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Brian Fitzpatrick: “What brought [Putin] to the table was a threat of sanctions…”

Featuring: Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican | U.S. House Pennsylvania, 1st Congressional District

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Key GOP moderate: Trump's been too deferential to Putin

Published | Video Starts at 05:54

And I think that we just need to take a much stronger tack to him because dictators understand one thing and one thing only. And look at what Putin. Look at What brought [Putin] to the table was a threat of sanctions and a threat of Tomahawk missiles. That's what worked with him. That's the only thing that brought him to the table. So why don't we do more of that? You had mentioned Ukraine, NATO membership for Ukraine. (05:54–06:00)

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