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BREAKING: House progressives retract letter pressing Biden to engage in diplomacy with Russia on the war in Ukraine amid intraparty backlash
Progressive House lawmakers on Tuesday retracted a letter they had sent to President Joe Biden a day before seeking U.S. engagement with Russia to end the war in Ukraine amid intense backlash from within the Democratic Party.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., the chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, said in a statement that the letter was “released by staff without vetting� and “created the unfortunate appearance� that Democrats, who have strongly supported military and economic aid to Ukraine, “are somehow aligned with Republicans who seek to pull the plug in American support� for the country.