Posted on 03/23/2023 8:52:13 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
After attempting to navigate through the politics in order to curry favor with the base Republican voters on a Ukraine position, when confronted by Piers Morgan who is a pro-NATO war voice, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis now says his former position on Ukraine has been “mischaracterized” and Vladimir Putin “is a war criminal.”
The walk back highlights once again that Ron DeSantis is an empty vessel using poll testing to formulate his policy stances.
The reversing comments on Vladimir Putin and Ukraine come from the interview DeSantis gave to Piers Morgan as noted in a recent New York Post article:
(Piers Morgan, NY Post) – Florida’s Gov. Ron DeSantis has branded Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” and demanded he be “held accountable” for his barbaric invasion of Ukraine.
Taking a tougher tone from his statement last week appearing to dismiss the year-long war as a “territorial dispute,” DeSantis now says Russia was WRONG to invade Ukraine and was WRONG to invade and take over Crimea in 2014, and won’t win the war. And he’s made his strongest attack yet on Russia’s dictator, calling him a loser who is “basically a gas station with a bunch of nuclear weapons.”
His assertion, in a statement to Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, that it is not in America’s “vital national interests” to become “further entangled in a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia” was strongly criticized by numerous senior Republicans — including Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Marco Rubio.
When I asked him specifically if he regretted using the phrase “territorial dispute,” DeSantis replied, “Well, I think it’s been mischaracterized. Obviously, Russia invaded (last year) — that was wrong. They invaded Crimea and took that in 2014 — That was wrong.
[…] “There is a move now to hold [Vladimir Putin] accountable for war crimes,” I told DeSantis, “bombing maternity hospitals and genocidal activity in parts of Ukraine wiping out whole cities like Mariupol. Would you support that?”
“I think he is a war criminal,” he replied. “This ICC … we have not done that in the US because we’re concerned about our soldiers or people being brought under it. So, I don’t know about that route, but I do think that he should be held accountable.” DeSantis is convinced Ukraine will eventually prevail in the war. (read more)
The DeSantis team has also hired the notorious dirtbag, Jeff Roe.
You might remember Roe as the former 2016 campaign manager for Ted Cruz who falsely told the people of Iowa, on the night before the primary caucus, that Dr. Ben Carson dropped out of the race. The Cruz Crew amplified this false message, and duped Carson caucus supporters who subsequently switched candidates on election day to support Ted Cruz. Jeff Roe created the lie, then tried to deny it.
(Via Politico) – […] Jeff Roe, who previously ran Sen. Ted Cruz’s 2016 presidential campaign, has signed on to be an adviser to the super PAC, Never Back Down, according to an operative with direct knowledge of the move.
Never Back Down is being spearheaded by executive director Chris Jankowski, another seasoned Republican operative. Ken Cuccinelli, a former top Homeland Security official to Donald Trump, is serving as chair of the super PAC. Over the last several weeks, Cuccinelli has visited four key early GOP primary states. (read more)
A DeSantis political group that would hire Jeff Roe highlights, yet again, how the DeSantis 2024 campaign is a mirror of Ted Cruz campaign in 2016.
Factually, almost all of the 2016 never-Trump Cruz Crew are now members of the 2024 never-Trump Desantis Crew. To assist this overall ‘never-Trump’ endeavor, in 2024 Vivek Ramaswamy is now playing the former role of Evan McMullin in 2016.
The professional political class of the GOPe, the DeceptiCons, are never as vicious against Democrats as they are against candidates who do not conform to the Republican UniParty orthodoxy. If you want to see the Republicans fight dirty, just become a Republican political candidate that does not comply with them. Then, and only then, will you see a side of the Republican wing that doesn’t surface against Democrats.
Threaten their GOPe Wall Street multinational corporate interests, ie. ‘their money‘, and the DeceptiCons get vicious.
If the professional Republicans are NOT targeting a Republican politician, you can be assured that Republican politician is a member of the GOPe club operation.
Yes, it really is that simple, and Ron DeSantis is a member of that club.
Ron DeSoros choose poorly.
Zelensky was elected in 2019.
I know, we don’t want DeSantis. He’s GOPe.
We’d rather have someone who won’t build the wall, appoint Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr, Christopher Wray, promotes the vaccine, and celebrates LGBTQ rights. Can we find him?
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/12/16/celebration-same-sex-marriage-mar-a-lago-00074441
ditto
He sure fooled some people here. No way this guy stands up to the 24/7 automated orchestrated attacks from every direction Trump has endured for 8 years now. Attacks from his own party, the Democrat Communist, corrupt media, Hollywood celebrities, foreign leaders, globalist, drug kingpins et al..
DeSantis would have better luck juggling flaming chainsaws while riding a unicycle on ice.
Yes, my country does this on a regular basis.
He is now killing innocents and breaking things.
definition of war...
Truthfully, all y'all Trump or DeSantis sycophants, I don't care which, need to pull your collective heads out your behinds. We've got an election battle coming up that is far more important than Trump vs DeSantis.
We all know the dream ticket would be Trump/DeSantis, and DeSantis at the top in '28. That cannot happen Constitutionally, so here we are. We have to quit the bogus infighting, otherwise, we may as well just stay home on election day.
+1
Problem you have is that DeSantis is a flip flopper who says one thing one minute and something else later. That is a symptom of RINO establishment.
lol...
Like when Bush #43 invaded Iraq?
No, the problem I and we have is falling right into a leftist trap to demonize both guys and separate to split the base.
And then used us to spend 10 years fighting Bush’s “Compassionate war” which looted the American treasure of TRILLIONS....We won nothing but death and debt...
No more effing globalist neo-cons who talk out of both sides of their mouths.
We’d rather have someone who won’t build the wall, appoint Jeff Sessions, Bill Barr, Christopher Wray, promotes the vaccine, and celebrates LGBTQ rights. Can we find him?Sure we can.
He's the same one that in spite of all that still managed to:
Accomplish more for America in one 4yr term than any President in your lifetime...period
Some people are too busy with looking for nonsensical reasons for ridicule and hate to see it.
NATO is sucking on our dry teat.
Because we have such a thing as primary races, there is no way there will not be any infighting. To call for that prior to the selection of a candidate is what is bogus and also delusional. Particularly when we do not have an incumbant in the White House at this time.
That's the way you want to look at it, fire away. Truthfully, though, I'd rather have a contest of policies, not the current ignorance flying around.
Ukraine is a matter of policy. And yes, I look at it realistically. I am not for Biden and his war pigs in Ukraine, so I consider this a “policy”.
:-)
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