Lindsey Graham gives 'shout out' to Putin as Senate votes on adding Finland and Sweden to NATO: 'Without you,

Lindsey Graham gives 'shout out' to Putin as Senate votes on adding Finland and Sweden to NATO: 'Without you, we wouldn't be here'
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Sen. Lindsey Graham mocked Putin as the Senate is poised to vote on Finland and Sweden's NATO accession.
"Without you, we wouldn't be here," Graham said in comments directed at Putin.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine pushed the historically neutral Nordic countries to seek NATO membership.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina mocked Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as the Senate debated a resolution on Sweden and Finland's accession to NATO.

"One person that I want to thank, that I usually don't give a whole big shout out to, is President Putin from Russia. Without you, we wouldn't be here," Graham said. "You've done more to strengthen NATO than any speech I could hope to give."

"What we've been able to accomplish here through Putin's invasion of Ukraine is to remind everybody in the world — when it comes to bullies, you better stand up to them before it's too late," he added.

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