{"id":1434134,"date":"2022-04-12T19:59:44","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T23:59:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1434134"},"modified":"2022-04-12T19:59:49","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T23:59:49","slug":"biden-says-putin-committing-genocide-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-says-putin-committing-genocide-in-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Says Putin Committing \u2018Genocide\u2019 In Ukraine"},"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\">14<\/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%2Fbiden-says-putin-committing-genocide-in-ukraine%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=1434134&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><\/div>\n<p>President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is committing \u201cgenocide\u201d in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The comment, made during remarks on inflation and infrastructure, marks the first time the administration has used such a term to describe actions by Russia inside Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour family budget, your ability to fill up your tank, none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide a half a world away,\u201d the president said, slipping in the term mid-remarks in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>Biden doubled down on the classification afterwards, telling reporters that he meant it \u201cbecause it\u2019s become clearer and clearer that Putin is just trying to wipe out even the idea of being Ukrainian.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph inline-placeholder\" data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cThe evidence is mounting,\u201d Biden said. \u201cWe\u2019ll let the lawyers decide, internationally, whether or not it qualifies, but it sure seems that way to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\"><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">Prior to Biden\u2019s \u201cgenocide\u201d declaration, the administration shied away from using the term. Biden himself said April 4 that he did not believe atrocities unveiled in Bucha, Ukraine qualified as genocide, instead describing it as \u201ca war crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan also avoided the term, saying during a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2022\/04\/04\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-and-national-security-advisor-jake-sullivan\/\">press briefing<\/a>\u00a0in April that the administration has \u201cnot yet seen a level of systematic deprivation of life of the Ukrainian people to rise to the level of genocide.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cWe have seen atrocities, we have seen war crimes,\u201d Sullivan said.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">Ukrainian President Volodymyr\u00a0Zelenskyy praised Biden on Twitter after his comment, calling the American president \u201ca true leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">\u201cCalling things by their names is essential to stand up to evil. We are grateful for US assistance provided so far and we urgently need more heavy weapons to prevent further Russian atrocities,\u201d Zelenskyy wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">True words of a true leader <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a>. Calling things by their names is essential to stand up to evil. We are grateful for US assistance provided so far and we urgently need more heavy weapons to prevent further Russian atrocities.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u0412\u043e\u043b\u043e\u0434\u0438\u043c\u0438\u0440 \u0417\u0435\u043b\u0435\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u0438\u0439 (@ZelenskyyUa) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ZelenskyyUa\/status\/1514010195910873110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">The White House has not yet commented on the president\u2019s remarks. Biden, throughout Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/27\/joe-biden-says-he-wasnt-calling-regime-change-russia\/\">repeatedly<\/a> made comments that have sparked walk-backs or <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/29\/white-house-clarify-joe-biden-troop-training-poland-comment\/\">clarifications<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">In March, the president <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/16\/biden-calls-putin-a-war-criminal\/\">declared<\/a> Putin to be a \u201cwar criminal\u201d \u2013 before the U.S. officially said that they\u2019d <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/23\/us-government-russian-forces-committed-war-crimes-ukraine-antony-blinken\/\">determined<\/a> war crimes have been committed by Russian forces.<\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"archive.cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph_9C7E5A7E-532F-161A-FA71-1FE487F66330@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-analytics-observe=\"off\">White House press secretary Jen Psaki described Biden\u2019s comment shortly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8dw7_kfh1Ls\">afterwards<\/a> as coming \u201cfrom his heart.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/03\/26\/joe-biden-vladimir-putin-cannot-remain-in-power\/\">(RELATED:\u00a0Biden Declares Putin \u2018Cannot Remain In Power,\u2019 White House Quickly Walks It Back)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Joe Biden said Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is committing \u201cgenocide\u201d in Ukraine.The comment, made during remarks on inflation and infrastructure, marks the first time the administration has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1434134","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\/1434134","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\/125"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1434134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1434134\/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=1434134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1434134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1434134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}