Speaker Johnson demands Zelenskyy remove Ukraine’s ambassador to US after Pennsylvania visit

AP Congressional Correspondent

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire his country’s ambassador to the U.S. The Republican speaker is criticizing Zelenskyy’s visit to an ammunition plant in Pennsylvania, a swing-state, as a political stunt. Johnson’s demand Wednesday comes as Zelenskyy addressed the United Nations in New York on the eve of his visit to Washington, where he has plans to be on Capitol Hill to brief senators about the war effort before meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. Johnson in a letter to Zelenskyy said the tour of the Scranton plant was organized by the ambassador and was “clearly a partisan campaign event designed to help Democrats.”