting ripped by both Democrats and Republicans for casting his lone “Nay” to more than 90 “Ayes.”
Arkansas Republican Senator Tom Cotton seemed befuddled that the senator in his neighboring state to the north would vote against Finland and Sweden admissions, particularly in light of the fact Russia is against the admittance of those two countries.
“It would be strange indeed for any senator who voted to allow Montenegro or North Macedonia into NATO to turn around and deny membership to Finland and Sweden,” Cotton said.
