It's a pity that in this technological war, the United States has helped Putin.

Not because they want to or not. I don't know.

These steps from the United States have been dangerous for us.

Intelligence, Starlink — when it comes together, it's dangerous.

Are we going to fight for another 20 years or 10 years, or are we finally going to do something?

There are growing calls for Europe to become involved in some way.

Trump talks to Putin regularly. European leaders need to clearly say what they want, and we should agree on how we're going to proceed.

Some of my spiritual heroes, like Pope Francis and Pope Leo, are pro-life. And they are consistently pro-life.

They're not just against abortion, but they are against poverty, against climate change, against war.

And so I can respect anyone like you who is consistently pro-life.

We need to strengthen Ukraine. We need to strengthen our NATO allies as they stand up to Russian aggression so we don't have to.

In some ways, I see this as a cost-saving measure. If we can stop this aggression, if we can stop Putin in Ukraine, then we're not going to have to stop him elsewhere.

I am for fair voter ID. And I say fair because here in Texas, I think that a lot of our voter ID policies are discriminatory.

Some kinds of ID are allowed, and other valid forms of ID aren't allowed.

For instance, when you go to vote here in Texas, you can bring your concealed carry license, which I'm all for, but a student at a public college or university can't bring their student ID.

I think that hurts some kinds of voters and helps other kinds of voters.

As long as voter ID is fair, then I'm all for it.

I will always do what's best for Texas, even if that means standing up to my own party.

If the Democratic Party is going after the good-paying oil and gas jobs here in Texas, I'm going to stand up against them.

I'm going to call out Democrats like Joe Biden who failed us on our southern border because we need border security here in Texas.

We need to protect our border communities.

I believe that Israel, like any nation, has a right to defend its people.

But I don't believe that Benjamin Netanyahu has a right to wage war against civilians or use collective punishment or restrict aid to civilians.

And so that's what I've spoken out against.

I have been the fiercest critic of Christian nationalism because I don't think there's anything Christian about Christian nationalism.

Jesus, as a good rabbi, took the two commandments from the Torah: to love God and to love neighbor.

And there's no exception to that second commandment. I'm called to love all of my neighbors, not just my Presbyterian or Christian neighbors.

I'm always very careful when I talk about this to make sure that my criticisms are directed toward Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and not the Israeli people.

I have been very critical of Prime Minister Netanyahu.

As a former teacher, seeing the death and the destruction in Gaza, seeing what's happening to children in particular, makes me sick to my stomach.

Germany, get this into your heads, will be defended neither in the Donbas nor in the Hindu Kush.

Through ever deeper entanglements, you risk turning our country itself into a party to the war and into a target.

And you invoke precisely this danger of war to justify your excessive government spending and further restrictions on freedom of expression.

While you attempt to finance the proxy war against the nuclear power Russia practically single-handedly, our European partners are already discreetly holding back.

And while you approve one sanctions package after another, thereby ruining our own economy and public finances, the U.S. and Russia are negotiating diesel deliveries and other agreements for their mutual benefit.

Not even 10% of Germans support further aid to Ukraine. Or, to put it the other way around, 90% of Germans oppose the continued burning of German taxpayers' money in Ukraine.

Act accordingly.

We in the AfD want diesel deliveries, a diesel deal for Germany, and we want natural gas and oil from Russia to provide relief to German consumers and German companies.