ICYMI: Ernst Leads 41 Colleagues in Urging Biden to Expedite Aircraft and Defense Systems to Ukraine

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The Wall Street Journal reported on Ernst’s push, writing: “On Thursday, some 42 Republican senators, led by Sens. Joni Ernst (R., Iowa) and Mitt Romney (R., Utah) wrote to Mr. Biden that ‘we strongly disagree with the Defense Department's decision to delay and deny Poland the option to transfer fighter jets to Ukraine.’"

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Fox News also reported on the Ernst-led push: “42 Republican Senators have written President Biden, saying, ‘We cannot allow Putin an advantage because of a failure to provide the Ukrainians with the needed weaponry...We implore you to act without delay to provide urgently needed airpower.’”

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The Associated Press reported: “Forty GOP senators signed onto a letter from Sens. Joni Ernst of Iowa and Mitt Romney of Utah urging President Joe Biden to answer the plea from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who told lawmakers over the weekend that if the U.S. could not help with a no-fly zone over his skies, it could at least send more planes for his people to defend against the attack from Russia.”

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WOWT-6 covered the effort, reporting: “Ernst, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, held a press conference with fellow Republicans after the group sent a letter signed by 42 Republicans to President Biden urging him to take action following the Defense Department’s decision to reject Poland’s plans to provide MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine.”

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NBC News reported on Ernst’s letter, writing: “More than 40 Senate Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to assist in the transfer Soviet-era aircraft to Ukraine so it can defend itself against Russian forces.”

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The Hill wrote: “More than 40 Republican senators called on President Biden to speed up the transfer of air power and air defense systems, among other support, to Ukraine after the Pentagon announced on Wednesday that the U.S. did not support transferring Polish fighter jets to Ukraine.”

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As reported by The Washington Post, Ernst and her colleagues wrote to Biden: “We implore you to direct your Department of Defense to facilitate the transfer of aircraft, air defense systems, and other capabilities by and through our NATO partners immediately.”

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