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Chuck Todd Gets Slapped by Dem Senator After Whining About Biden Calling Putin a War Criminal

Why is Chuck Todd still on MSNBC?

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Any American citizen, including prominent ones, can call a foreign leader a war criminal without repercussions. When an American president does it, it could have repercussions (obviously) if he’s speaking for the whole country as president and intends to file a complaint. If the president is just speaking from the heart, as Psaki said, and reacting to the horrible scenes he saw, there is less of an issue.

Rather than talk about the war, the sanctions, whether the U.S. is going to increase its participation in the war, Chuck Todd used precious time interviewing Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut, whether Biden should have said what he said – which is already forgotten news, given Putin used a hypersonic missile this morning.

Typical Chuck Todd:

TODD:

President Biden called Putin a war criminal this week. There are a lot of people who agree with that assessment but question whether the president himself should have personalized it. Where are you in this?”

MURPHY:

“I don’t think you can do anything other than call Vladimir Putin a war criminal. He is! I mean, what he’s doing right now as we speak, targeting children, maternity wards, schools inside Ukraine clearly crosses a line.”

TODD: (Being an ass)

“We’re going to negotiate with a war criminal? That is what’s difficult here, right? We didn’t negotiate with [former Serbian President Slobodan Milošević].”

MURPHY:

President Biden is showing moral leadership just like President Zelenskyy is showing moral leadership. There are a lot of Republican colleagues now who are using their time to criticize President Biden, vote against Ukraine aid on the floor of the House and the Senate while President Biden is standing up there saying and doing the right thing.”

“So I’m proud of President Biden for drawing a moral line against Vladimir Putin. I’d rather have my Republican colleagues supporting him rather than attacking him.”

CASE CLOSED, Chuck, and there is one minute wasted on a topic that couldn’t matter less. What is the next step? Do hypersonic missiles matter? Will negotiations take place?” Todd deserved what he got today, a response to the obvious.

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