Karen Bass: “I do think that Putin can be brought to his knees through…”

“You're the one that brought it up. But you know what I do want to point out, because I think there's agreement here. The senator and I agree. I do think that Putin can be brought to his knees through the economy. So he has to make a choice. Does he want to invade Ukraine or is he going to sacrifice his economy? His economy. And so we kick up sanctions and we increase to a sectoral approach, meaning the banks and the financial sector. And then the Europeans join in, bring his economy to his knees. But we need to do more than that because economic pressure requires rationality on his part. He might be rational, but he really will respond to action.” (12:53–13:16)

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