IOWA SENATOR JONI ERNST SAYS HER OUTSPOKEN STANCE AGAINST THE RUSSIAN INVASION OF UKRAINE IS PROBABLY THE REASON SHE’S BEEN BANNED FROM RUSSIA.
JONICG1 OC………:DOING SOMETHING RIGHT” :14
ERNST SAYS THE RUSSIAN BAN WON’T HAVE AN IMPACT ON HER STANCE.
ALL FOUR MEMBERS OF IOWA’S HOUSE DELEGATION WERE ALSO SANCTIONED BY RUSSIA IN MID-APRIL.
SENATOR CHUCK GRASSLEY WAS ASKED IN A CONFERENCE CALL WITH IOWA REPORTERS WHY HE’S WASN’T SINGLED OUT BY PUTIN:
JONICG2 OC……….”OR BOTH” :19
GRASSLEY HAS CONDEMNED RUSSIA’S CONTINUED ASSAULT ON UKRAINE AS “INHUMANE” AND HE’S ON RECORD SAYING PUTIN IS MIRRORING THE ACTIONS OF STALIN IN THE 1930S.
JONICG3 OC…….PROSECUTED HIMSELF” :14
DURING A SPEECH ON THE SENATE FLOOR, GRASSLEY URGED HIS COLLEAGUES TO SUPPORT SENDING UKRAINE ANY RESOURCES NEEDED TO STOP WHAT HE CALLED PUTIN’S MASS MURDER.
