GOP Rep. Davidson: There Was No Diplomacy that Was De-Escalatory, in Fact, Everything Was Escalatory Before the Ukraine War Started

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DAVIDSON: “Eastern Ukraine -- the Donbas east of the Dnieper River -- heavily Russian-speaking. They want to maintain Russian culture. And a friend of mine from there said hey, it's a lot like maybe for American if you think of Quebec. They want to speak French. They want this French culture and heritage recognized. They're content to be part of Canada. But until you come in and say well, you can't speak French anymore and we're not going to recognize that and we're going to purge every reference to what you view as your culture. That's the kinds of things that were going on in the internal affairs of Ukraine that Russia continued to try to address with Ukraine. That's not an excuse for the invasion or war but there was no diplomacy that was de-escalatory. In fact, everything was escalatory.”