MSNBC: Biden’s String of Unscripted Comments Put Him at Odds with His Admin.’s Messaging

EXCERPT:

BIDEN: "For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power."
ENGEL: "The White House quickly sought to clarify, as did the secretary of state."
BLINKEN: "We do not have a strategy of regime change in Russia or anywhere else for that matter. It’s up to the Russian people."
ENGEL: "Still the off the cuff remark quickly ricocheted around the world. Putin’s spokesperson immediately fighting back. That’s not for Biden to decide, the president of Russia is elected by Russians, he said. The push back among senior lawmakers here in the U.S. was equally swift. A top Republican slamming it as a horrendous gaffe in an otherwise good speech."
RISCH: "My gosh, I wish they would keep him on script. This administration has done everything they can to stop escalating. There’s not a whole lot more you can do to escalate than to call for a regime change."
ENGEL: "It was the latest in a string of unscripted comments with President Biden that put him at odds with his administration’s own messaging.”