得克萨斯州共和党参议员特德·克鲁兹和一些共和党议员一起声称，没有证据表明乌克兰干涉了2016年美国总统选举。
与全国广播公司的谈话会见新闻界周日主持人查克·托德(Chuck Todd)克鲁兹一再辩称，乌克兰政府和俄罗斯政府是干预2016年唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)入主椭圆形办公室的几名外国演员之一。克鲁兹表示，特朗普对俄罗斯“远比以前更强硬”，对乌克兰也更有帮助他继续为特朗普2016年针对妻子、信仰和加拿大出生地的共和党初选辩护。
尽管克鲁兹声称乌克兰插手此事，但他没有提供证据支持，上周，共和党领导的参议院小组找不到证据乌克兰在2016年总统选举中代表希拉里·克林顿进行干预。白宫高级官员，包括国务卿麦克·庞贝和其他共和党人，反复漂浮乌克兰而不是俄罗斯应对2016年入侵民主党全国委员会的电子邮件负责的理论。
"你认为乌克兰干涉了2016年的选举吗？"托德周日问克鲁兹。
“是的，我相信有相当多的证据，”克鲁兹回答。
“是吗？”明显震惊的托德问道。
克鲁兹抱怨说，媒体一直在问“乌克兰，而不是俄罗斯”是否干涉了2016年的选举，这位得克萨斯州共和党参议员说，这是一个错误的、误导性的问题框架。“当然，俄罗斯干涉了我们的选举，没有人看证据质疑，”克鲁兹说，托德回击之前，“美国总统反对。”
“当你和这位总统进行初选时，我觉得这很奇怪。他发起了一场反对你的生育运动，他追求你的信仰，他威胁说要“泄露你妻子的秘密”，他还推了一个《国家问询报》故事...”托德说，指出特朗普过去对参议员的攻击。
作为2016年共和党总统候选人参选的克鲁兹讽刺地回答道:“我很感激你把那些垃圾都扔了，你真好。”。
克鲁兹描述了一个当前防御bil举个例子，特朗普推行的“实质性政策”比巴拉克·奥巴马对俄罗斯的强硬程度要高几个数量级
在被问及特朗普的指控是否属实之前，克鲁兹继续说道:“然而，媒体一直在配合民主党在众议院进行的这场‘展示审判’，我对此感到厌恶。”补偿物推迟对乌克兰的援助“落入”俄罗斯手中。
“在奥巴马政府期间，我一再敦促奥巴马总统向乌克兰提供致命援助。我去了基辅的乌克兰，他们需要致命的援助。但是奥巴马政府给泰迪熊和[先生送去了正餐。他们不会真的给武器，”克鲁兹说。
这位参议员一再声称特朗普政府对俄罗斯非常强硬，对乌克兰非常有帮助，他说美国新闻媒体继续忽视这一点。
“你知道查克，物质很重要。克鲁兹坚持说:“无论如何，总统的政策，本届政府的政策，对俄罗斯来说更强硬，对乌克兰来说实际上比奥巴马的更好。”。
托德问克鲁兹:“你问过自己，为什么本届政府继续公开对俄罗斯说强硬的话，但在他们的行动中，他们似乎对俄罗斯并不强硬。”。
克鲁兹接着预测，他将帮助国会通过两党立法，该立法旨在阻止俄罗斯天然气工业股份公司(Gazprom)位于俄罗斯维堡和德国格雷夫斯瓦尔德之间有争议的北溪2号天然气管道。美国领导人表示担心，价值数十亿美元的管道可能被用作政治工具，绕过乌克兰，阻止美国向欧洲出售自己的天然气。
TED CRUZ CLAIMS UKRAINE MEDDLED IN 2016 U.S. ELECTION, DEFENDS TRUMP DESPITE PREVIOUS ATTACKS
Texas Republican Senator Ted Cruz joined a number of GOP lawmakers claiming without evidence that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
Speaking with NBC's Meet the Press host Chuck Todd on Sunday, Cruz repeatedly argued that the Ukrainian government and the Russian government were among several foreign actors who meddled in the 2016 election that saw Donald Trump voted into the Oval Office. Cruz said Trump has been "far tougher" on Russia, and much more helpful to Ukraine, than former President Barack Obama "ever was." He went on to actually defend Trump's 2016 Republican primary attacks against his wife, faith and Canadian place of birth.
Despite Cruz's claim of Ukraine meddling, which he did not back with proof, a GOP-led Senate panel last week found no evidence Ukraine interfered on Hillary Clinton's behalf in the 2016 presidential election. Top White House officials, including Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and other Republicans, have repeatedly floated the theory that Ukraine, and not Russia, was responsible for hacking Democratic National Committee emails in 2016.
"Do you believe Ukraine meddled in the election in 2016?" Todd asked Cruz Sunday.
"I do, and I believe there is considerable evidence," Cruz replied.
"You do?" asked a visibly-stunned Todd.
Cruz complained that the media continues to ask if "Ukraine, and not Russia" interfered in the 2016 election, which the Texas GOP senator says is a false and misleading framing of the question. "Of course Russia interfered in our election, nobody looking at the evidence disputes that," Cruz said, before Todd shot back, "the president of the United States does."
"This strikes me as odd, when you went through a primary campaign with this president. He launched a birther-ism campaign against you, he went after your faith, he threatened to 'spill the beans about your wife' about something, and he pushed a National Enquirer story..." Todd said, pointing out Trump's past attacks on the senator.
"I appreciate you dragging up all that garbage, that's very kind of you," Cruz, who ran as a 2016 GOP presidential candidate, replied sarcastically.
Cruz described a current defense bill as an example of how tangible, "substantive policy" pushed under Trump has been "tougher on Russia by orders of magnitude than Barack Obama ever was."
"And yet the media is playing along with this 'show trial' the Democrats are putting on in the House and I'm disgusted with it," Cruz continued, before being asked whether Trump's alleged quid pro quo and delayed aid to Ukraine "played into the hands" of Russia.
"Throughout the Obama administration, I repeatedly pressed President Obama to give lethal aid to Ukraine. I traveled to Ukraine, in Kyiv, and they needed lethal aid. But the Obama administration sent teddy bears and MREs [meals-ready to eat]. They wouldn't actually give weapons," Cruz said.
The senator repeatedly claimed the Trump administration has been very tough on Russia and very helpful toward Ukraine, which he says the U.S. news media continues to ignore.
"You know Chuck, substance matters. By any measure, the president's policies, this administration's policies, has been tougher on Russia, and actually better for Ukraine, than Obama's was," Cruz insisted.
"Have you asked yourself why is it that this administration continues to publicly say tough things about Russia, but in their actions, they don't seem to get tough on Russia," Todd asked Cruz.
Cruz went on to predict that he would help Congress pass bipartisan legislation, which seeks to block Russia's controversial Gazprom Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Vyborg, Russia and Greifswald, Germany. U.S. leaders have expressed fears the multibillion dollar pipeline could be used as a political tool to circumvent the Ukraine and prevent the U.S. from selling its own natural gas to Europe.
Senator Ted Cruz claimed without evidence that Ukraine meddled in the 2016 president election before defending Trump for mocking his wife, faith, Canadian birth in the primary.
