{"id":1359267,"date":"2022-03-04T17:38:13","date_gmt":"2022-03-04T22:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1359267"},"modified":"2022-03-04T17:38:17","modified_gmt":"2022-03-04T22:38:17","slug":"psaki-responds-to-sen-lindsey-grahams-calls-to-assassinate-putin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-responds-to-sen-lindsey-grahams-calls-to-assassinate-putin\/","title":{"rendered":"Psaki Responds To Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s Calls To Assassinate Putin"},"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\">20<\/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%2Fpsaki-responds-to-sen-lindsey-grahams-calls-to-assassinate-putin%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=1359267&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\/03\/IMG-6232-e1646429112167.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\">\n<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded to two reporters\u2019 questions at a Friday press briefing regarding Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham\u2019s calls to assassinate Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>The first reporter asked Psaki whether the White House has an opinion on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1499575352426958848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1499575352426958848%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdailycaller.com%2F2022%2F03%2F03%2Fsen-lindsey-graham-assassination-putin%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graham<\/a> calling Thursday for the Russian people to assassinate Putin via Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is not the position of the United States government and certainly not a statement you\u2019d hear come from the mouth of anybody working in this administration,\u201d Psaki responded.<\/p>\n<p>A second reporter followed up, asking if President Joe Biden shares Graham\u2019s view that there is \u201cno peaceful resolution\u201d to Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president believes there continues to be a diplomatic path forward. That is the path forward that will help resolve what we\u2019re seeing on the ground,\u201d she said. \u201cPresident Putin has the ability to de-escalate, we have left the door open for months now to be engaged through de-escalation if de-escalation occurs. Obviously humanitarian corridors, a ceasefire, those would all be steps that would be welcomed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut no, we are not advocating for killing the leader of a foreign country or regime change.\u201d Psaki added. \u201cThat is not the policy of the United States.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/04\/republicans-slam-lindsey-graham-calling-assassination-vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Republicans Slam Lindsey Graham After Calling For The Assassination Of Putin)\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Graham also called for the assassination of Putin on Fox News\u2019 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomBevanRCP\/status\/1499703063585730562\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Hannity<\/a>\u201d on Thursday and for his imprisonment on \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mediaite\/status\/1499837169858490369\">Fox and Friends<\/a>\u201d on Friday morning. The senator <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/03\/sen-lindsey-graham-assassination-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">warned<\/a> Thursday on Twitter that the Russian people will live in \u201cdarkness\u201d and \u201cabject poverty\u201d under Putin\u2019s continued regime.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/02\/sean-hannity-assassinate-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sean Hannity<\/a> suggested Putin should be assassinated on his show Wednesday night, arguing that he \u201cforfeit[ed] your right to live\u201d following the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/02\/2000-ukraine-civilians-russia-invasion-volodymyr-zelenskyy-vladimir-putin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">deaths<\/a> of over 2,000 Ukrainian civilians since Russia\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/01\/republicans-russia-ukraine-genocide-military-aid\/\">invasion<\/a>\u00a0of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Fox News host Laura Ingraham <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/04\/dangerous-stupid-laura-ingraham-rips-lindsey-graham-call-putin-assassination\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">called<\/a> the senator\u2019s remarks \u201cdangerous and stupid\u201d on Thursday\u2019s episode of \u201cThe Ingraham Angle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know why a sitting U.S. senator would be tweeting that out, it seems really dangerous and stupid to say that,\u201d she told Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton. \u201cAnd we like Lindsey Graham, but that\u2019s just a stupid comment.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House press secretary Jen Psaki responded to two reporters\u2019 questions at a Friday press briefing regarding Republican South Carolina Sen. 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