GOP lawmaker submits AUMF to ‘deter’ Putin from using nukes in Ukraine

By Max Thornberry
Published May 1, 2022 8:23pm ET
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GOP lawmaker submits AUMF to ‘deter’ Putin from using nukes in Ukraine
Rep. Adam Kinzinger questions witnesses during the House select committee hearing on the Jan. 6 attack on Capitol Hill in Washington, July 27, 2021. More than two years before the next presidential election, a shadow primary has begun to take shape among no fewer than three fierce Republican critics of former President Donald Trump to determine who is best positioned to occupy the anti-Trump lane in 2024.

One GOP lawmaker is trying to make it easier for the president to respond to Russia with force if troops in Ukraine use nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons.

Rep. Adam Kinzinger introduced an authorized use of military force to Congress on Sunday, easing the path for the United States to intervene in the war in Ukraine.

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