Former Vice President Mike Pence took to social media Wednesday to name out Trump’s incorrect declare that Ukraine was in charge for the beginning its ongoing struggle with Russia.
Pence was then instantly attacked for his lack of loyalty to his former boss.
Trump instructed reporters on Tuesday that Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelenskyy “should have never started” the struggle that started when Russian forces launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. The president doubled-down on his verbal assault of Zelenskyy with an unhinged social media rant additionally missing in context.
Pence, who has emerged as one of many few Republicans nonetheless keen to publicly criticize Trump, set the file straight Wednesday afternoon.
“Mr. President, Ukraine did not ‘start’ this war,” he wrote on X. “Russia launched an unprovoked and brutal invasion claiming hundreds of thousands of lives. The Road to Peace must be built on the Truth.”
Whereas some social media customers praised Pence for standing as much as Trump, MAGA loyalists had been fast to lash out on the former VP.
“STFU Judas,” responded one admitted “conspiracy theorist” with practically 730,000 followers on X.
“When you had the opportunity to truly support [Trump] you folded like a cheap suit,” wrote one other. “You supported false narratives that misled our nation and imprisoned her citizens. Shame on you!”
Many Trump supporters have harbored anger towards Pence for certifying the 2020 presidential election that Trump tried to overturn following his loss to Joe Biden. Pence, as vice chairman on the time, was obligated to acknowledge that certification.
Pence needed to be hidden from MAGA extremists who invaded the U.S. Capitol to cease Biden’s certification on Jan. 6, 2021. Some demonstrators referred to as for the 65-year-old Republican to be hanged throughout that violent rebellion.
“You’re a traitor and betrayed Trump,” one other X consumer wrote Wednesday.
President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake arms in the beginning of a gathering on the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, 2018. (AP Photograph/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
Russian chief Vladimir Putin claimed in 2021 he was utilizing army drive for the “de-Nazification” of Ukraine, even though Zelenskyy is Jewish. He’s additionally lengthy challenged the legitimacy of Ukraine’s borders.
Trump and Putin apologists additionally blamed NATO and Biden for the struggle in Ukraine, regardless of the overwhelming world consensus that Russia’s invasion was provoked completely by Putin.
Zelenskyy mentioned Wednesday that he believes President Trump is working inside a “disinformation space.”
Initially Printed: February 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM EST
