Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a thug whose government is not what it claims as there is more than meets the eye.
His comment was against the official stand of the majority of the Republican party who support the Ukrainians.
Since the start of the conflict, the US economy has been hit, and the Democrats have been criticized for protecting a foreign country under crisis.
Cawthorn Calls Ukraine Government Incredibly Corrupt
According to Cawthorn, Zelensky is a criminal, and his government is unjust, reported the Epoch Times.
Republican strategist, Karl Rove, took note of the representative's remarks as he addressed a crowd in Ashville. WRAL-TV posted footage of the controversial speech during the freshman lawmakers' public address.
Cawthorn, a representative from North Carolina, made this sensational statement about Kyiv, saying that Zelensky is not what he claims to be. He added there had been reports of the evil corruption of Ukraine, and it gets worse by advocating unjust ideologies that are reprehensible.
Republican lawmakers called him out for the controversial statements, saying he is for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Lawmakers Respond to Cawthorn's Claims
Like Cawthorn, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) broke a taboo by saying openly that someone opposed to Putin should assassinate him, drawing condemnation, calling the rookie congressman lawmaker an outlier of the party. Many Americans don't like Putin and want him out of the way, 90 percent say so.
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) told Cawthorn in the Lower House to say it is Russia doing the invasion, not the other way around, cited Boston Globe.
In Cawthorn's home state in North Carolina, there are two Republicans in the same state hoping to win the elections by condemning the remarks.
On social media, Senator Chuck Edwards spoke about the Ukraine issue, saying Putin is the thug. He added America should pray for the Ukrainian leader and his people fighting for freedom, noted News 12.
Michelle Woodhouse, another candidate, noted her bewilderment that anyone in a position of power in the United States could consider Zelensky a 'hoodlum' while Kyiv is now under invasion.
Republicans in the district are terrified that if Cawthorn gets the nomination, they will forfeit this position to a liberal Biden Democrat. The North Carolina congress members have previously said that Russia is just as at fault.
Last March 10, he posted on social media that Vladimir Putin is as disgusting. He drew the line at the Ukrainian leader whom he accused of misleading the US into a deadly conflict. Unlike other US leaders, he hopes it gets better for the Ukrainian people and not to allow others to pull in the US via dishonest means. No comment was given by his office yet.
Cawthorn is one of the few Republican lawmakers to blame Ukraine, though a larger number of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have urged for the US not to send troops or establish a no-fly zone. He says the disinformation of Ukrainian President Zelensky to force the US to enter conflict is inappropriate. He added that using lies to pull the country in a deadly way is incorrect.
