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DeSantis' Ukraine u-turn: Florida Governor now says his 'territorial dispute' comments were 'mischaracterized', calls Putin a war criminal and says Russia is 'basically a gas station with a nuclear weapons'
Daily Mail ^ | March 22, 2023 | Geoff Earle

Posted on 03/22/2023 6:11:33 PM PDT by McGruff

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sought to clean up comments where he called Russia's brutal war on Ukraine a 'territorial dispute' after drawing rebukes against 'isolationism' but praise from Fox News host Tucker Carlson.

'Well, I think it's been mischaracterized. Obviously, Russia invaded — that was wrong. They invaded Crimea and took that in 2014 — That was wrong,' DeSantis told Piers Morgan in an interview more than a week after his initial comments.

He also rolled out tough talk against Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him a 'war criminal' and saying he should be 'held accountable,' while dissing Russia as 'basically a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons' during a week when Putin huddled with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Florida
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To: McGruff
What a wuss. Puts his finger to the wind to see what way the breeze is blowing. You don't have to be rocket scientist to see this is a war of globalist multinational criminal new world order GloboHomo oligarchs against Russia. Russia's real crime is that they refuse to go "Woke".

21 posted on 03/22/2023 6:29:08 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: McGruff

Will DeSantis call Bill Clinton a “war criminal” for ordering a missile strike on a commuter train in Serbia killing hundreds of civilians.

Is G.W. Bush a war criminal for ordering the bombing of a safe house in Iraq that contained numerous children.


22 posted on 03/22/2023 6:30:14 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: McGruff

I’m done with this guy.


23 posted on 03/22/2023 6:30:16 PM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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To: McGruff

That line about Russia being basically a big gas station is not original. He stole it from McCain who said it in 2015–“Russia is a big gas station masquerading as a nation. “ Bad look, borrowing from John McCain..


24 posted on 03/22/2023 6:30:56 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard ( Resist the narrative.)
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To: BobL; JonPreston; Kazan
Well, that's it.

He's gone "cabin boy" for Linda Graham and John McCain.

Screw him.

25 posted on 03/22/2023 6:31:09 PM PDT by kiryandil (China Joe and Paycheck Hunter - the Chink in America's defenses)
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To: McGruff

CYA much Ron?


26 posted on 03/22/2023 6:31:26 PM PDT by Equine1952
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To: McGruff

Russia is a 3rd rate Power. China is the threat.


27 posted on 03/22/2023 6:31:32 PM PDT by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: McGruff

Facepalm.


28 posted on 03/22/2023 6:31:40 PM PDT by jimjohn (We're at war, people. Start acting like it.)
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To: JennysCool

>> I’m beginning to feel like DeSantis, who used to seem like a fairly authentic man, has started listening to “advisors” recommended by the ever-more-woke RNC.

DeSantis knows nothing about foreign policy, and he’s going to get his ass kicked on that topic. He’s been talking about Ukraine, what, two weeks now, and already a major total flip-flop. President Trump will mop the floor with him on that one issue — and guess what? Foreign policy and the risk of getting entangled in a stupid war are beginning to matter to the electorate.

However... you’ll REALLY know he’s been bought and paid for when his domestic policy positions change. That’s gonna suck for Floridians going forward.


29 posted on 03/22/2023 6:32:44 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: McGruff
Not exactly subtle quotes!:

"He also rolled out tough talk against Russian President Vladimir Putin, calling him a 'war criminal' and saying he should be 'held accountable,"

"while dissing Russia as 'basically a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons' during a week when Putin huddled with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Moscow."

30 posted on 03/22/2023 6:33:11 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Democrats Have All ready Won the 2024 Election, Regardless of Whom, Either Party Runs!!!)
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To: Flavious_Maximus
He called Russia a 3rd rate power. It is. Putin was wrong to invade Ukraine, and it's not our business. China is behind it all.
31 posted on 03/22/2023 6:33:29 PM PDT by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: BlackAdderess

Their “rich cultural history” begins with the Mongols, who dominated in Muscovy for many years. They never really left. The predatory instincts still show.


32 posted on 03/22/2023 6:34:17 PM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Puri is a War Criminal and it’s not our busniess. Both are true.


33 posted on 03/22/2023 6:34:31 PM PDT by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: kiryandil
Yup. Not a good look Ron. Rino-Humpers-4 .
34 posted on 03/22/2023 6:34:44 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: McGruff

Thinking that DeSantis is ready to be advanced to the White House is like hiring a high school football coach with a winning season as an NFL head coach.


35 posted on 03/22/2023 6:35:01 PM PDT by odawg
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

They are no threat to us.


36 posted on 03/22/2023 6:35:20 PM PDT by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: hinckley buzzard

>> He stole it from McCain who said it in 2015

Well that about makes me puke. It won’t remain a secret for long, either.


37 posted on 03/22/2023 6:35:51 PM PDT by Nervous Tick (Truth is not hate speech.)
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To: Nervous Tick

What did he say that’s untrue? Russiais a 3rd rate power that will never fully concor Ukraine, and is no threat to us.


38 posted on 03/22/2023 6:36:58 PM PDT by cowboyusa (There is no co- existence with Pinks and Reds)
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To: kiryandil

He self-immolated. He wasn’t able to keep the Neocon genie in the lamp.


39 posted on 03/22/2023 6:37:03 PM PDT by JonPreston
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To: BobL

Of course, he is going to answer to the donors, and the Republican party. He is beholden to them, unlike Trump he can’t stand on his own, he needs the party and the support. That is his problem, he will do whatever the deep state tells him to do.


40 posted on 03/22/2023 6:37:07 PM PDT by Yogafist (Voting rino is voting for the managed decline of America.)
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