Mitt Romney wanted to set the record straight on Monday night.
When he said that Vladimir Putin has “outperformed our President time and time again on the world stage,” he wasn’t really suggesting that the Russian president is superior to President Obama. What Romney meant to say is that it saddens him to see Putin, “terrible president” and “thug” that he is, routinely get the better of Obama.
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