BEFORE IT GETS MUCH, MUCH WORSE?
I HAVE SAID REPEATEDLY, NOT ONE
AMERICAN BOOT ON THE GROUND.
ALSO BREAKING TONIGHT, RUSSIA IS
NOW BLOCKING ACCESS TO FACEBOOK
TO AMID THE KREMLIN CENSORSHIP
AND THE PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN.
RUSSIAN LAWMAKERS ARE EVEN
MOVING HEAD ON PURSUING JAIL
TIME FOR THOSE WHO PUBLISH
SO-CALLED FAKE NEWS REPORTS
ABOUT THE RUSSIAN ARMY, AND
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, WELL, HE
HAS BEEN ATTACKED EVER SINCE HE
MADE SOME REMARKS ON THIS
PROGRAM LAST NIGHT, SAYING THAT
SOMEONE NEEDS TO TAKE PUTIN OUT.
HERE WITH REACTION FROM THE
MEDIA MOB AND FROM TEAM BIDEN,
TAKE A LOOK.
>> AS LONG AS WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT RECKLESS BEHAVIOR, PETER,
I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT A TWEET
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM, WHO
WRITES, "IS THERE A BRUTUS IN
RUSSIA?
IN TERMS OF RECKLESS BEHAVIOR,
THIS IS A U.S. SENATOR PUTTING
OUT A PUBLIC STATEMENT LIKE
THAT, WHO WAS THE CHIEF
PROSECUTOR IN EUROPE FOR THE
U.S. AIR FORCE YEARS AGO.
>> WELL, CERTAINLY A PROVOCATIVE
STATEMENT.
>> FIRST OF ALL, WHO CARES WHAT
LINDSEY SAYS?
>> HE’S A UNITED STATES SENATOR.
>> YOU THINK ANY RUSSIAN GENERAL
IS GOING TO BE LISTENING --
>> CAN USE THAT AS PROPAGANDA.
>> SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM SAYS
LAST NIGHT THAT SOMEONE OUGHT TO
ASSASSINATE PRESIDENT PUTIN.
DOES THE WHITE HOUSE HAVE ANY
TAKE ON THAT STATEMENT THAT IS
HOPEFUL AT THIS POINT?
>> THAT IS NOT THE POSITION OF
THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND
CERTAINLY NOT A STATEMENT YOU
HERE COME FROM THE MOUTHS OF
ANYBODY WORKING IN THIS AND
ADMINISTRATION.
>> Sean: ALL RIGHT, JOINING ME
NOW, SOUTH CAROLINA
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM TO
RESPOND TO THIS CRITICISM.
SENATOR, YOU JUST HEARD OUR
REPORTING OF WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IN THE LAST 24 HOURS SINCE YOU
MADE THAT STATEMENT.
TOWNS ANNIHILATED.
NEIGHBORHOODS LEVELED.
ENTIRE AREAS WIPED OFF THE MAP,
AND WE HAVE HEARD ABOUT
TARGETING CIVILIANS, THAT WOULD
BE INNOCENT MEN, WOMEN, AND
CHILDREN.
SO IN THE CONTEXT OF WHAT WE
HEARD REPORTED RIGHT HERE ON
THIS PROGRAM TONIGHT, THAT I
THINK WOULD JUSTIFY THE IDEA
THAT IF YOU HAVE A CONSCIENCE
AND A SOUL AND YOU ARE AROUND
VLADIMIR PUTIN, I DON’T CARE BY
WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY, STAND
UP AND STOP THIS.
BECAUSE INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE
DYING, INCLUDING KIDS.
>> WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
ME.
I SPOKE TO THE UKRAINIAN
AMBASSADOR EARLIER TODAY.
YOUR VOICE IS BREAKING THROUGH.
AFTER I LISTENED TO YOUR PROGRAM
EVERY NIGHT, PUTIN NEEDS A
LONGER TABLE.
HERE IS WHAT I WOULD SAY.
I HAVE BEEN A MILITARY
PROSECUTOR, DEFENSE ATTORNEY,
JUDGE, 4:30-SOMETHING YEARS.
I’M GOING TO INTRODUCE A
RESOLUTION NEXT WEEK, I WILL
GIVE IT TO YOU ON YOUR SHOW,
DECLARING THAT PUTIN IS A WAR
CRIMINAL.
IT IS CLEAR TO ME, THE WORLD
WOULD BE BETTER OFF IF THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE TOOK PUTIN OUT
TONIGHT.
THE WAR IN UKRAINE WOULD END,
AND RUSSIA WOULD HAVE FREEDOM
THEY DON’T ENJOY TODAY.
A STEEL CURTAIN HAS DESCENDED
FROM THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE.
WHAT DOES THAT TELL ME?
THAT PUTIN IS AFRAID OF HIS OWN
PEOPLE.
MARTIAL LAW HAS BEEN VIRTUALLY
DECLARED BY PUTIN.
I THINK THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE ARE
NOT BUYING WHAT PUTIN IS SELLING
WHEN IT COMES TO THE UKRAINE,
AND IF THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE
CONTINUE TO FIGHT AS BRAVE AS
THEY ARE, I THINK EVENTUALLY,
THE DAM WILL BREAK IN RUSSIA,
BUT I WANT TO SAY THIS CRYSTAL
CLEAR, WITHOUT APOLOGY, WITHOUT
EQUIVOCATION, THE WORLD WOULD BE
BETTER OFF IF PUTIN WERE GONE
TONIGHT, AND THE BEST WAY TO END
THIS WAR IS NOT AMERICAN BOOTS
ON THE GROUND, BUT FOR THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE TO RISE UP,
RECLAIM THE HONOR OF THEIR
COUNTRY, AND TAKE THIS GUY OUT,
PUTIN, BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY,
AND IF YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND
THAT, YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS
WAR AND YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND THE
WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE.
>> Sean: I DON’T KNOW WHAT
PART OF TARGETING CIVILIANS,
ANNIHILATING TOWNS, LEVELING
NEIGHBORHOODS, AND WIPING ENTIRE
CITIES AND BUILDINGS OFF THE
MAP, PEOPLE WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND.
I KNOW THAT WE HAVE AN EXECUTIVE
ORDER, THE FIRST EXECUTIVE ORDER
WAS UNDER PRESIDENT FORD, THE
CURRENT ONE I THINK UNDER
REAGAN, 12333 THAT PROHIBITS THE
UNITED STATES FROM ENGAGING IN
ASSASSINATION.
WITH THAT SAID, THERE ARE PEOPLE
THAT HAVE ACCESS TO PUTIN, MAYBE
HIS GENERALS, MAYBE HIS
ADVISORS.
YOU ARE RIGHT, THERE IS PROBABLY
NOT A TABLE LONG ENOUGH TO
REALLY PROTECT HIM, BUT I’VE GOT
TO IMAGINE THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE,
IF THEY KNEW WHAT WAS TRULY
HAPPENING HERE, AND I BET YOU
MANY OF THEM DO, THEY DON’T
SUPPORT THIS.
FROM THE PEOPLE -- SOME RUSSIANS
HAVE ALREADY SPOKEN OUT AGAINST
IT.
HIGH-PROFILE ATHLETES,
ET CETERA.
YOU KNOW, WHY IS THAT EVEN
CONTROVERSIAL, CONSIDERING IF
YOU CUT THE HEAD OFF A SNAKE,
YOU KILL THE WHOLE SNAKE?
IT WOULD PROBABLY END THE WAR,
WOULDN’T YOU THINK?
IF THERE IS SOMEBODY THAT
FOLLOWS PUTIN, YOU WERE HE MAY
BE WORSE, BUT IN THE BACK OF
THAT PERSON’S MIND, HE IS GOING
TO BE THINKING ABOUT WHAT JUST
HAPPENED TO PUTIN, WOULDN’T HE?
>> WELL, IN THE ’30s WHEN
PEOPLE WERE CALLING FOR GETTING
RID OF HITLER AND HOPING THE
GERMAN PEOPLE WOULD STOP HIM,
THEY WERE CONSIDERED
PROVOCATIVE.
LOOKING BACK IN TIME, DON’T YOU
THINK THE WORLD WOULD HAVE BEEN
A BETTER PLACE IF THE GERMAN
PEOPLE HAD STOPPED HITLER?
BY ANY MEANS NECESSARY?
DON’T YOU THINK THE WORLD WOULD
HAVE BEEN A BETTER PLACE IF WE
HAVE STOPPED BALKANS WAR BEFORE
THE GENOCIDE?
I’M HERE TO TELL YOU WITHOUT
EQUIVOCATION OR APOLOGY, I
BELIEVE THE WORLD WOULD BE A
BETTER PLACE IF THE RUSSIAN
PEOPLE TOOK PUTIN OUT, AND TO
THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE, YOUR FUTURE
IS IN YOUR HANDS, IT’S EASY TO
TALK ABOUT ON TELEVISION, I KNOW
IT’S HARD TO DO, MARTIAL LAW, A
CURTAIN
HAS DESCENDED
UPON YOU AND YOUR FREEDOM, BUT
PLEASE, WE NEED A RUSSIAN
SPRING.
IF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE ROSE UP
AND TOOK THIS MAN DOWN, THE WAR
IN UKRAINE WOULD STOP, THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE WHO WOULD REGAIN
ITS HONOR, AND IF WE DON’T DO
THIS, SOONER RATHER THAN LATER,
THOUSANDS ARE GOING TO DIE.
>> Sean: TENS OF THOUSANDS,
LINDSEY, MAYBE HUNDREDS.
IS ANYONE PAYING ATTENTION TO
THE HIT SQUADS THAT PUTIN HAS
SENT INTO UKRAINE TO ASSASSINATE
RESIDENTS ON SKI?
WHO FRANKLY HAS SHOWN AMAZING
COURAGE UNDER FIRE, IN MY
OPINION, I DON’T KNOW HIM THAT
WELL, BUT HIM STAYING AND
FIGHTING AND INSPIRING HIS
PEOPLE IS KIND OF REFRESHING
BECAUSE A LOT OF LEADERS BY THIS
POINT WOULD HAVE GOTTEN ON A
PRIVATE JET WITH MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS OF CURRENCY AND GOLD AND
LEFT THE COUNTRY, AND HE IS
STAYING WITH HIS PEOPLE.
>> IT’S AMAZING.
I’M GOING TO SPEAK WITH HIM
TOMORROW WITH ALL MEMBERS OF THE
SENATE.
HE IS AN INSPIRATION.
AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THIS: YOU
ARE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY.
I AM ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF
HISTORY.
CALLING FOR PUTIN TO BE TAKEN
DOWN NOW TO AVOID MORE INNOCENT
LIVES BEING LOST IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO.
ASKING THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE FOR A
RUSSIAN SPRING IS THE RIGHT
THING TO DO.
HELPING THE UKRAINIAN PEOPLE
WITH WEAPONS AS THE RIGHT THING
TO DO.
WHEN IT COMES TO THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION, THEY ARE WEAK,
AND THEY ARE SLOW.
WE SHOULD HAVE DONE THIS MONTHS
AGO WHEN IT COMES TO OIL AND GAS
SECTOR.
BUT I’M GOING TO JUST LET YOU
KNOW, IF WE DON’T GET THIS
RIGHT, IF PUTIN PREVAILS, HE
SURVIVES YET AGAIN AFTER ONE WAR
CRIME AFTER ANOTHER ON
TELEVISION EVERY NIGHT, CHINA IS
GOING TO TAKE TAIWAN AND THE
UKRAINIANS ARE GOING TO BREAK
OUT FOR A BOMB.
HOW THIS ENDS MATTERS, AND LET
IT END NOW, LET IT END WITH THE
RUSSIAN PEOPLE TAKING THIS DOG
AND WAR CRIMINAL DOWN.
>> Sean: I WILL ADD ONE LAST
THING, AND STOP IMPORTING
RUSSIAN OIL.
THAT MEANS THE U.S. AND THAT
MEANS OUR ALLIES IN WESTERN
EUROPE, AND BY THE WAY, DON’T
EVEN CONTEMPLATE TAKING IN OR
IMPORTING IRANIAN OIL.
THAT WOULD BE ABOUT, WELL, MAY