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White House OK with calling Putin a ‘dictator’

By Nicole Duran
Published July 28, 2016 9:33pm ET
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White House OK with calling Putin a ‘dictator’
A State Department report outlined the authoritarian nature of Vladimir Putin's regime, and Josh Earnest said he doesn't see daylight between it and Joe Biden's remarks. (AP Photo) | Mikhail Klimentyev

The White House on Thursday used a State Department report to back up Vice President Joe Biden’s claim that Russian President Vladimir Putin is a dictator, even as the State Department refused to comment on Biden’s speech at the Democratic Convention.

“We cannot elect a man who belittles our closest allies while embracing dictators like Vladimir Putin,” Biden said about GOP nominee Donald Trump during his address Wednesday night.

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