Some of us never left Ukraine’s side — even if Washington did

By: Lynn Schmidt

Outlets: Missouri Independent

Published: October 14, 2026

Words: 750

Last Updated: 3 days, 20 hours ago

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I did not leave the Republican Party, and I am not going anywhere. But I am tired of watching most of my party’s leaders in Washington behave as if abandoning Ukraine to Vladimir Putin is simply the price of loyalty to this president.

President Donald Trump has never hidden his instinct to accommodate Putin, and we shouldn’t expect that to change. What can change, and what must change, is the silence of Republican officeholders who …

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