Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., said Wednesday that the U.S. should coordinate with the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to expel Russia from participating in the treaty as punishment for attacking ex-Russian spy Sergei Skripal Sunday in the United Kingdom.
“Americans ought to be leading a conversation with our NATO allies about a collective response to this act and future acts of aggression,” Sasse said in a statement.
The senator condoned Britain’s steps against Russia, after British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday expelled 23 Russian diplomats from the U.K. following the attack. But he said Putin’s regime would continue to try to silence those who criticize Russia and its government. Sasse said another consideration to punish the country for its attack could be to freeze Russian assets.
“[W]e ought to make it inescapably clear to Russia that its shadow war will meet a coordinated response,” the member of the Senate Armed Services Committee said.
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