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highplainsdem

(52,962 posts)
Thu Mar 17, 2022, 03:23 PM Mar 2022

US President Biden calls Putin a "murderous dictator, pure thug" [View all]

Source: CNN

US President Joe Biden called Russian President Vladimir Putin a "pure thug" while speaking at a St. Patrick's Day event Thursday.

At the annual Friends of Ireland Luncheon on Capitol Hill, Biden said Putin is a “murderous dictator, a pure thug who is waging an immoral war against the people of Ukraine.”

Biden also said Ireland has “stepped up” in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine. He said the relationship between Ireland and the United States was “taking on an even more intense and cooperative forum than it ever has because of Ireland's neutrality.”

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Read more: https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-17-22/h_27fb721b601fbd0c4abcb15df4fc0811

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No truer words dalton99a Mar 2022 #1
Absolutely! SheltieLover Mar 2022 #2
clear unambiguous statement of fact.. agingdem Mar 2022 #3
But TFG said he's a very loving genius IronLionZion Mar 2022 #4
think the dictator fix'n to get fitted for the VIENNA boy's choir!! monkeyman1 Mar 2022 #5
Neutrality sounds like a loaded term Tetrachloride Mar 2022 #6
Oh Yeah musclecar6 Mar 2022 #7
No other way to say it. ffr Mar 2022 #8
And, a Lying, Fascist, psychopathic, Evil Monster. Cha Mar 2022 #9
My daughter is in Dublin today. chocolatpi Mar 2022 #10
I guess that President Biden just has a problem making friends like the former president did. ;) Chainfire Mar 2022 #11
Biden calls it like it is ripcord Mar 2022 #12
You could say that for some un-American gop rockfordfile Mar 2022 #13
I love JRB, Jr. but.... COL Mustard Mar 2022 #14
PREACH IT Skittles Mar 2022 #15
true Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #16
K&R ck4829 Mar 2022 #17
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