You've been probably one of the most argued backers of
Ukraine in the Senate here,
But what took so long to get some of these
other eight Republicans persuaded to your position there wasn't the
overall nature of this bill and what was lost in
that time period for Ukraine?
Well, that's a good question.
You already know the answer.
I I think the demonization of Ukraine began by Tucker
Carlson,
who in my opinion ended up where he should have
been all along,
which is interviewing Vladimir Putin.
And so he had an enormous audience,
which convinced a lot of rank and file Republicans.
It may be this was a mistake.