Posted on 08/09/2024 3:13:28 PM PDT by Kazan
Ukraine’s state-run Ukrinform news service on Wednesday reported that Ukrainians who live in Minnesota are pleased with the “firm pro-Ukrainian stance” of Gov. Tim Walz (D), who is currently embroiled in a scandal due to exaggerating his military service for political gain after being tapped as Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate.
Ukrinform’s article was built around an interview with Luda Anastazievsky, who chairs the Ukrainian American Advocacy Committee of Minnesota. Anastazievsky said she met Walz at a rally in St. Paul shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, and was favorably impressed by his words of devotion to the Ukrainian community.
“Without Ukrainian residents of Minnesota, there is no Minnesota, and today we are all Ukrainians,” she recalled Walz saying.
Anastazievsky went on to testify before the Minnesota legislature in support of a bill that banned state investments in Russia and its ally Belarus. The bill passed and Walz subsequently ordered Minnesota agencies to terminate their contracts with Russian entities.
“Walz then raised the Ukrainian flag over his residence as a sign of support for Ukraine,” Ukrinform interjected.
Anastazievsky saluted Walz as a “strong supporter of Ukraine” and claimed his true strength is “that he can find, as they say, a middle ground, an opportunity to negotiate with both sides.”
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They know a pushover when they see one. Easy to roll.
This is going to hurt more than help.
But media spill over like this is limited unless someone here wants to make it a big deal.
Having a Ukrainian endorsement is not much better than an endorsement by the National Assoc. of Lepers.
Sounds right…
He’s just another statist Ukrainian loyalist.
Free Republic is thick with them.
And they are enemies of the American people.
Just how would Ukrainians in the Ukraine felt about a commissioned officer on the payroll for 24 years skip town when the shooting started?
Bet Z wouldn’t applaud this!
Sounds like Zeepers’ dream come true.
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