US President Joe Biden expressed concern on Thursday about the future of US assistance to Ukraine in the event that Republicans win control of one or both of the legislative chambers in the upcoming midterm elections in November.
Biden told reporters during a stop at a sandwich shop in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, “I am worried.”
Biden Pittsburgh as a part of a campaign for Democrat John Vitman, who will support his opponent in the US Senate with Republican Mohamed Oz, will determine if Democrats will keep control of the Senate.
The Republican leader in the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthy, recently declared that if the Republicans won the November elections, he would not be “ready to write a check on” to aid Ukraine.
Republicans are split between those who believe it is important to restrain Russia and those who would rather pursue an isolationist foreign policy.
The United States has provided more than $ 17. 5 billion of US military aid to Ukraine since the start of the Russian military operation on February 24..
In the event that Republicans win control of Congress, Biden is worried about Ukraine.
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