The question of how the U.S. should handle Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans to annex Crimea from Ukraine caused the hosts of Fox News’ “The Five” to blow up at each other on Tuesday.
Fox’s Dana Perino snapped at co-host Bob Beckel, the show’s token Democrat, after he suggested that the country ought to stay out of the Crimea mess altogether.
“Putin in the Crimea is not a foreign policy for the United States, it’s a foreign policy decision for Russia,” he said.
“How could you possibly say it has nothing to do with us, with the international community? Do you believe there’s no international rule of law?” Perino shot back.
“What I believe is there’s nothing you can do about it, and everybody who shoots their mouth off about it has no idea what they’re talking about,” Beckel said.
Then Perino let him have it, calling that a “bunch of baloney.”
“Did you not read anything that was written over the weekend?” she snapped. “I spend my whole time reading about this stuff so I can talk about it here.”
Things got so heated Perino had to take time out for a deep breath, saying “I’ve lost my voice.”
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h/t Mediaite
This post has been updated.
