{"id":1456986,"date":"2022-04-28T14:29:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:29:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1456986"},"modified":"2022-04-28T14:29:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:29:45","slug":"either-a-moron-or-a-resistance-fighter-critics-roar-over-biden-speech-targeting-russian-kleptocracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/either-a-moron-or-a-resistance-fighter-critics-roar-over-biden-speech-targeting-russian-kleptocracy\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Either A Moron Or A Resistance Fighter\u2019: Critics Roar Over Biden Speech Targeting Russian \u2018Kleptocracy\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\">30<\/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%2Feither-a-moron-or-a-resistance-fighter-critics-roar-over-biden-speech-targeting-russian-kleptocracy%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=1456986&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\/04\/GettyImages-1394236555.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Critics swarmed after President Joe Biden stumbled through a comment referring to the Russian government as a \u201ckleptocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden presented a request on Thursday to provide another $33 billion in <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/blinken-announces-100-million-in-additional-military-aid-for-ukraine\/\">aid to Ukraine<\/a> \u2014 on the heels of the $13.6 billion in aid that Congress passed in March \u2014 which he argued should be designated as \u201cemergency spending\u201d so that it would not have to be offset by cuts to spending in other areas.<\/p>\n<p>The president went on to request authorization from Congress to put more direct pressure on the Russian oligarchs \u2014 which he said that he planned to exert by seizing their assets and \u201cill-begotten gains\u201d \u2014 but he appeared to struggle when he got to the word \u201ckleptocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Biden&#8217;s brain just broke, again. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tuZub9v1IX\">pic.twitter.com\/tuZub9v1IX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Townhall.com (@townhallcom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/townhallcom\/status\/1519698983513432065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Biden said that he wanted that authorization to \u201cenhance our underlying effort to accommodate the Russian oligarchs and make sure we take their ill-begotten gains \u2026 heh \u2026 we\u2019re going to accommodate them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to seize their yachts, their luxury homes, and other ill-begotten gains of Putin\u2019s kleptocra \u2014 uh, yeah,\u201d Biden continued. \u201cKleptocracy. Klept \u2014 the guys who are the kleptocracy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The president paused then and appeared to laugh at himself briefly before adding, \u201cbut these are bad guys.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChina is laughing at us,\u201d Congresswoman Mary Miller (R-IL) responded in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Miller_Congress\/status\/1519721101152116737\">tweet<\/a>, and Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) simply <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1519703686569672704\">responded<\/a> to the video of Biden\u2019s comments with one word: \u201cAlarming.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But the majority of the critics flooded Twitter with comments about the use of the word \u201ckleptocracy\u201d \u2014 with a number suggesting that, given allegations of pay-to-play schemes involving Hunter Biden selling access to his father while he was Vice President of the United States, the irony was too rich to be accidental.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhichever White House speechwriter put the word \u2018kleptocracy\u2019 in Biden\u2019s prompter this morning is either a moron or a resistance fighter inside the West Wing who knew exactly what they were doing,\u201d Townhall managing editor Spencer Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsSpencerBrown\/status\/1519708791784316928\">added<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the person who typed the word \u2018Kleptocracy\u2019 into Biden\u2019s teleprompter\u2026is this your first day on the job???\u201d Keith Malinak <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KeithMalinak\/status\/1519706072956633088\">wondered<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Comedian Tim Young <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimRunsHisMouth\/status\/1519699797434851329\">commented<\/a>, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Joe <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Biden<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> struggling to say \u2018<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Kleptocracy<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">,\u2019 which is ironic since his family literally is one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Biden<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2018s Ranking of Bad Individuals: Out: \u2018Corn Pop was a bad dude.\u2019 In: \u2018Putin\u2019s Klep, klep, kl, <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">kleptocracy<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">, gonna klep\u2026 these are bad guys\u2026,&#8217;\u201d Brown <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itsSpencerBrown\/status\/1519699398804090885\">added<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Bold moves from the White House using \u2018<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">kleptocracy\u2019<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0in a <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-b88u0q r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Biden<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\"> speech,\u201d GOP national press secretary Emma Vaughn <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/em__vaughn\/status\/1519704174170157057\">responded<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>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. 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