INSIDE THE ROOM: Last night, at classified Hill briefing, Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio) stood up and closed the briefing with urgent plea to admin. officials and colleagues. Warned that "free world has failed Ukraine" and "history is watching us," per 3 lawmakers who were there....
“She was the final speaker and got up, the last one up after many others said just said a few words and asked questions. But then she gave me chills,” one of the lawmakers said. “Marcy called us out. She said the free world has failed Ukraine.”
A 2nd lawmaker said Kaptur’s remarks ended w/ a round of applause as congressional leaders and Biden administration military and national security officials listened. “When someone seemed to signal her time was up, she said, ‘I’ve been here [in Washington] 45 years," kept spkg.
When reached Tu. by @CBSNews, Kaptur did not dispute the lawmakers’ characterizations.
Kaptur said, "I wasn't as prim and proper as the other speakers, but it was too technocratic. I have friends there." Said she is “very frustrated” with the “free world” for its response.
Kaptur said, "I wasn't as prim and proper as the other speakers, but it was too technocratic. I have friends there." Said she is “very frustrated” with the “free world” for its response.
Kaptur told @CBSNews she knows the caution is “due to nuclear weapons... But I feel the free world is frozen… I see all these speeches at the United Nations. All these speeches at the European Union. What is this? Where is the passion for liberty?”
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