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GOP Leader: Biden Foreign Policy Has ‘Emboldened All The Evil Leaders Of The World’

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On Sunday, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy criticized Joe Biden’s foreign policy, saying that between the disastrous U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal and the administration’s handling of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the president has “emboldened all the evil leaders of the world,” including Russian President Vladimir Putin.

McCarthy made his remarks during an interview on Fox News’ “Fox & Friends Weekend.”

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McCarthy on Ukraine: ‘They want to defend themselves’

McCarthy said of Biden’s foreign policy, “It’s not just emboldened Russia — it’s emboldened all the evil leaders of the world.”

Pointing his finger at Biden, he said, “And it started on day one. It’s his executive actions.”

McCarthy stated that energy is key.

“Remember, a strength of the nation is not just your military — it’s your ability to have energy; it’s your ability of economics,” McCarthy observed. “He weakened America’s ability on energy. It empowered who? It gives Russia, Venezuela, Iran and Iran power. That’s where they get their wealth.”

One of Biden’s very first actions as President was to nix the Keystone Pipeline, which would have brought Canadian oil to the U.S. 

It would have produced approximately 800,000 barrels per day.

On the U.S. Afghanistan withdrawal, McCarthy said, “Then the way he extracted us from Afghanistan, saying that wouldn’t leave until every American was out, and two weeks later, he left. That sent a wrong message around the world.”

“And then, when he gave Putin the pipeline and denied America the pipeline, they saw more weakness,” the Republican continued. “And then there’s a little point. Remember, this is the 100th anniversary this year of the Soviet Union being created, and Putin thinks on this manner — that he wants to bring the motherland back together.”

McCarthy refers to Trump’s era sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 Russian Pipeline from Germany.

“Remember on November 10, Blinken signed a strategic partnership with Ukraine,” he added. “In that partnership, it advocates to having them join NATO. But when you did that — this is why they’re so wrong when it comes to foreign policy. You would never sign that agreement without first selling weapons to Ukraine to defend themselves.”

“So, what they did is they had the intel that Putin wanted to invade Ukraine; they signed this document, and then Putin looks at it — ‘I’ve got a short window to go in before they join.’ And the entire time, Biden’s administration says he won’t do anything until after they entered.”

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Corporate Boycotts, Sanctions

The West’s response to Russia in terms of soft power has been nearly ubiquitous and probably unprecedented. 

All major corporations, including automakers, shipping companies, and banks, have either slowed down or stopped all operations in Russia. 

The Biden administration has sanctioned Russia’s central bank, and the Russian ruble has tanked in recent weeks.