Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa holds foreign policy and national security discussions with the 2024 Republican presidential contenders amid widening GOP rift over support for Ukraine war
, the former two-term South Carolina governor who served as ambassador to the United Nations during President Donald Trump's administration, was Ernst’s first guest, as the two teamed last week for a Bastion Institute event in suburban Des Moines. Former Vice President Mike Pence, who’s moving toward a likely campaign launch in the spring, joins Ernst in Iowa on Saturday.
While many in the GOP’s traditional hawkish wing firmly back supporting Ukraine, and criticize the Biden administration for not doing enough to assist Kyiv, they face an increasingly more vocal wing of anti-war voices from the MAGA wing of the party that’s led by Trump, who remains the front-runner in the early legs of the GOP presidential nomination race.
and the other early voting caucus and primary states, said this week that protecting Ukraine is not a"vital" national interest for America.
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