Every once in a while, an MSNBC host briefly messes up and upsets a famous Democrat. It happened on Friday in Rome during an otherwise typical softball pitch. Former Secretary of State John Kerry is used to interviews like Jen Psaki going out for an ice cream bar with him. After a gushfest over the late Pope Francis on the “climate crisis,” anchor Chris Jansing noted under Obama and Kerry, Putin invaded Ukraine and took Crimea.
“He was a powerful voice for peace. He talked about the war in Ukraine. He talked about the war in Gaza. You were Secretary of State when Russia annexed Crimea,” Jansing said. “And I want to ask you…”
“When they stated they were,” Kerry interrupted. “We did not allow them to annex it. And we stood and we stood up against it and called it against international law.“
Jansing quickly pivoted after this apparent faux pas:…
