Bernie Sanders dismisses Republicans’ ‘horrific’ calls for Zelenskyy to resign
Senator responds to Republicans’ pro-resignation remarks after Ukrainian president’s heated meeting with Trump
Independent US senator Bernie Sanders has dismissed as “horrific” claims that Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy may have to resign after a diplomatic meltdown in the Oval Office with Donald Trump.
Sanders’ comments, in an interview with NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday morning, served as a retort to pro-resignation remarks from his fellow US senator Lindsey Graham, which in turn had been affirmed by the Republican House speaker Mike Johnson.
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