The Post had "Seven questions for … Rep. Chuck Edwards" after he returned from a bipartisan trip to Ukraine, Moldova and Poland to see firsthand the Russian-Ukraine war and meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky and other Ukrainian officials and Bridget Brink, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. Also on the trip were Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Reps. Tom Suozzi (D-N.Y.), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) and Wiley Nickel (D-N.C.), the Post reported.
Edwards said because news media coverage now tilts overwhelmingly to Israel's war with Hamas Americans are not seeing how dire the situation is for Ukraine. The congressman from Flat Rock split with many in his party when he declared that Ukraine aid should not be coupled with legislation to respond to the southwest border crisis.
"I believe that while Americans are unbelievably frustrated with the Biden administration — that he’s not given our border security the attention that it deserves — we need to treat those as two different issues."
What message, the
Post asked, would Edwards want the American people to hear?
"To recognize that the United States has always stood for freedom, liberty and democracy — and that is very much at risk at this moment," he said. "Ukraine will have one of two types of governments: It will have a democracy or it will fall and crumble to a Marxist-Soviet murderous dictator. My message is that the world is watching, and America has the opportunity at this moment to define how much we believe in a democratic society."
