Ruben Gallego: ‘The President Has an Affinity’ for Putin

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GALLEGO: "Of course I am surprised. You know, the president has an affinity for Putin, as well as Russia. Clearly he denies that they have any type of involvement in the last election. Democrats and Republicans are now pointing out that, in fact, we have proof that they did. But I think what you see here is a -- some good work being done by White House staff to basically keep the president from meeting Putin, whether it's for the political optics of them not meeting and what it would cause problems, or just in general because the outcomes would not be good for the united States. You know, from what I've seen, from what many people have seen, we know the president can succumb really quickly to flattery. You have Putin who is a former kgb guy. He knows how to manipulate people. So in my opinion and many others' opinion, we would rather the president stay away from Putin. If the staff is doing it, thank you for doing it and please continue doing some good work."