We're Republicans standing for Ukrainian freedom.
The GOP was once a proud defender of freedom and democracy. We are amplifying the voices of Republicans who still believe that the United States should be a steadfast friend to democracies like Ukraine—and a fearsome opponent of aggressive dictatorships like Russia.
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David
"The Trump administration has done very poorly in handling the war in Ukraine."
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William
"The Trump administration has done a terrible job."
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Jim
" I am shocked by the appeasement we've been showing to Russia and Vladimir Putin."
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Paul
“It is simply un-American to not take the side of Ukraine in this war.”
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Gary
"We've given them enough not to lose, but not enough to win."
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Tricia
"Supporting Ukraine is clearly supporting the people who share our values."
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Dennis
"I've been shocked by how Trump has handled the war in Ukraine."
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Mykola
"Please support Ukraine. It is in our national interests."
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Anya
"It's very clear who the victim is and who is the aggressor."
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John
"Republicans as a whole have really fumbled the whole Ukraine issue."
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Gabriella
"To appease Putin right now is really to turn our back on our allies."
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Denise
"You can be conservative, but stand up against tyranny."
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Lori
"The way Trump is handling Ukraine is actually un-American."
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Steve
"Defeating Putin would actually weaken the Chinese-Russian partnership."
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Michael
"Donald Trump emboldened Putin to continue his murderous attacks against Ukrainians."
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Christian
"Republicans always supported poor countries that were being attacked."
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Bob
"How is Trump handling the war in Ukraine? I think it's a travesty."
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Karen
"Arm Ukraine to the teeth."
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Deb
"I am at a loss for words with how the Trump administration has handled the war."
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Mikhail
"Americans should support Ukraine."
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Steven
"Ukraine has been nothing but grateful for all of the support that we've given them."
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Charles
"If we back down and appease Putin, it will just lead to more trouble."
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Rachel
"I feel like Trump is backing down."
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Howard
"It's better that we send our weapons over than we send our boys."
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Chance
"The cost of deterrence today is far less than the price of conflict tomorrow."
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Dave
"I'm very disappointed how the current Republican party is handling the war in Ukraine."
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Scott
"It's up to America to step up and lead by example."
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Tom
"To be honest, Zelensky and Ukraine are the leaders of the free world now,"
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Barry
"When did we Republicans become the party of dictators and appeasement?"
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Brian
"China is emboldened by what's going on with Ukraine."
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Alex
"I have a very close friend who's fighting on the front lines in Ukraine."
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Christopher
"We're friendlier to the bad actors than we are to our actual allies."
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Steve
"The best and only way to solve this is for Putin and his army to go home."
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Bruce
"The Ukrainian people are heroic. It's a small price to arm them."
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Teresa
"I support aid to Ukraine because what Russia has done is unconscionable."
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Jon
"When we voted with North Korea and Russia to not condemn Russia for the invasion of Ukraine, I was beside myself with disbelief and disgust."
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Owen
"I really wish we took a stronger stance against Putin."
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John
"I believe that the White House meeting between Trump and Zelensky was a national embarrassment."
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Laura
"This is a major mistake if we don't continue to support Ukraine because we have historically stood for freedom and democracy."
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Richard
"I think if Ukraine were to fail to the Russians, it would have dire consequences."
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Matt
"When I saw the meeting in the White House between Trump and Zelensky, I was deeply embarrassed."
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Michael
"I feel like we've turned our back on Ukraine."
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Zach
"I support aid to Ukraine because it's the right thing to do."
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Pat
"Helping Ukraine defend itself serves America's interests."
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Shiv
"Supporting Ukraine is the natural conservative position."
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Ruth
"The Trump administration's handling of Ukraine has completely puzzled me."
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Chris
"Supporting Ukraine to me is all along it's been about peace through strength and defending democracy and defending our allies."
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Nancy
"Why the most powerful democracy in the world would abandon Ukraine is hard for me to understand."
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David
"If Russia is successful in Ukraine, it will embolden all strongman leaders around the world."
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Bruce
"For years, we've been the leader of leaders of democracy, and Trump wants to surrender that."
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Jordan
"If you pay attention to Russian media, they very much love the things that Trump is doing."
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Kevin
"If we help Ukraine, we help ourselves."
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Bob
"It is really upsetting that we can't stand up and do what's right."
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Rob
"My demographic, we are Reagan children, and I think he's rolling over in his grave."
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Jim
"Not only are we just sticking our thumb in the eye of Ukraine, but all of our allies."
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Jim-Bob
"I am greatly disappointed in Trump's handling of the Ukraine war."
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Mark
"This affects America's direct foreign policy and national interests. History tells us that."
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Tom
"There's a security price to pay for not following through on alliance commitments."
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Dan
"My message to Republicans is, let's get back to principles, America's commitment is to democracy, to freedom, to self-determination."
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Charlie
"Ronald Reagan understood that bending over from Moscow was the wrong formula for the Cold War."
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Margaret
"I feel that republicans who are against aid to Ukraine don't understand the history and traditions of the Republican Party."
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Jim
“They want to be democratic. They want to have the rule of law. They are fighting to have that. They're fighting to throw off occupation by Russia."
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Eric
"Life is no fun living next to a bully."
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Steve
"We gave our word."
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Steve
"I support sending aid to Ukraine because we have an obligation to do that."
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Christian
"Ukraine is one of the best allies that we could count on."
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Sam
"We must stand strong, stand with Ukraine, and stop Putin where he is. We cannot negotiate with this monster."
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Allen
"If we get Putin out of Ukraine, that would be a huge signal that this kind of thing just isn't gonna happen."
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John
"Putin wants to be known in history as a great leader, and in my mind, I feel like that's an imperialistic attitude."
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Aidan
"If we don't respond to the crisis right now, we are turning our backs on everything we have striven for since 1945.”
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Jake
“Ukraine has constantly shown itself to be a country that wants to be free...That wants to sit outside of the Russian sphere of influence.”
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Andrew
"Aid to Ukraine is one of the best things we can do for our country."
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Pate
"Dictators don't stop, they are stopped."
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David
"Support for Ukraine makes it less likely that the Russians could move similarly against NATO countries."
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Rob
"Russia will not stop. Russia will not stop at the borders of Ukraine."
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Bohdan
"I cannot see how we as Republicans can do anything other than help Ukraine."
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Andy
"It's absolutely vital for the Republican Party to stand for democracy at home and abroad."
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Barb
"Ukraine is a democracy and an ally. It's important for us to protect our allies."
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Dan
"If we don't support democracies abroad, then we play into the camp of letting the autocracies prevail."
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Mike
"I look at sending aid to Ukraine as an opportunity for the United States ... to weaken one of our greatest adversaries over the last 80 years."
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Paul
"If a Republican lawmaker opposes aid to Ukraine, they are not thinking in the best interests of America."
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Bill
"Our support for Ukraine is in the best interest of the United States. It's in the best interest for democracy in the world."
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Thomas
"I believe that when Ukraine wins, the United States wins."
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Timothy
"The United States absolutely must support Ukraine with any effort we can muster."
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Mark
"Anyone in elected public office ... who has voted for Putin or voted against aid to Ukraine ... has abdicated their responsibility to the people of this country."
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Matthias
"The opposition to supporting the fight for freedom is completely contrary to conservative values."
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Cliff
"Vladimir Putin felt he could essentially do whatever he wanted to do... So, the only way to end this is to continue to support the Ukrainian opposition."
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Jon
"Ukraine is a fledgling democracy. We should be assisting them."
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Julian
"If somebody's fighting for freedom as opposed to totalitarianism, I would think the United States usually steps forward and is on the right side."
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Wales
"If your loyalty is to the Constitution, then you should absolutely support aid to Ukraine and aid to any country that has a truly democratic process and is under attack"
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Ted
"I certainly feel that Ukraine's position is that it's, they've been invaded by an outside country and need all suppport that the Americans can provide"
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George
"It concerns me that we now have the Republican Party ... that now seems to be actually supportive in some instances of Putin and that style of leadership."
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Andrew
"The Republican Party should support aid to Ukraine because Russia is among the adversaries that the United States faces."
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Susan
"Reagan's foreign policy was peace through strength, that strength is a through line."
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Rodney
"I support sending more aid to Ukraine. The basic reason is because they are a democracy that is being attacked by Russia without any just provocation."
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Jim
"We are the only superpower who stands in defense of liberty, and if we fail, liberty and freedom will disappear on the planet."
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Fred
"We need to get the appropriate military aid to Ukraine as soon as possible."
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George
"It's very important to fight for democracy; it's the nation's heritage."
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Jim
“The Republican party of today is not what I joined...It's time to push the Russians out of Ukraine.”
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Lee
"It is fundamentally a struggle for liberty against tyranny and is a hallmark of the American way of life that we support and encourage throughout the world."
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Kevin
"In the Republican primary, I'm going to be voting...I haven't made up my mind quite yet, but it can't be somebody that's going to pull the plug on Ukraine."
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Paul
"As Republicans, we have values, and we have to protect those values."
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Robert
"That element within the Republican Party that is isolationist, that is contrary to longstanding Republican beliefs."
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Scarlet
"What Putin is doing ... is a threat to not only the U.S., but the world."
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Tim
"To limit or cut off aid to Ukraine -- I think it's really a betrayal of our values as a party and as a nation historically."
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Richard
"If we don't get this right, the consequences of getting it wrong will haunt us for decades."
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Rodney
"If Ukraine loses this war, and by extension, NATO and America lose this war, how much stronger will our enemies get?"
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Alan
"I think if we show further weakness China will take Taiwan and we will be in a big-time fight that we don't want to be in and we will suffer serious losses."
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Michael
"If we don't support democracies abroad, then we play into the camp of letting the autocracies prevail."
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Lisa
"If we back off at this point ... Putin may very well decide Ukraine is not enough."
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Tim
"For years of locking horns with liberals on other issues, I now find myself locking horns with my own fellow conservatives, and they won't budge."
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Vicki
"I do support sending more aid to Ukraine because I think Putin has to be stopped."
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Bernard
"Ukraine needs above all American help: military, financial, and moral support."
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Peg
"I think Republicans who vote against sending aid to Ukraine are misinformed."
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Andrea
"If we cede our position, China and Russia will jump in and authoritarian regimes will take over where we left off."
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Charlie
"It's really important that Congress as a whole supports our efforts in Ukraine."
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Teresa
"I think any Republican who doesn't want to send aid to Ukraine, my first thought is, what have you done with my party?"
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John
"I believe it's important for the Republican Party to stand up to aggressors."
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Steven
"It's long been the Republican party tradition and history to support democracy around the world."
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David
"Ukraine stands on the side of liberty and freedom and Russia stands on the side of tyranny and slavery."
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Stan
"If Russia succeeds to any degree with Ukraine, I think it will only embolden other bad players in the world to go down the same path."
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Mike
"If Russia were to succeed in Ukraine I think that that kind of defeat would certainly embolden countries like China."
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Brant
"You're either in the side of good or you're not. You can't be neutral in a situation like this."
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Alex
"I think as a country, we should, instead of saying, 'We will support Ukraine for as long as it takes' we should fully commit to a Ukrainian victory and a quick defeat of Russia on Ukrainian territory."
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Felippe
"The support that the U.S. provides to Ukraine is part of the fabric of who we are."
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Rudolph
"Remember your roots. Don't betray the legacy of Ronald Reagan. Stand up for democracy and support Ukraine against the bully Putin."
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Ryan
"I'm disappointed in the trickle down of what's needed. If we had just sent what we're sending now from day one, this could have been over."
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Curtis
"For 5% of our defense budget that went to Ukraine in 2023, for that to cripple America's largest adversary... taking out their army by 50%, that is the biggest return on investment we ever could ask for."
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Tim
"Eisenhower, Reagan, we all realized how important it is to defend democracy. Otherwise, what's the point of having a foreign policy in the first place?"
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Erich
The Republicans are all about freedom. They're fighting for their freedom. They're fighting for their country.
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Jim
"Right now Russia is getting their heads handed to them by Ukraine."
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John
"I support sending more aid to Ukraine because I think this is the clearest example in my lifetime in all of our lifetimes of good versus evil."
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Judy
"I am in total support of sending more support to Ukraine, as much as they need to defend themselves and defend their democracy."
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Stephan
"Don't let our enemies win. Don't give them what they want."