Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaks during a hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations to examine US-Russia policy at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 7 ...
Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.) joined Phillips in condemning Rubio and Daines. “The lack of discipline in Congress is truly astounding,” he tweeted. Rep. Jim Hines (D-Conn.) tweeted after the call that Zelenskyy “is standing strong, but pleaded for more help. More than 280 senators, House members, and staff, were dialed into the meeting with the Ukrainian president. Planes, oil embargo, continued military aid.” Hines also included an image of the call, but noted that “we were asked to not post during the zoom” and that his post came “well afterwards.” Rubio and Daines both posted images while the call was still in progress. The Ukrainian Ambassador very intentionally asked each of us on the zoom to NOT share anything on social media during the meeting to protect the security of President Zelenskyy. Appalling and reckless ignorance by two US Senators. https://t.co/geolhKxbLp Rep. Dean Phillips (D-Minn.) criticized his fellow lawmakers after the call ended, tweeting that the “Ukrainian ambassador very intentionally asked each of us on the Zoom to NOT share anything on social media during the meeting to protect the security of President Zelenskyy.” (Multiple congressional aides confirmed the directive to NBC News.)
"There was nothing secure about that call," the Florida senator said Sunday.
Clout?" Anna V. Eskamani, a state representative in Rubio's own state of Florida, asked in her own tweet. Michael Steele, the former chairman of the Republican National Committee asked in a tweet. "First of all, [the Ukrainian ambassador] asked that like 30 minutes into the call after I had already done it," Rubio said.
Marco Rubio is one of two Republican lawmakers facing criticism for tweeting photos of a Saturday video call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ...
But you’re always going to have a couple people that want their name in an article somewhere and mentioned in the press.” If an embattled wartime leader asks you to keep quiet about a meeting, you better keep quiet about the meeting. And the picture is just a nondescript picture. It looks just like all the other ones that you’ve seen out there publicly. All the call details had been emailed. Democratic U.S. Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado, who is a member of the House Armed Services Committee and the House Intelligence Committee, wrote: “The lack of discipline in Congress is truly astounding. “Dude, what the hell is wrong with you?” he wrote in a quote tweet of Rubio’s post. Actually, the specific time had been reported. That call had been widely reported. Dude, what the hell is wrong with you? “There was no identifying information of any kind. “Well, first of all, (the Ukrainian ambassador) asked that like 30 minutes into the call, after I had already done it,” he said.
Multiple aides told NBC News lawmakers present were directed by Ukrainian officials not to share pictures of the president.
If history is any indication, Vladimir Putin already has one foot in his political grave.
“That call had been widely reported and the specific time had been reported. But you’re always gonna have a couple people who want their name in an article somewhere, or their name in the press.” He continued: “And that picture is just a nondescript picture, it looks like all the other ones you’ve seen out there publicly. On Saturday, a spokesperson for Daines said his post contained “no identifying information” and the request not to share any images came after he tweeted. “If an embattled wartime leader asks you to keep quiet about a meeting, you better keep quiet about the meeting. And as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bloody attack against his sovereign neighbor rages on, the United States and other allies have broached who might take over if Zelensky were to be killed or captured.
Senators Marco Rubio (R) and Steve Daines (R) are facing criticism after sharing screenshots from a Saturday Zoom call with Ukrainian President Zelensky ...
'If an embattled wartime leader asks you to keep quiet about a meeting, you better keep quiet about the meeting. 'The details of the call were emailed to a bunch of people. 'Dude, what the hell is wrong with you? I'm -- perhaps she was under the impression that the Zoom call was a secret. Next week we will receive another batch of Starlink systems for destroyed cities.' before it was requested not to' and contained 'no identifying information.' The Ukrainian president (pictured on the front lines) has admitted he knows he's Russia's biggest target. 'There was no identifying information of any kind.' 'The second is, I think she's under the impression that no one knew that call was happening. And it was a nondescript picture unlike any of the other -- just like the other ones you've seen on the air. I'm not saying a damn thing. Both Senator Rubio (R) (tweet pictured left) and Senator Steve Daines of Montana (R) (tweet pictured right) posted images of a Zoom call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday morning, although they were specifically told not to do so until the meeting had concluded for security reasons