President JoeBiden appeared to accuse Russian President Vladimir Putin of committing genocide in Ukraine for the first time during an event in Iowa aimed at underscoring actions he is taking to lower gas prices.
"Your family budget, your ability to fill up your tank — none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war and commits genocide a half a world away," Biden said Tuesday.Biden avoided calling Putin's invasion of Ukraine a genocide last week after Russia's withdrawal from cities such as Bucha revealed brutal murders of civilians.
"The evidence is mounting. It looks different than last week," he said."More evidence is coming out literally of the horrible things that the Russians have done in Ukraine." On Tuesday, Biden was introduced by Rachel Connor, a grain merchandiser at the POET bioprocessing facility in Menlo. Connor also pinned March's record year-on-year inflation of 8.5% on Putin despite price increases preceding the war.
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