GOP Senator Says Putin Should Be In Jail 'If Not Executed' As Trump Inches Closer To Russia
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) on Tuesday said Vladimir Putin should be “in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed,” as President Donald Trump appears to be seeking closer ties with the Russian leader.
Top GOP Senator Slams Idea of Trump Negotiating With Russia: Putin Should be ‘Jailed, Possibly Executed’
Vladimir Putin has violated every tenant of international law and should be indicted and prosecuted and jailed, possibly executed,” Wicker told CNN
GOP senators split on Trump’s attacks on Zelensky, reversals on Ukraine
Republican lawmakers were split Wednesday over President Donald Trump’s attacks on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky — but their pushback was muted, underscoring the GOP’s shifting stance on Russia’s invasion.
GOP hawks bristle at Trump’s anti-Ukraine tirade
GOP lawmakers distanced themselves from Trump’s condemnation of Ukraine but still emphasized the president's goal to secure a peace deal to end the three-year-long war.
Two GOP senators rail against Putin despite Trump’s rosy assessment of Russian leader
Two prominent GOP senators, Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi and Sen. John Kennedy of Louisiana, criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and seemed to break with President Donald Trump over negotiations in the peace deal to end the war in Ukraine.
Trump Acknowledges Russia 'Attacked' Ukraine But Defends Putin
Trump was pressed by the Fox News host regarding his remarks that Ukraine "should have never started" its war with Russia.
Putin should be imprisoned ‘if not executed,’ Wicker Says, defending Ukraine as Trump administration pulls back
Russian President Vladimir Putin “is a war criminal who should be in jail for the rest of his life, if not executed,” says ...
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Wicker says Putin is a war criminal and cannot be trusted in Ukraine peace talks
U.S. Sen. Roger Wicker of Mississippi said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal and cannot be trusted in peace ...
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'Vetting him was your responsibility': National security expert lays into GOP senator
A national security expert tore into a Republican senator for his apparent failure to exercise due diligence in vetting ...
Republican who salvaged Pete Hegseth is already ‘concerned’ with his comments on Ukraine
Democratic Senator Jack Reed, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, blasted the Trump administration ...
As Trump Turns Toward Russia and Against Ukraine, Republicans Are Mum
Congressional Republicans have mostly tempered their criticism or deferred to the president as he topples what were once ...
Defense secretary orders military to prepare for major budget cuts
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the military to prepare plans to make drastic budget cuts over the next five years ...
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GOP senator on Hegseth Ukraine remarks: ‘Rookie mistake’
Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) painted recent remarks from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on whether Ukraine would be welcomed ...
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Senior Republican senator ‘puzzled’ and ‘disturbed’ by Hegseth’s Ukraine remarks
Speaking to Jonathan Martin at the POLITICO Pub in the Munich conference, Wicker — a staunch Ukraine supporter — said he was ...
Top GOP senator mocks Trump Cabinet official over this ‘rookie mistake’
Wicker went on to compare Hegseth’s remarks to something far-right commentator Tucker Carlson would have written. Carlson ...
Lawmaker puts date on expected resumption of Amtrak Gulf Coast line
While effort to establish a high-speed bullet train aimed at connecting Dallas to Houston is moving slower than an inner-city freight, one Gulf Coast leader said the restoration of an Amtrak line ...