[19 February 2022; on Ukraine under Russian pressure] Ukraine is a sovereign nation and the Ukrainian people deserve to live under a free and fair democracy, not under the murderous, tyrannical dictatorial rule of Putin. If Ukraine falls, the signals sent globally will be cataclysmic - expect China to invade Taiwan next. A threat to democracy anywhere, is a threat to democracy everywhere. That is not war mongering, it's the stark reality of our geopolitics. Some of you should really be taking a hard look about what exactly you stand for and why you're so hypnotized by
Vladimir Putin. I won't forget, history won't forget where you were in this moment. I stand with the people of Ukraine. Yesterday, today, tomorrow.