Rep. Don Bacon 🇺🇸✈️🏍️⭐️🎖️

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Serving the great people of NE-02 🇺🇸. Chair of Cyber Subcommittee. Married to Angie, 4 kids, 8 grandkids. Brig Gen ⭐️ USAF (Ret.) https://t.co/mkCpzgSdUD

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We can’t be neutral when it comes to Russia and Ukraine. This is an evil vs good war, and we should stand with the democracy, the victim of an invasion and not the invader. People say they’re pro-Ukraine, but actions speak louder than words.

The Pentagon blindsided Poland and pulled an armored brigade out of Eastern Europe while Russia is still waging war in Ukraine. This sends a weak message to Putin and is a slap in the face to our NATO allies. We need answers and accountability from DoD.

This is our Churchill vs. Chamberlain moment. Stand with good or stand with evil. Ukraine is a democracy invaded by a dictator who wants to erase its independence, culture and people. Ronald Reagan would stand with Ukraine and vote yes tonight. He would choose Churchill.

Poland spends nearly 5% of its GDP on defense and has done what we ask of our NATO allies. Blindsiding them while canceling a U.S. armored brigade deployment sends a weak message to Putin and a terrible message to our allies.

Greenland is our ally and threatening an ally is foolish policy, especially when we’d be able to add bases there if we wanted. We sound too much like Putin and it is wrong.

Pulling out of NATO would be a disaster for decades to come. Our alliances have already been damaged, and trust with our closest partners has been weakened. We need our allies to deter Russia, China, and Iran, and to address threats worldwide. America alone is a weaker America.

I support negotiations, but we should not act like referees between two equal sides. Ukraine is a democracy under attack. Russia is the aggressor, bombing cities, killing POWs, and kidnapping children. There is a right and wrong here, and we should be clear about it.

Iran is not going to make a deal it plans to keep. This regime hates the United States. Peace comes when the Iranian people are free.

We don't have all the details yet, but it's sounding more like a Russian plan for Ukraine. Negotiating without Ukraine is a lot like Munich 1938. It makes Ukraine weaker &amp; vulnerable to future Russian attacks. It's unacceptable &amp; a surrender to Putin. We must have moral clarity.

The Baltic states are our closest allies. No one loves America more. They spend more on defense than we do. Cutting their security assistance is wrong and is leading us down a terrible path that will be a black chapter in history. The President is being ill-served by DoD leaders.

We are the leader of the free world and we’ve spent nearly 80 years in that role. I think it would be a grave error to walk away from this leadership role. As it is often said, America is great because we are good. If we ever cease to be good, we’ll also cease to be great.

Saying the IG report totally exonerates SECDEF is total baloney. I read the report which shows he released sensitive information on an unclassified phone, a prime target for Russia &amp; China. If that info reached Yemen it could have compromised the mission &amp; put our pilots at risk.

A Russian victory in Ukraine will cost us more as other nations like Moldova, Georgia, and Azerbaijan could fall next. Ukrainians are doing the fighting, but they need our weapons support to survive. Standing up to bullies is essential for our national security interests.

Pressuring Ukraine to give up more territory is wrong and only rewards the invader. I served in NATO and have studied Russia closely. Even if more land is given to them, nothing will stop Putin from doing this again in a year or two.

It's in our national security interest for Ukraine to win this war. A Russian win will lead to significantly higher costs for the United States.

We had an opportunity to add bases in Greenland without all the drama, hostility, and threats. Denmark and Greenland would have welcomed a friendly discussion. This has damaged our relationships with allies, including the most successful alliance in history.

We don't have all the details yet, but it's sounding more like a Russian plan for Ukraine. Negotiating without Ukraine is a lot like Munich 1938. It makes Ukraine weaker & vulnerable to future Russian attacks. It's unacceptable & a surrender to Putin. We must have moral clarity.

Saying the IG report totally exonerates SECDEF is total baloney. I read the report which shows he released sensitive information on an unclassified phone, a prime target for Russia & China. If that info reached Yemen it could have compromised the mission & put our pilots at risk.