Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) on Sunday urged President Biden to name Russia a state sponsor of terrorism, which would lift sovereign-immunity protections shielding the country from being sued for civil damages.
“I think it’s a good idea and I would support that,” he told reporters during a press call from Stockholm. “The president could do it on his own and I would urge him to do it.”
McConnell made his recommendation to designate Russia a sponsor of terrorism after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday. Three other Republican senators, Sens. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Susan Collins (R-Maine), also attended the meeting.
McConnell said he assured Zelensky that “support for Ukraine in this war against the Russians is bipartisan” and the “overwhelming majority” of national security-minded Republicans support the Ukrainian resistance to the Russian invasion, despite recent criticism of a $40 billion Ukrainian aid package by prominent Republicans such as former President Trump and Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.).
“This naked aggression must not stand,” McConnell said. “I wanted to assure them that within the Congress there was very, very broad support for continuing the fight.”
The GOP leader made his comments after Sens. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) introduced a resolution last week calling for the designation of the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism.
The bipartisan measure would call on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to put Russia on the list, where it would join Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria.
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Did McConnell’s check from Moscow bounce?
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