Christina Pushaw, the spokeswoman for Florida Governor-turned Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis, reaffirmed her ongoing support for Ukranian President Volodimir Zelensky this week and suggested that her anti-war critics want her to “support” Russian President Vladimir Putin.
According to a report by the National Pulse, DeSantis’ “Rapid Response Director” has faced scrutiny for her fervent support of Zelensky’s regime in Ukraine despite him being accused of embezzling U.S. taxpayer money as he wages war against Russia.
Critics of DeSantis, who seek a president in 2024 who will broker an immediate peace deal between the two nations, have expressed their concern of Pushaw’s relationship with the Ukranian regime.
“When the best ‘oppo’ you can find on me is that I don’t support Putin… I’m okay with that,” Pushaw claimed online this week.
When the best “oppo” you can find on me is that I don’t support Putin… I’m okay with that 🤷🏼♀️
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) May 29, 2023
Pushaw, a registered foreign agent who was once employed by former Georgian President and Ukranian politician Mikheil Saakashvili, admittedly spent years working in Europe and has even bragged about attending Zelensky’s election night celebration, which took place after the American government-sponsored Maidan Coup in 2014.
This is how I will always remember Ukraine.
2017-2019. The last pic is from Zelensky’s election night. pic.twitter.com/AnMXFHIKbo
— Christina Pushaw 🐊 🇺🇸 (@ChristinaPushaw) February 25, 2022
On May 27, Pushaw blocked Valiant News reporter Andrew White on Twitter after the journalist pointed out her links to the foreign government.
“There’s a story here somewhere about this mysterious foreign agent woman. Ukraine? Zelensky’s swearing-in? Wtf? We’re on the brink of WW3 because of Ukraine. Why is DeSantis tapping her for ANYTHING? So bizarre. Who is this lady???? Stinks!” tweeted White.
Was it something I said? https://t.co/tnr41g2RXD pic.twitter.com/l2Xe4W1YSt
— Andrew (@whiteaf5) May 27, 2023
When she isn’t blocking pro-Trump reporters on Twitter for pointing out her ties to Ukraine amidst an increasingly hostile U.S. geopolitical crisis with a nuclear-armed Russia, Pushaw spends her time online promoting DeSantis’ candidacy for president and arguing with 16 year old Trump supporters about botox.
Never forgetti pic.twitter.com/rmE2pQyCqg
— Tom Pappert (@realTomPappert) May 26, 2023
While DeSantis continues to dodge and flip-flop when asked about his foreign policy positions, the undisputed 2024 Republican frontrunner for president, 45th President Donald Trump, has repeatedly vowed to end the Ukraine-Russia war in just 24 hours.
GOWDY: If you're president, how would you address the war in Ukraine?
DESANTIS: First, I think what we need to do as a veteran is recognize that our military has become politicized. You talk about gender ideology … pic.twitter.com/xv5jqTYksA
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) May 25, 2023
“If I’m President, I will have that war settled in one day, 24 hours,” Trump told host Kaitlan Collins during a CNN Town Hall earlier this month. “I’ll meet with Putin, I’ll meet with Zelensky, they have both have weaknesses and they both have strengths, and within 24 hours that war will be settled. It’ll be over. It’ll be absolutely over.”
After the president promised a peace deal, Collins proceeded to repeatedly ask if he wanted “Ukraine to win.”
Trump replied: “I don’t think in terms of winning and losing,” he said. “I think in terms of getting it settled so we can stop killing all these people and breaking down this country.”
President Trump on the Ukraine War: "I don’t think in terms of winning and losing. I think in terms of getting it settled so we stop killing all these people." pic.twitter.com/5S304y71rF
— MAGA War Room (@MAGAIncWarRoom) May 11, 2023
“I want everybody to stop dying,” Trump added. “They’re dying. Russians and Ukrainians. I want them to stop dying, and I’ll have that done in 24 hours I’ll have it done. You need the power of the presidency to do it.”
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