Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te Hōngongoi 2016, i mua noa iho i te pōtitanga a te Rōpū Reipa
2016 Convention i Cleveland, I angitu a Gordon me nga kaitono i pootihia kia ngawari te whakatikatika i whakaarohia ki te kaupapa kaupapa o te Komiti a te Motu Republican e kii ana kia whakawhiwhia ki nga " patu patu patu patu " ki te kawanatanga o Ukraine. I taua wa, he maha nga kaihautū kaupapa here a waho o te Republican i tautoko i te tautoko kaha o Ukraine i te whakahaerenga a Obama. I roto i te Hānuere 2017, "Business Insider" pūrongo e kua ia "kore mahue" tona "tepu taha tohua, e kore i korero tūmatanui i te hui o ngā karere i roto i te hui tüäpapa", engari i roto i Maehe 2017 whakaae ia ki CNN e, i roto i te kupu o CNN, "Kua tohe Gordon mo te reo i roto i te tüäpapa GOP e kore e te Ukrainians kia patu i roto i to ratou whawhai ki separatists pro-Rusia". Kua mea a Gordon mo tana tohutohu ki te whakaiti i te whakatikatika i whakaarohia mo Ukraine ko "koinei te reo i hiahia a Donald Trump ano", ahakoa kua whakakahore ia i mohio a Trump i te wa o nga "tautuhinga".