{"id":1403427,"date":"2022-03-27T19:59:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-27T23:59:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1403427"},"modified":"2022-03-27T19:59:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-27T23:59:40","slug":"was-biden-calling-for-regime-change-in-russia-after-sunday-mass-the-president-tells-reporters-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/was-biden-calling-for-regime-change-in-russia-after-sunday-mass-the-president-tells-reporters-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Was Biden Calling For Regime Change In Russia? After Sunday Mass, The President Tells Reporters \u2018No\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fwas-biden-calling-for-regime-change-in-russia-after-sunday-mass-the-president-tells-reporters-no%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=1403427&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/Joe-Biden-walking-out-of-Catholic-Mass.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Sunday evening, reporters flagged down President Joe Biden as he walked out of Catholic Mass in Washington, D.C., for clarification as to whether or not he was calling for regime change in Russia during his Saturday speech in Poland. In a word, Biden said, \u201cno,\u201d he was not calling for regime change when he ended his speech by saying, \u201cFor God\u2019s sakes, this man cannot remain in power\u201d in reference to Russian President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Biden reportedly attended Holy Trinity Catholic Church in D.C. Sunday evening, and was greeted by D.C. press outside the church.<\/p>\n<p>As Eugene Daniels of Politico reported, \u201cLeaving Sunday Mass, President Biden was asked if he was calling for regime change in Russia. His answer, a quick \u2018No.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Leaving Sunday Mass, President Biden was asked if he was calling for regime change in Russia. <\/p>\n<p>His answer, a quick \u201cNo.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Eugene Daniels (@EugeneDaniels2) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EugeneDaniels2\/status\/1508210802582605840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This comes more than 24 hours after the White House quickly clarified Biden\u2019s remarks by claiming that the president was not talking about forcing Putin out of power. A White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/white-house-rushes-to-clean-up-disastrous-remarks-biden-made-about-putin-during-speech\">official told reporters<\/a>, \u201cThe President\u2019s point was that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region. He was not discussing Putin\u2019s power in Russia, or regime change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/obamas-cia-director-bidens-remark-strengthens-putin-at-home-makes-it-hard-for-opposition-to-form\">reported<\/a> on Sunday that regardless of what Biden meant by his comments, former CIA director Michael Morell told CBS News that Biden\u2019s \u201cunforced error\u201d would bolster support for the Russian president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, I think his comment that Putin had to go was an unforced error,\u201d Morrell told CBS News\u2019 \u201cFace The Nation\u201d on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt makes it \u2014 it strengthens Putin at home, makes it difficult for any domestic opposition to coalesce together,\u201d he continued. \u201cAnd no Russian citizen, none, wants to be told by the leader of Russia\u2019s main enemy about what their leadership can look like and not.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe broader framing I worry about as well,\u201d Morell continued. \u201cI think we should frame this narrowly, Russia out of Ukraine, and impose so much pain on this man that he never thinks about doing this again. I think framing it as democracy versus autocracy drives the Chinese closer to the Russians and makes it difficult for some of our own allies who are autocrats to stand with us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Those comments can be seen here:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Michael Morell, former acting director of the CIA under Obama: Biden\u2019s accidental call for regime change was an \u201cunforced error\u2026strengthens Putin.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/flJOoeuEHG\">pic.twitter.com\/flJOoeuEHG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 RNC Research (@RNCResearch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RNCResearch\/status\/1508106416275533830?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Sunday, The Daily Wire also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/we-should-not-escalate-french-president-complains-after-biden-calls-putin-a-butcher\">reported<\/a> that French President Emmanuel Macron criticized Biden for calling Putin a \u201cbutcher\u201d:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>French President Emmanuel Macron lamented President Joe Biden\u2019s choice of words during an interview, arguing that it could be escalatory to call Russian President Vladimir Putin out directly over multiple reports of war crimes in Ukraine.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Reporting site Visegrad 24 tweeted video of Macron along with the caption, \u201cMacron is criticizing Biden for calling Putin \u2018a butcher.\u2019 The French president says it\u2019s not constructive. \u2018I would not use that kind of language. If a ceasefire is to be brokered, we must not escalate \u2014 neither through words nor actions.\u2019\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same? <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday evening, reporters flagged down President Joe Biden as he walked out of Catholic Mass in Washington, D.C., for clarification as to whether or not he was calling for<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1403427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403427","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\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1403427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1403427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1403427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1403427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1403427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}