福克斯新闻的主持人珍妮·皮罗指责共和党人没有像民主党人那样战斗，建议他们在面对快速发展的弹劾调查时，应该更加努力地为唐纳德·特朗普总统辩护。
坚定的特朗普辩护律师、前县法官皮罗在接受路易斯安那州共和党人众议院少数党党鞭史蒂夫·斯卡利斯(Steve Scalise)采访时说了这番话。在她的节目中 珍妮法官的公正。斯卡利斯试图淡化对特朗普的指控，并辩称总统在乌克兰有争议的行为无论如何都不违法。
斯卡利斯指的是特朗普和乌克兰总统7月25日的通话，通话是弹劾调查的核心。他说:“事实上，特朗普总统正在履行职责，确保他们根除乌克兰的腐败，他祝贺沃洛季米尔·泽兰斯基总统根除腐败的纲领。”。“泽兰斯基甚至感谢特朗普总统卖给他们标枪导弹，让他们能够对抗俄罗斯，”他说。
福克斯新闻主持人珍妮·皮罗于2017年2月23日在马里兰州国家港举行的保守党政治行动会议(CPAC)上发表讲话
皮罗还认为特朗普表现得很好，这表明前总统巴拉克·奥巴马为乌克兰做的比特朗普少。
皮罗说:“恕我直言，国会议员，我必须问你，你们不像民主党那样战斗。”。“你得到了货物——当奥巴马没有出售他同意出售的东西，而俄罗斯在摧毁乌克兰的防御系统时，他在保卫俄罗斯。对于美国人来说，看到这一幕令人沮丧。”
在俄罗斯支持的分离主义者与基辅发动内战、俄罗斯在2014年吞并了这个东欧国家的一部分之后，奥巴马因没有向乌克兰提供致命的军事援助而受到批评。前美国政府同意给予非致命援助，如无人机、反迫击炮雷达、夜视设备、医疗用品和口粮，以支持国家。特朗普政府后来决定还提供狙击步枪和标枪导弹；然而，根据 纽约时报这些导弹被警告说，它们实际上不能用于乌克兰正在进行的冲突。
今年早些时候，特朗普被指控暂时扣留了近4亿美元对乌克兰的军事援助，以此作为向乌克兰官员施压的交换条件，要求他们展开可能损害民主党和民主党主要总统候选人乔·拜登的调查。特朗普政府任命的几名高级外交官和官员在闭门证词中证实，获得两党共识批准的援助被搁置，以敦促乌克兰政府调查总统的政治对手。
福克斯新闻主持人珍妮·皮罗于2016年11月17日抵达纽约特朗普大厦
民主党人和一些共和党人认为这是对总统权力的严重滥用，违反了联邦选举法。任何候选人在美国选举中向外国国民索取、接受或接受任何有价值的东西都是非法的。但是特朗普和他的支持者继续坚持弹劾调查是“党派”攻击和“政治迫害”
皮罗长期以来一直是特朗普最直言不讳的支持者之一。福克斯新闻的主持人自2017年以来已经收到超过230，000美元，用于向各种共和党和特朗普结盟的团体和筹款人演讲，据《美国媒体事务》报道。她也是直接参与在2018年特朗普和福克斯新闻主持人肖恩·哈尼蒂的集会上。
FOX NEWS HOST JEANINE PIRRO CHIDES REPUBLICANS FOR NOT FIGHTING THE WAY THE DEMOCRATS FIGHT
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro chided Republicans for not fighting the way the Democrats fight, suggesting they should push back harder in their defense of President Donald Trump in the face of the fast-moving impeachment inquiry.
Pirro, a staunch Trump defender and former county judge, made the remark during an interview with House Minority Whip Steve Scalise, a Republican from Louisiana, on her show Justice With Judge Jeanine. Scalise tried to downplay the allegations against Trump and argued that the president's controversial actions in Ukraine were not illegal in any way.
"In fact President Trump was carrying out his duty to make sure they are rooting out corruption in Ukraine and he was congratulating President Volodymyr Zelensky on a platform of rooting out corruption," Scalise said, referring to the July 25 call between Trump and Ukraine's president, which is at the center of the impeachment probe. "Zelensky even thanked President Trump for selling them the javelin missiles that allows them to stand up to Russia," he said.
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro makes remarks to the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at National Harbor, Maryland on February 23, 2017
Pirro also argued that Trump had behave appropriately, suggesting that former President Barack Obama had done less for Ukraine than Trump.
"With all due respect congressman, I've got to ask you, you guys don't fight the way the Democrats fight," Pirro said. "You had the goods–when Obama isn't selling what he agreed to sell and Russia and he's defending Russia when they are taking out the defense system over the Ukraine. It's frustrating for Americans to watch this."
Obama has been criticized for not providing lethal military assistance to Ukraine in the wake of Russian-backed separatists launching a civil war with Kiev, and Russia annexing part of the Eastern European nation in 2014. The previous U.S. administration agreed to give non-lethal assistance, such as drones, counter-mortar radars, night vision devices, medical supplies and food rations to support the country. The Trump administration later decided to also provide sniper rifles and Javelin missiles; however, according to The New York Times, the missiles were given with the caveat that they could not actually be used in Ukraine's ongoing conflict.
Earlier this year, Trump is alleged to have temporarily withheld nearly $400 million in military aid to Ukraine as a quid pro quo to pressure Ukrainian officials to open investigations that could damage the Democrats and leading Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden. Several top diplomats and officials, who were appointed by Trump's administration, have confirmed in closed-door depositions that the aid–which was approved by bipartisan consensus–was withheld to urge the Ukrainian government to investigate the president's political rivals.
Fox News host Jeanine Pirro arrives at Trump Tower on November 17, 2016 in New York City
Democrats, and some Republicans, argue that this was a significant abuse of the president's power and broke federal election laws. It is illegal for any candidate to solicit, receive or accept anything of value from a foreign national in conjunction with a U.S. election. But Trump and his supporters continued to insist that the impeachment inquiry is a "partisan" attack and a "witch hunt."
Pirro has long been one of Trump's most vocal supporters. The Fox News host has received over $230,000 to speak to various Republican and Trump-aligned groups and fundraisers since 2017, according to Media Matters for America. She also directly participated in a 2018 rally event for Trump along with Fox News host Sean Hannity.
