Now Rhonda Santis is referring to Putin as a “war criminal” after Republican pols piled on him after he referred to the Ukraine war of self-preservation as a “territorial dispute.” Via the Washington Post:
In an interview with “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” which is due to air Thursday on Fox Nation, the potential presidential contender clarified that he fully opposed Putin’s invasion, aligning himself more closely with other Republicans — and distancing himself from previous comments which he said had been “mischaracterized.”
“Obviously, Russia invaded (last year) — that was wrong,” DeSantis said, according to a preview of the interview in a column published Wednesday in the New York Post. “Russia did not have the right to go into Crimea or to go in February of 2022 and that should be clear.”
[...] Last week, DeSantis was fiercely criticized by members of his own party for describing the war as “a territorial dispute between Ukraine and Russia,” in which it was not in Washington’s interest to become further entangled. DeSantis’s comments echoed the position of former president Donald Trump, who has said that opposing Russia is a key interest for Europe, “but not for the United States.”
I have yet to see how something he wrote on a questionaire was "mischaracterized," but Rhonda's not the first politician to rewrite reality for his own political benefit. It's what aspiring fascist dictators do!
