Posted on 12/18/2015 8:18:03 AM PST by GIdget2004
Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney on Friday slammed Russian President Vladimir Putin with whom GOP presidential front-runner Donald Trump has expressed mutual respect.
"Important distinction: thug Putin kills journalists and opponents; our presidents kill terrorists and enemy combatants," tweeted Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts.
His tweet came hours after Trump again expressed admiration for the Russian leader during a television interview where he was pressed about Putin's efforts to silence political opponents and journalists.
MSNBC co-host Joe Scarborough pointed out to Trump during the "Morning Joe" segment that Putin "is a person who kills journalists, political opponents and invades countries."
The host appeared taken aback by Trump, who brushed off the remarks and responded by stating that Putin is "running his country and at least he's a leader, unlike what we have in our country."
"Again, he kills journalists that don't agree with him," Scarborough, a former GOP lawmaker, pushed back.
"Well I think our country does plenty of killing also," Trump said.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Much ado about nothing. Putin can’t vote here.
As posted previously: Putin knows who is good for Putin.
If it meant that conservatism would survive would you be willing to accept the destruction of the United States if it no longer held to conservative values?
When on Earth did we become this?
When the United States chose to go the other direction.
Thats not Conservatism. Thats insanity.
Conservatism is no longer the exclusive province of the United States.
How is Trump supposed to respond? He will probably the next president, and there is no per cent in slamming any other nation’s leader. He will have to deal with them. Remember how friendly and personable Reagan was with Gorbachev?
STFU (R)money, you useless tool.
Says the choke artist from poolside at his California mansion.
Kind of a Bush league statement, I guess Romney also believes Illegals crossing the border from Mexico rape and kill people.....so he's a Trump supporter.
I like Scarborough, but his main flaw is it’s all ‘personal’ with him. Sometimes you have to reach beyond ‘feelings’ and attempt to see the bigger picture.
hey mitten.... you had your sot now stuff
hey mitten.... you had your shot now stuff
This coming from a LOSER??? lolol ok....and Ryan TurnCoat couldn’t even beat Biden at a debate...
ROFL....this was good, shows how the GO PEE has shot themselves in the head....ROFL....
Does Putin import terrorists to kill his people like our presidents do?
Yes, Russia has a very large Muslim migrant population from Central Asia. Tick tock...
Any comment on his running mate Paul Ryan’s budget surrender?
Probably because Putin IS at war with the head chopping, slave taking, child molesting, mohamicidals, unlike our representatives that represent the slammies!
What a misleading article regarding the exchange
between Scarborough and Trump this morning. I couldn’t read the rest at the link (if any) due to pop-up ads, but Trump went onto cede to Scarborough’s boring point regarding Putin, but NOT the fact that Putin is a leader whereas Obama is NOT.
Romney is not a leader either. He’s a meddlesome pissant.
Why did the article leave this out?
Scarborough: “So I mean, you obviously condemn Vladimir Putin killing journalists and political opponents, right?”
Trump: “Oh sure, absolutely.”
And how exactly do you propose that Trump control what is coming out of Putin’s mouth, oh Exalted Loser with the Magic Underpants?
Putin is a butchering tyrant?? Hyperbole much?
Who has he “butchered?”
He had to bring hell down on the cave-dwellers in Chechnya to keep it from becoming an Islamist hell on Russia’s borders.
He separated Crimea from Ukraine to keep Russians within Russia and prevent NATO from removing Russia’s Black Sea access.
Yes, he’s had political opponents hounded but Obama’s #BLM red guards have caused more mayhem than Putin has.
The Soviet Union is dead. Putin is not promoting world revolution, only the protection of his own country and its power. I wish our President would do that!
And here you have what it's about, American Enemedia journolist shills want someone who is afraid of them and will bully others for them, at their directive.
Trump is neither, and they can't destroy him.
It's the American Enemedia journolist shills that are the problem, not Trump or Putin.
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