‘We’re Going To Continue To Do What We’ve Done’: Kamala Harris Says The Plan To Stop Putin Is To Keep Doing What Hasn’t Stopped Putin

Vice President Kamala Harris made it clear Wednesday that President Joe Biden’s administration does not have any plans to change the strategy in dealing with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Harris spoke with NBC’s Savannah Guthrie the morning after Biden delivered his first formal State of the Union address, and Guthrie pressed her on whether or not the administration needed to change tactics since — despite heavy sanctions from the United States and other western nations and NATO allies — Putin continues to wage a full-scale assault on the neighboring nation of Ukraine.

“So what else do we have to throw at this when Putin so far is undeterred?” Guthrie asked.

“Well, we are going to continue to do what we’ve done,” Harris replied. “For example, in the sanctions, it’s been sanctions against their financial institutions, against their oligarchs, where we are targeting their mansions and their jets. What we’re going to continue to do is stand firm with our allies in terms of reassessing what we are doing with sanctions.”

.@VP Kamala Harris: “We are going to continue to do what we’ve done.” pic.twitter.com/nh7VAFywT3

— Chad Gilmartin (@ChadGilmartinCA) March 2, 2022

Guthrie continued to press Harris on the possibility that the United States might implement sanctions on Russia’s energy sector — or stop buying oil and gas from Russia altogether — in an effort to cut off any income from selling such products and further isolate the nation from the west. – READ MORE