WASHINGTON – As Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, congressional Democrats condemned Vladimir Putin, backed President Joe Biden, and called for more economic sanctions on Putin's regime, while Republicans offered a more divided response.
"Putin’s decision to invade is an evil, panicked move of weakness and will be his defining mistake,” tweeted Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn.
Murphy also said "Putin has plans for us too," and the Russian strongman "will use this crisis to try to divide Americans from each other and to separate America from our allies."
He added: "In this, we must remain vigilant and united. This is not a moment for politics to trump security."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., has compared Putin's plans for Ukraine to German dictator Adolf Hitler's seizure of Czech territory in the Sudetenland in 1938, a pivotal event on the road to World War II.
"The attack on the Ukraine by the Russians is an attack on democracy," Pelosi said in backing the Biden administration's approach.
Many Republicans criticized Putin as well, though some – including former President Donald Trump also had harsh words for Biden's handling of the Russia-Ukraine crisis.
"Putin is playing Biden like a drum. It is not a pretty thing to watch!" Trump said Wednesday, just hours before Russia launched a full-scale invasion of the sovereign nation of Ukraine.
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