John Kennedy
Role at the time: U.S. Senator from Louisiana, speaking to reporters at a campaign appearance in Michigan, as reported by The Hill
Condemned
Statement summary
Sen. John Kennedy said he did not support importing diesel from Putin, whom he called a butcher of his own people and of Ukrainians, while saying the president is doing everything he can to get diesel prices down.
“support his decision to import it from Putin. Vladimir Putin is a butcher. He’s a butcher of his own people. And he’s a butcher of the good people of Ukraine.”