The Biden Administration has settled on using the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline as leverage to deter Russia from invading Ukraine. Ted Cruz just doesn't get it.
, whom right-wing publications proposed was working as an undercover FBI agent. The theory turned out to, indeed, be fake news.
With Putin seemingly vacillating, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline has emerged as one of the major pieces of leverage the United States has to prevent Russia from invading Ukraine. And even though plenty of Republicans and Democrats had previously supported blocking the gas pipeline, most Democrats see that the circumstances have changed and believe Cruz’s proposal would now do more harm than good.
Menendez’s bill would also require the State Department to reassess whether the current waiver on sanctions “remains in the best interest of United States national security, especially in light of the Russian Federation’s military build-up along the border of Ukraine.” Meanwhile, the White House sees Cruz’s proposal as just another political ploy that would jam up diplomacy.
While Cruz has said Democrats’ willingness to back Menendez’s bill is a prime example of them letting go of their convictions in order to just back the party line, Murphy sees Cruz’s efforts to bungle the Nord Stream 2 vote as emblematic of Republicans just trying to stamp out a win for Democrats at any cost—even when a breakthrough with Putin is on the line.
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