It appears that many will be watching the Piers Morgan interview with Governor DeSantis on Fox Nation. I don’t have a subscription, but I’m sure it will show up somewhere.
The Associated Press is reporting that Governor DeSantis clarified what he meant by a ‘territorial dispute’ in his statement to Tucker Carlson about the war in Ukraine.
Well, the AP is saying he’s walking it back. It sounds to me like he’s clarifying it:
In excerpts of an interview with Piers Morgan set to air Thursday on Fox Nation, DeSantis said his earlier comments referenced ongoing fighting in the eastern Donbas region, as well as Russia’s 2014 seizure of Crimea. Ukraine’s borders are internationally recognized, including by the United Nations.
“What I’m referring to is where the fighting is going on now, which is that eastern border region Donbas, and then Crimea, and you have a situation where Russia has had that. I don’t think legitimately, but they had,” DeSantis said, according to excerpts. “There’s a lot of ethnic Russians there. So, that’s some difficult fighting, and that’s what I was referring to, and so it wasn’t that I thought Russia had a right to that, and so if I should have made that more clear, I could have done it.”
DeSantis told Morgan that his comments about the war in Ukraine had been mischaracterized:
In the interview with Morgan, DeSantis sought to toughen his position toward Russia, calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a “war criminal” and arguing that his detractors had incorrectly characterized his “territorial dispute” remarks.
“I think it’s been mischaracterized,” he told Morgan, according to excerpts. “Obviously, Russia invaded — that was wrong. They invaded Crimea and took that in 2014 — that was wrong.”
No, he’s not walking it back at all. He’s just explaining what he meant and pointing out he could have been clearer.
If I can find the interview anywhere tonight, I’ll post it here.