Armed Services Republicans, White House push back against claims that Zelenskyy's PA visit was 'political'

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's sojourn to a U.S. Army ammunition works successful Scranton, Pennsylvania connected Sunday has travel nether occurrence from immoderate Republicans including Speaker Mike Johnson for being partisan.

Johnson wrote successful a missive to Zelenskyy, "The circuit was intelligibly a partisan run lawsuit designed to assistance Democrats..."

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The sojourn was astatine the petition of Ukraine to convey the American workers who person helped boost ammunition accumulation for Ukraine to support against Russia, White House and Pentagon officials told Fox News.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attends a associated property league with Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, successful Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Sept. 20, 2024.  (Christoph Soeder, Pool Photo via AP)

Elected officials who attended the lawsuit were all Democrats, but that is due to the fact that it is modular process to invitation House and Senate members who correspond the territory wherever the sojourn is located.

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In this case, each elected officials happened to beryllium Democrats owed to what is called the "geographical jurisdiction," a defence authoritative told Fox News.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote successful a missive to Zelenskyy, "The circuit was intelligibly a partisan run lawsuit designed to assistance Democrats…" (Getty Images)

Zelenskyy has met exclusively with Republicans successful past trips owed to this aforesaid crushed of who happens to beryllium successful elected bureau successful the districts helium is visiting.

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Zelenskyy visited Utah successful July of this twelvemonth to conscionable with Utah's Republican Gov. Spencer Cox and met with Utah's all-Republican Congressional delegation.

Zelenskyy visited Utah successful July of this twelvemonth to conscionable with Utah's Republican Governor Spencer Cox and met with Utah's all-Republican Congressional delegation. (Utah State Office of the Governor)

Senator Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) the Senate Armed Services Committee's apical Republican said successful a statement, "If President Zelenskyy came to Mississippi, helium would beryllium accompanied by Republican officials due to the fact that that's who the radical successful their contented elected."

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The U.S. Army helped put the visit, White House property caput KJP told Jacqui Heinrich successful today's briefing

Jacqui Heinrich questioned KJP astir this successful the WH briefing earlier this afternoon-

Karine Jean-Pierre: "This is thing that Ukrainians asked for. They did this a mates months agone successful Utah, successful Utah, with a Republican politician and Republican, elected officials were determination arsenic well. We didn't perceive immoderate benignant of probe petition erstwhile we went to a Republican state. We didn't."