Democrats worry Zelensky offered GOP key talking point

Others in the GOP say it’s unlikely that Republicans delve into that territory.

“One never ceases to be amazed at the imagination of attack ads, but I doubt Zelensky’s clarion call for U.S. assistance will redound to Biden’s disadvantage,” said Richard Fontaine, the chief executive officer at the Center for a New American Security who served as a foreign policy adviser to the late Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.). “The reality is that the administration has done a great deal for Ukraine and is prepared to do even more.

“Anyone casting the response as somehow weak should specify what they’d do instead — and the benefits and risks that alternative proposals would generate,” Fontaine added. “Otherwise it’s just empty criticism.”

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