"There's some lonely voices out there"

Host Margaret Brennan noted that McConnell’s clear support of Ukraine differed from what some other members of his party have said, pointing to Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-N.C.) who called Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug.” Cawthorn’s remarks were widely amplified by Russian state media.

“Well, there’s some lonely voices out there that are in a different place,” McConnell said. “But looking at Senate Republicans, I can tell you that I would have, had I been the majority leader, put this Ukraine supplemental up by itself. I think virtually every one of my members would have voted for it.

“The vast majority of the Republican Party writ large, both in the Congress and across the country, are totally behind Ukrainians and urging the president to … take these steps quicker, to be bolder. So there may be a few only voices off the side I wouldn’t pay much attention to them,” he added.