'If it's corrupt and he believes there to be corruption, he has every right to withhold aid,' the Republican senator said.
"I think it's a big mistake for anyone to argue 'quid pro quo,' [or] 'he didn't have quid pro quo.' I know that's what the administration's arguing. I wouldn't make that argument. I would make the argument that every politician in Washington, other than me virtually, is trying to manipulate Ukraine to their purposes," Paul said.
"They're all doing it. They're all trying to manipulate Ukraine to get some kind of investigation, either end an investigation or start an investigation," he argued.what happened back in 2014. At the time, Russian-backed separatist rebels had just taken control of parts of the Eastern European nation, launching a civil war that continues to the present day.
Instead of weapons, the White House offered Ukraine vehicles, patrol boats, body armor, night-vision goggles and humanitarian aid.
that Democrats conspired with Ukrainians during the 2016 presidential election, and that leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden had acted corruptly toward the country to protect his son Hunter's business dealings there., took aim at Paul's claims as he came on the show following the GOP senator.
"Let's be very clear, the president of the United States demanding, extorting a vulnerable country to do his political bidding, to go after his political opponent has nothing to do with Joe Biden executing the policy or Hillary Clinton doing opposition research on her presidential opponent those are radically different things and what the president did is wrong and impeachable," the congressman from Connecticut said.
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