Sen. Whitehouse Calls Pres. Trump and VP Vance ‘Agents of Putin and Russia,’ Compares Them to Hitler

BROWN Let s discuss ░░░░░░░░ Vance comments and more ░░░░░░░░ with Democratic Senator Sheldon ░░░░░░░░ of Rhode Island He ░░░░░░░░ also a member of ░░░░░░░░ Senate Judiciary Committee Senator ░░░░░░░░ you so much for ░░░░░░░░ here What is your ░░░░░░░░ to what we just ░░░░░░░░ from the vice president ░░░░░░░░ that the withholding of ░░░░░░░░ aid to Ukraine is ░░░░░░░░ send an explicit message ░░░░░░░░ we should note you ░░░░░░░░ in favor of sending ░░░░░░░░ aid to Ukraine previously ░░░░░░░░ Well what it looks ░░░░░░░░ is extortion by Trump ░░░░░░░░ Ukraine for Russia All ░░░░░░░░ the pressure in this ░░░░░░░░ called negotiation is on ░░░░░░░░ Ukrainian side and I ░░░░░░░░ the vice president and ░░░░░░░░ president asked acting very ░░░░░░░░ as agents of Putin ░░░░░░░░ Russia in these so ░░░░░░░░ negotiations Imagine if Franklin ░░░░░░░░ Roosevelt had told Winston ░░░░░░░░ we re cutting off ░░░░░░░░ lease you have to ░░░░░░░░ with Hitler and be ░░░░░░░░ to give up some ░░░░░░░░ your territory and put ░░░░░░░░ pressure on Hitler That ░░░░░░░░ a pretty good analogy ░░░░░░░░ where we are and ░░░░░░░░ s why I think ░░░░░░░░ are so concerned BROWN ░░░░░░░░ are some strong words ░░░░░░░░ say that that this ░░░░░░░░ and his officials are ░░░░░░░░ of Putin and Russia ░░░░░░░░ you believe that at ░░░░░░░░ point the United States ░░░░░░░░ firmly aligned with Russia ░░░░░░░░ came out just yesterday ░░░░░░░░ said it s looking ░░░░░░░░ way WHITEHOUSE Russia has ░░░░░░░░ so itself using exactly ░░░░░░░░ words So I don ░░░░░░░░ have to use them ░░░░░░░░ Russia use them They ░░░░░░░░ BROWN The administration has ░░░░░░░░ this is all part ░░░░░░░░ the negotiating technique that ░░░░░░░░ is what it needs ░░░░░░░░ do to get Putin ░░░░░░░░ the table that what ░░░░░░░░ happening under the Biden ░░░░░░░░ using tough words against ░░░░░░░░ wasn t working this ░░░░░░░░ a new tactic Do ░░░░░░░░ think it potentially could ░░░░░░░░ successful to get Putin ░░░░░░░░ the table WHITEHOUSE You ░░░░░░░░ t get a thug ░░░░░░░░ a tyrant like Putin ░░░░░░░░ the table by giving ░░░░░░░░ everything that he wants ░░░░░░░░ trying to crush the ░░░░░░░░ fighters of Ukraine under ░░░░░░░░ s heel I just ░░░░░░░░ t see how this ░░░░░░░░ anyplace And the notion ░░░░░░░░ the Ukrainians are going ░░░░░░░░ stop fighting while there ░░░░░░░░ still Russian occupation of ░░░░░░░░ territory could you imagine ░░░░░░░░ Americans were occupied by ░░░░░░░░ if they d taken ░░░░░░░░ our northeastern states do ░░░░░░░░ think we would stop ░░░░░░░░ because some foreign president ░░░░░░░░ a peace deal Of ░░░░░░░░ we wouldn t And ░░░░░░░░ Ukrainians are going to ░░░░░░░░ on as best they ░░░░░░░░ with whatever weapons they ░░░░░░░░ BROWN Why should every ░░░░░░░░ care about this right ░░░░░░░░ WHITEHOUSE Well same reason ░░░░░░░░ American should have cared ░░░░░░░░ Germany went into Poland ░░░░░░░░ in the 1930s and ░░░░░░░░ This is the frontier ░░░░░░░░ freedom the Ukrainians are ░░░░░░░░ all of us with ░░░░░░░░ lives and all we ░░░░░░░░ to do is provide ░░░░░░░░ to them And yet ░░░░░░░░ re stabbing them in ░░░░░░░░ back undercutting them all ░░░░░░░░ whatever the strange relationship ░░░░░░░░ between Trump and Putin ░░░░░░░░ Those are some very ░░░░░░░░ words Senator Whitehouse we ░░░░░░░░ have to wait and ░░░░░░░░ how this plays out.”