Trump’s Equating of U.S., Putin Derided on Both Sides of Aisle
- Sasse says president needs to show leadership on Russia
- Pence disputes notion that Trump was making moral equivalence
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Donald Trump’s statement that the U.S. is no more “innocent” than Vladimir Putin’s Russia drew howls from Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Sunday, while Vice President Mike Pence rejected the notion that Trump had been attempting to make a moral equivalence.
The comments came as the president finds himself increasingly at odds with lawmakers over his willingness to engage with Putin, who the U.S. intelligence community has said used cyberattacks on prominent Democrats to try to help Trump during the presidential campaign.