{"id":1903763,"date":"2023-03-23T12:27:55","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-walks-back-earlier-comments-on-ukraine-war-calls-putin-a-war-criminal\/"},"modified":"2023-03-23T12:29:23","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T16:29:23","slug":"desantis-walks-back-earlier-comments-on-ukraine-war-calls-putin-a-war-criminal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-walks-back-earlier-comments-on-ukraine-war-calls-putin-a-war-criminal\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis walks back earlier comments on Ukraine War, calls Putin a &#8216;war criminal&#8217;"},"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\">26<\/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%2Fdesantis-walks-back-earlier-comments-on-ukraine-war-calls-putin-a-war-criminal%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=1903763&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-->\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79582971\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Arizona Supreme Court rejects majority of Kari Lake's governor race appeal\"><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"The Arizona Supreme Court declined to hear the majority of Kari Lake's appeal of the 2022 governor's race, in which she lost to now-Gov. 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However, most of her challenge to the race's outcome, for which an appeals court said she did not have enough evidence to overturn in February, was thrown out by the Supreme Court.\"><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT1M18S\"><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-23 14:48:21\"><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1268051_th_641c66f4a7064_1679582964.jpg\"><meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1268051.mp4\"><\/div>\n<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp = _bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_79582971\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1268051\"} }); <\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">G<\/span>ov. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> (R-FL) declared that <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian<\/a> President <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/vladimir-putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vladimir Putin<\/a> is a &#8220;war criminal&#8221; while walking back his earlier comments about the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/war-in-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">War in Ukraine<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>DeSantis, a rumored candidate for president in 2024, stated last week that continuing the war was in the United States&#8217; best interests and that it was&#8221; regional dispute&#8221; when speaking to Fox News host <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tucker-carlson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tucker Carlson<\/a>. The Florida governor appeared to retract his remarks in response to criticism from foreign policy eagles, including most members of the Republican Party, saying in an <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2023\/03\/22\/desantis-brands-putin-a-war-criminal-who-should-be-held-accountable-for-ukraine-invasion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview<\/a> with Piers Morgan that Putin was a&#8221; battle crime&#8221; who&#8221; should be held responsible.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/how-much-longer-can-ron-desantis-wait\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HOW LONGER You RON DESANTIS STAY A WHITE Home Pay BE DECLARED?<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"443\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"443\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"372\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" ><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"372\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" ><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"612\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" ><source width=\"1060\" height=\"612\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" ><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">Florida&#8217;s governor Vladimir Putin and Ron DeSantis, the chairman of Russia. In an interview with Piers Morgan, DeSantis referred to Putin as a&#8221; war crime.&#8221; Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, and Kremlin Pool Photo via AP Photo \/ Phil Sears, File )<\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, AP Photo \/ Phil Sears<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>He said of Putin in general,&#8221; I think he&#8217;s got great interests.&#8221; He may be angry toward the United States, but from what we&#8217;ve seen, he lacks the typical capacity to understand his goals. Therefore, he is essentially a gas station with numerous nuclear weapons, and one thing we could do better is make use of U.S. power sources. Sulfur .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He continued by saying that his remark that the war was a&#8221; territorial dispute&#8221; was&#8221; mischaracterized ,&#8221; but added that he could have been more precise.<\/p>\n<p>Well, I believe it has been mischaracterized. Clearly, Russia invaded( the previous summer ), so that was incorrect, DeSantis said. That was incorrect when they invaded Crimea and took that in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>He continued,&#8221; What I&#8217;m referring to is where the battle is currently taking place, which is in the eastern border area of Donbas and Crimea, and you have a scenario where Russia has had that.&#8221; They had, but I don&#8217;t say genuinely. There are many people of Russian descent that. It wasn&#8217;t that I believed Russia had a right to that, and if I may have made that more explicit, I may have done it. That&#8217;s some hard fighting, which is what I was referring to.<\/p>\n<p>He then made an attempt to get the middle ground, implying that he thought the current level of American involvement was adequate and that the country don&#8217;t send troops.<\/p>\n<p>The bigger point, in his opinion, is that Russia is not demonstrating the capacity to seize control of Ukraine, overthrow the government, or unquestionably harm NATO. It&#8217;s a good thing, I say. Simply put, I don&#8217;t believe that level of interest warrants further role. There shouldn&#8217;t be any National troops involved, in my opinion. However, the notion that I believe Russia was apparently justified is absurd.<\/p>\n<p>The follow-up was received with a mingled response. Sen. Lindsey Graham( R &#8211; SC ) praised DeSantis for his remarks about Putin, calling them&#8221; spot on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Putin&#8217;s description as a war criminal and thug by Governor @ RonDeSantisFL is accurate.<\/p>\n<p>What do you call a regional leader who abducts children from their surrounding state using their troops?<\/p>\n<p>A crime in the war. t.co \/ SdSfoVZpkF https :\/\/<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LindseyGrahamSC\/status\/1638901094549172225?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 23, 2023<\/a>, Lindsey Graham(@ LindsheyGrahamSC )<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON Inspector BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Carlson wasn&#8217;t impressed when DeSantis sent him his war-related commentary last week.<\/p>\n<p>Carlson criticized those who, according to him,&#8221; give in to the news media, who are made to take over whatever childish phrase they&#8217;ve come up with this year ,&#8221; even though he wasn&#8217;t explicitly referring to DeSantis. Now, in jest, he declared,&#8221; Vladimir Putin is a war crime.&#8221; The <i>New York Times<\/i> <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/03\/22\/us\/politics\/desantis-putin-ukraine-russia.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that his remarks came hours after DeSantis'&#8221; battle legal&#8221; remarks were made public.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) declared that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a &#8220;war criminal&#8221; while walking back his earlier comments about the War in Ukraine. 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