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The Hartmann Report

WILL AMERICA KEEP OUR WORD TO UKRAINE?

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Thom Hartmann

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4.38 Ratings

🗓️ 21 December 2022

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

As the Russian campaign of murder, rape, and destruction continues, America has both a moral and a legal obligation to defend Ukraine and enforce the Budapest Memorandum of 1994. Let me put Trump’s tax returns in context. Senator Bernie Sanders is dropping by for a few minutes to chat. Also Congressman Mark Pocan joins the show to answer listener questions for a Progressive Town Hall Meeting. 

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Hey, hey, winner is here, huh? It's cold. It's cold all across the country and getting colder.

0:54.5

Will America keep its word to Ukraine? President Zelensky is speaking to Congress.

1:00.7

Trump's tax returns in context. I want to share that with you. Senator Bernie Sanders is going

1:05.5

to drop by for a few minutes. There's an awful lot to talk about today.

1:09.5

And the former co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus used to be Congressman Mark

1:14.4

Polkhan and Pramila Jayapal. And Congressman Polkhan will be with us and I'm looking forward to that.

1:22.4

And as always, you know, calls into members of Congress don't count against your one

1:27.4

call a week quote. So a lot to talk about today, I want to start off though with the situation in

1:33.7

Ukraine and our obligation as it were under an actual written agreement. Now, you know, we've had

1:40.9

many conversations on this program since Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th about this war

1:49.3

and about this situation. And I occasionally get calls from people who I guess would describe

1:56.9

themselves as hardcore lefties. I don't think so. I think when you're supporting a fascist nation

2:01.9

that you're supporting fascism. And I don't see how you can call the current government of Russia

2:08.1

anything other than fascists. But nonetheless, you know, the two things that they always cite are the

2:14.4

Minsk agreements. This was a ceasefire over the Donbass region that Russia violated and that on

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