Psaki accuses Hawley of 'parroting Russian talking points'

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Psaki accuses Hawley of 'parroting Russian talking points'
By Brett Samuels - 02/02/22 01:11 PM EST

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Wednesday accused Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and other conservatives of "parroting Russian talking points" amid the looming threat of conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

Psaki was asked to respond to Hawley's call for the Biden administration to abandon support for Ukraine's eventual admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), arguing it would not be in U.S. interests to be bound to defend Ukraine militarily.

"If you are digesting Russian misinformation and parroting Russian talking points, you are not aligned with longstanding bipartisan American values, which is to stand up for the sovereignty of countries like Ukraine, but others," Psaki said at a press briefing.


"Their right to choose their own alliances, and also to stand against, very clearly, the efforts, or attempts or potential attempts by any country to invade and take territory of another country," she continued. "That applies to Sen. Hawley, but it also applies to others who may be parroting the talking points of Russian propagandist leaders."

Hawley responded by accusing the Biden administration of coddling Russia, citing its refusal to block the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and suggesting the chaotic evacuation of U.S. forces from Afghanistan "emboldened our enemies worldwide."

Axios reported earlier Wednesday that Hawley wrote to Secretary of State Antony Blinken seeking clarity on how Ukraine's future membership in NATO would benefit U.S. interests.

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[Killer Clouds]

Psaki is a liar with zero credibility.

[Kamaji]

Ukraine should not be admitted to NATO.  Rep. Hawley is correct on that point, and Psaki - and her boss Biden - are idiots for saying otherwise.

Ukraine's role - unfortunately for the Ukrainians - is to be a border or buffer state between the NATO member states and Russia.  Making it a member of NATO would amplify the risks of war by several orders of magnitude, because we would then be committed under treaty obligations to come to Ukraine's defense against any incursion, no matter how slight, by Russia.

[cato potatoe]

Kremlin is just as reliable as the White House these days.

[Free Vulcan]

Psaki thinks she can just deflect and misdirect and that makes it reality.

If that doesn't work she just changes the subject. 'Hey let's talk about the new chairs in the State Dept main conference room!'

And if that doesn't work, just go full AOC and claim people are obsessed and jealous.

Meanwhile their record is on full display for everyone to see.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Responding to Psaki:

Josh Hawley
@HawleyMO

If Russia invades Ukraine, the Biden Administration can blame one person above all: Joe Biden. He’s given Putin his own slush fund in Nord Stream 2 and failed to aid Ukraine when he could have. No amount of name calling will hide his abject failures

3:50 PM · Feb 2, 2022  Twitter for iPhone

[Right_in_Virginia]

Kremlin is just as reliable as the White House these days.

Probably more so .....

[mountaineer]

Hawley must be over the target. Both Psaki and Kinzinger are busy libeling him.

[LMAO]

Psaki thinks she can just deflect and misdirect and that makes it reality.

If that doesn't work she just changes the subject. 'Hey let's talk about the new chairs in the State Dept main conference room!'

And if that doesn't work, just go full AOC and claim people are obsessed and jealous.

Meanwhile their record is on full display for everyone to see.

She does the same with rising crime