{"id":1331275,"date":"2022-02-23T08:27:18","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T13:27:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1331275"},"modified":"2022-02-23T08:38:52","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T13:38:52","slug":"years-of-biden-comments-on-russia-are-aging-poorly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/years-of-biden-comments-on-russia-are-aging-poorly\/","title":{"rendered":"Years of Biden Comments on Russia Are Aging Poorly"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fyears-of-biden-comments-on-russia-are-aging-poorly%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1331275&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1365920118-scaled-e1645589834423.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>As conflict with Russia grows, a series of past statements from President Joe Biden are making their rounds on social media.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, people are highlighting his previous willingness and sometimes eagerness to go \u201ctoe-to-toe\u201d with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Before that, he was critical of other politician\u2019s who spoke about Russia being a very serious threat to America.<\/p>\n<p>In the middle of the 2012 presidential election, then-Vice President Biden criticized Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney\u2019s \u201cforeign and security policy,\u201d claiming Romney\u2019s vision \u201cis through the glass of a rearview mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Vice President Biden: \u201cGov. Romney\u2019s foreign and security policy would return us to the past we have worked so hard to move beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/195567451830890496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">VP Biden: \u201cTo the extent Governor Romney has shown any foreign policy vision, it is through the glass of a rearview mirror.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/195572441668526081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Romney was largely <a href=\"https:\/\/cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com\/2012\/03\/26\/romney-russia-is-our-number-one-geopolitical-foe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">outspoken<\/a> against Russia, calling them \u201cwithout question\u201d America\u2019s \u201cnumber one geopolitical foe\u201d while on CNN in <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/years-mitt-romney-finally-credit-warnings-russia\/story?id=61330530\">2012<\/a>. \u201cThey fight every cause for the world\u2019s worst actors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite Romney\u2019s warning, Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/260498389140127744?s=20&#038;t=dtO_xwCG7v1m5NxslRRjJg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Romney\u2019s \u201cCold War mentality is out of date.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/18\/us-official-osce-russia-ukraine-significant-military-world-war-two\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: US Official: Ukraine Crisis \u2018Is The Most Significant Military Mobilization In Europe Since The Second World War\u2019)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During the presidential debates in October of that year, former President Barack Obama challenged Romney\u2019s statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you were asked what\u2019s the biggest geopolitical threat facing America, you said Russia, not al-Qaida. You said Russia,\u201d Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/factchecks\/2012\/oct\/22\/barack-obama\/obama-romney-called-russia-our-top-geopolitical-fo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cthe 1980s, they\u2019re now calling to ask for their foreign policy back because, you know, the Cold War\u2019s been over for 20 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden later said the debate \u201cexposed\u201d that Romney was out of touch.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cThese debates have exposed that Gov. Romney and Paul Ryan have a foreign policy right out of the \u201980s, a social policy out of the \u201950s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeBiden\/status\/260903668730167297?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 24, 2012<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/22\/joe-biden-promised-2019-end-vladimir-putin-days-tyranny-intimidation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">promised<\/a> in 2019 that when he becomes president, he would end Putin\u2019s \u201cdays of tyranny and trying to intimidate the United States and those in Eastern Europe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After Russia invaded two regions in Ukraine Monday, many Democrats are agreeing Romney was right \u2014 if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/02\/22\/politics\/mitt-romney-russia-ukraine\/index.html\">they<\/a> didn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/years-mitt-romney-finally-credit-warnings-russia\/story?id=61330530\">already admit<\/a> he was right.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis action by Putin further confirms that Mitt Romney was right when he called Russia the number one geopolitical foe,\u201d Democratic California Rep. Ted Lieu <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thehill\/status\/1496142989134995456?s=20&#038;t=yLNtXI4CBxEoI1KG6SDP2A\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Monday night on CNN.<\/p>\n<p>A Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/21\/joe-biden-tweets-vladimir-putin-scared-going-toe-to-toe-russia-invades\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a> from Feb. 21, 2020, also resurfaced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Biden said Putin didn\u2019t want Biden to be the Democratic nominee because he\u2019s \u201cthe only person in this field who\u2019s ever gone toe-to-toe with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Exactly two years later, Putin recognized the independence of two Ukrainian regions, Donetsk and Luhansk, with CBS News tweeting the move signaled Putin is \u201cno longer interested in negotiating with the West to find a diplomatic resolution.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Putin signed two decrees ordering Russia\u2019s armed forces to enter the territories for \u201cpeacekeeping functions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s administration initially <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/22\/joe-biden-administration-struggles-definition-invasion-ukraine-russia\/\">appeared reluctant<\/a> to call Putin\u2019s military moves Monday an \u201cinvasion.\u201d One senior administration official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/02\/21\/background-press-call-by-senior-administration-officials-on-russia-and-ukraine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> Monday that \u201cRussian troops moving into Donbas would not itself be a new step\u201d and that Russia \u201chas had forces in the Donbas region for the past eight years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many Republicans and some Democrats called on Biden to sanction Russia more fiercely Monday. Later, Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kwelkernbc\/status\/1496125384315883527?s=20&#038;t=g6aL1qWchibB3jlL1Zk_FA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> \u201can invasion is an invasion and that is what is underway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden later <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/22\/joe-biden-sanctions-russia-ukraine-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">echoed<\/a> a similar sentiment, saying Tuesday afternoon that a \u201cfirst tranche of sanctions\u201d against Russia would be forthcoming following \u201cthe beginning of a Russian invasion of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The State Department also <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/02\/21\/us-embassy-evacuates-ukraine-poland-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ordered<\/a> its personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine to evacuate to Poland Monday night \u201cfor security reasons.\u201d Biden has promised to not let Russia bully the U.S. or other European nations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As conflict with Russia grows, a series of past statements from President Joe Biden are making their rounds on social media.Specifically, people are highlighting his previous willingness and sometimes eagerness<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1896172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1331275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1331275"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331275\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1896172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1331275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1331275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1331275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}