'What?' MSNBC hosts pounce on J.D. Vance's latest defense of Putin's 'perspective'
Comments made by Vice President J.D. Vance on Wednesday about negotiations to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine earned him a tongue-lashing on MSNBC early Thursday morning.
With Donald Trump's administration flailing in its attempts to end the war Russian President Vladimir Putin initiated, Secretary of State Marco Rubio has been hinting the U.S. may walk away from the bargaining table unless Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agrees to a White House proposal that experts say heavily favors Russia.
Speaking in Agra, India Wednesday, Vance doubled down and came to Putin's defense which led to vehement push back from "Morning Joe" co-hosts Mika Brzezinski and Jonathan Lemire.
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Towards the end of his remarks, Vance stated, "I'm going to echo something Secretary Rubio said, which is: look, we've issued a very explicit proposal to both the Russians and Ukrainians and it's time for them to either say yes or for the United States to walk away from this process."
He then added, "We've really tried to understand things from the perspective of both the Ukrainians and the Russians. What do Ukrainians care the most about? What do the Russians care the most about? And I think that we've put together a very fair proposal."
That earned him a "What?" from Brzezinski who quickly turned to her co-host and stated, "Yeah. Tell me what you're thinking right now."
"I mean, right now, I mean even as the vice president said there, he said, 'We're trying to understand each side's perspective.' Trying to understand Russian's perspective?" the obviously incensed Lemire asked.
"We know what their perspective is: they invaded a sovereign nation," he exclaimed as Brzezinski chimed in with, "They want to seize territory and Trump wants to give it to them!"
"That's the bottom line," she added to which Lemire added, "Doesn't seem much open for interpretation."
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