Ukrainian politicians urged the leaders of more Western democracies to visit the capital as the British prime minister did Saturday to show solidarity.
Republicans took aim at President Joe Biden for not traveling to Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, or at least sending a high-level diplomat to the city amid Russia’s invasion of the Eastern European nation after British Prime Minister Boris Johnson made a surprise visit there this weekend. Johnson met directly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Saturday, with videos and photos of the two leaders walking through the Ukrainian city circulating widely on social media. Ukrainian politicians have called for the leaders of other Western democracies to make similar visits in a show of support against Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘s internationally condemned aggression. A number of prominent Republicans quickly drew a comparison between Johnson and Biden, suggesting that the U.S. administration was not showing the same level of support for Ukraine. « Boris Johnson went to Kyiv this weekend. Joe Biden went on his 32nd weekend vacation to Delaware, » Ronna McDaniel, the chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC), tweeted on Sunday. « At this point nearly every major NATO/EU country has shown strong public support by sending either a head of state, legislative delegation, or senior diplomatic official to Kiev to meet with President Zelenskyy, » GOP Representative Peter Meijer wrote in a Saturday Twitter post. « Except US. » « The British Prime Minister goes to Kiev to meet with Zelenskyy while the American President rides his bicycle in Delaware.
