After dismissing Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine as a “territorial dispute,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) has now called him a “war criminal.”
rejected DeSantis’s original
The court has accused Putin of war crimes for the “unlawful deportation” and “unlawful transfer” of children from occupied areas of Ukraine.In DeSantis’s previous comments, he said the United States “cannot prioritize intervention in an escalating foreign war over the defense of our own homeland, especially as tens of thousands of Americans are dying every year from narcotics smuggled across our open border, and our weapons arsenals critical for our own security are rapidly being depleted.
and backed a 2015 resolution that called on Russia to withdraw from Ukraine while authorizing security assistance for Kyiv.While DeSantis’s shift in tone will probably be welcomed by his Republican critics, it opened him up to more criticism Thursday from Democrats.
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