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DeSantis errs in calling Putin’s barbarity a ‘territorial dispute’

By Quin Hillyer

Published March 14, 2023 8:37pm ET

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DeSantis errs in calling Putin’s barbarity a ‘territorial dispute’ — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) embarrassed himself this week by describing Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine as a “territorial dispute.” It’s one thing to debate exactly how much assistance the United States should provide to Ukraine or to argue about what specific sorts of assistance are appropriate. What DeSantis said, though, in writing, wasn’t a valid […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) embarrassed himself this week by describing Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine as a “territorial dispute.”

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