Posted on 03/06/2022 10:27:53 AM PST by conservative98
As Russia keeps increasing its attacks on Ukraine, the partisan finger-pointing continues here at home. On Sunday's This Week on ABC, the "PowerHouse Roundtable" got heated when Former New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie rightly blamed President Joe Biden for the current situation in Ukraine.
Anchor George Stephanopoulos started off the firestorm by asking Christie if there's anything Biden could've done short of "imposing a no-fly zone over Ukraine" that would've prevented Russian President Vladimir Putin from invading. Christie argued that if Biden had "aggressively armed Ukraine" from day one in office by continuing "the Trump policy" of providing arms, Russia never would've invaded.
Bringing up Trump clearly triggered the libs on the ABC panel, because you could hear instant shouting at Christie. Chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl instantly scoffed at Christie's suggestion that Trump had armed Ukraine, huffing "Trump is the one who brow-beated Zelenskyy and held back the javelins that Congress had voted to supply him with."
Christie firmly replied that the "Ukrainians were arm armed" under Trump, "and in January of 2021, Joe Biden stopped that policy" Christie added. He also reminded the liberal panel that Biden "reversed domestic oil production policy" and "just in North Dakota alone, half a billion barrels a day reduced because Biden prevented us from taking it out of Federal lands. We import half a billion barrels a day from Russia. We could stop paying blood money to Russia to fund this war if we would increase domestic oil production."
Next, former Democratic National Committee chairwoman Donna Brazile tried to challenge Christie, and it went just as poorly for her (click "expand"):
DONNA BRAZILE: I want to go back to your point. The Republicans, seriously, Donald Trump tried to play a game with Mr. Zelenskyy.
CHRISTIE: And still armed them.
BRAZILE: He tried to play a game
CHRISTIE: And still armed them.
BRAZILE: And was impeached for it. So I think this President has rallied the country, rallied nato. Gotten the Germans -- I mean look at the countries that are coming to help the Ukrainians.
CHRISTIE: You think that's because of Joe Biden?
[crosstalk]
BRAZILE: Yes, I believe Joe Biden has shown leadership.
[crosstalk]
CHRISTIE: No, Donna! It's because the tanks rolled into Ukraine and that puts the Russian tanks a lot closer to Germany than they were before they did. You cannot give Joe Biden credit for that. And by the way, Joe Biden did one thing that Donald Trump didn’t do, he stopped arming Ukraine. And this was the same administration he was part of back with Obama that –
BRAZILE: Oh Lord, here we go!
CHRISTIE: That sent blankets after Crimea.
BRAZILE: You changed your platform on Ukraine.
Lastly, Stephanopoulos asked Christie if Republicans would "forego criticizing" Biden for skyrocketing gas prices. Christie ignored the question and let him know what should be done to ease consumers' pain at the pump: "you have to ban Russian oil and you have to increase domestic production. And that is where Joe Biden is going to have the problem. Because he's held captive by the environmental left."
Christie mentioned Biden's climate czar John Kerry's comments bemoaning the war in Ukraine, not because people are dying but because it is making "climate change" worse. Stephanopoulos didn't bat an eye. Instead, he brought up the UN's report on climate change claiming it's an "existential crisis and it’s getting worse."
Realizing how out of touch those comments were, Christie tore into Stephanopoulos "and that’s what the tragedy is in Ukraine? While people are being slaughtered?"
This is where the media's priorities are. Blaming former President Trump and obsessing over climate change.
This out-of-touch segment on ABC was made possible by WeatherTech.
Let me guess, one of Christie’s broken clock moments? It feels strange to read about him saying those things.
Under 4 yrs of Donald Trump, ZERO WARS..ZERO, Putin NEVER thought for a second about invading Ukraine, lil Rocket Man stopped firing missiles and there was peace throughout the world..now the demented child molesting buffoon takes power and Putin invaded Ukraine and North Korea fires missiles every 5 seconds yet the commie left will NEVER EVER admit it is their fault, nope, they cant do it, all they can do is talk about Trump because their own leadership are such abysmal failures
Why has this fat lump decided to start mouthing off again?
Good for Christie.
Not a whole lot about Christie I like, but he is spot on in this exchange.
You won’t fool me, Christie.
It’s impossible not to utterly hate these lying bastards in the corrupt media.
Donna Brazille is a filthy poop stain.
Christie knows his side is losing the battle in the GOP to Trump, so he has to throw an occasional bone to Trump supporters.
He’s pushing a book no one is buying.
Christie is the epitome of what is wrong with the GOP.
Bush League Republicans MUST become extinct.
Christie strikes me as someone like me. He completely agrees with most of Trump’s policies when he was president and continues to support them. But where Christe (and me) draw the line is when Trump wants to continue this nonsense that he lost the election due to wide spread fraud when the courts, Trump’s republican administration and the Republicans in the states said there was no proof.
I’m glad he did.
This is the guy who said “Illegal aliens haven't committed any crimes.’’
Now , him, an anti-Trumper is suddenly coming out of his hole talking s**t about Trump.
The GOP needs this guy like a whole in the head.
fat man can’t find the middle with Trump...one day yes, one day no...
Probably running again?
They tried talking over him when he started to defend Trump... but he wouldn’t let them.
He’s still a snake.
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