LOS ANGELES — Former Vice President Mike Pence, weighing a White House run next year, delivered a powerful call for America’s continued aid to Ukraine on Wednesday, saying the intervention is critical for national and global security.
He blamed President Joe Biden for weakening the nation’s stature on the world stage, but Pence’s approach to the conflict taking place in Eastern Europe aligns with the Democratic administration’s foreign policy and puts him at odds with his two most prominent potential rivals in a GOP presidential nomination race, including his old boss, former President Donald Trump.
“Vladimir Putin is responsible for the unprovoked invasion of the Ukraine and Vladimir Putin and Russia need to be held accountable,” Pence told more than 200 people at a luncheon in a replica of the White House’s East Room at the Richard Nixon Library & Museum in Yorba Linda.
