The vice president seemed to strike a different tone on Russian Federation than the president, who told Fox News in an interview set to air prior to the Super Bowl on Sunday that he respects Putin.
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Fox News anchor responds with mirth to Moscow’s demands for a mea culpa.
After Trump told O’Reilly in the previously aired interview that he believed the USA should get along with Russian Federation, O’Reilly responded, “He’s a killer though, Putin’s a killer”.
McConnell said he wouldn’t “critique” every controversial comment Trump makes but went on to say, “I obviously don’t see this issue the same way as he does”. “We have a lot of killers”.
A line of questioning about Trump’s relationship with Russian leader Vladimir Putin led O’Reilly to call Putin a “killer”.
Pence also said that he doesn’t view Trump’s comments about Putin and the US both being nations that kill people as a moral equivalency. He is a leader of his country.
Trump said he would like assistance from Russian Federation in the fight against the Islamic State and added, “Will I get along with them?”
“There’s a lot of killers”.
He also said that he respects Mr. Putin, but this does not mean that the two would get along.
According to earlier reports as Trump was interviewed on Fox News, the TV host in one of the questions about U.S. Our country’s so innocent?’
Not long after that, Trump disputed the assertion that Putin has killed journalists.
Fox News released excerpts of the interview Saturday in which host Bill O’Reilly asks the president why he’s so respectful of Putin.
In response, Senata majority leader Mitch McConnell told CNN’s State of the Union that Trump is “a thug”.
Trump’s comments forced Vice President Mike Pence on the defensive.
“General Kelly, who’s now Secretary Kelly, he said he totally knew, he was aware of it and it was very smooth”, Trump said of John Kelly, his homeland security chief.
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Meanwhile, Democratic leaders continued to call for an investigation on Russia’s involvement in the hacks of the Democratic Party during the presidential election.
