Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his first wartime visit to a foreign capital since Russia mounted a full-scale invasion of his country to try charming Capitol Hill into continuing financial support for his government’s war effort.
Based on the show of congressional support — and in some cases, the lack of it — that he received Wednesday during a special joint meeting of Congress, it was not clear whether he succeeded.
That’s not because Zelenskyy’s remarks were not passionate, rousing and stirring, but because a sizable number of lawmakers were not in the House chamber.
