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MSNBC Host Calls Out Wasserman Schultz Over Romney Policy Critique: 'You Just...Said Two Different Things

MSNBC Host Calls Out Wasserman Schultz Over Romney Policy Critique: 'You Just...Said Two Different Things

"... I have no idea."

Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz on Monday was challenged by MSNBC’s Chuck Todd for making seemingly contradictory remarks regarding Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s foreign policy plans (or lack thereof).

“[W]e have to keep our eye on the ball,” Schultz said, referring to the Obama administration’s supposedly even-handed approach to foreign policy. “We have to keep focusing on making sure that we can protect America from those who would do us harm, not the backwoods ‘cowboy justice’ that Mitt Romney would drag us back to.”

“It’s so unclear what Mitt Romney would do differently than President Obama,” she added.

It’s “unclear” what Romney would do differently? Didn’t she just say the GOP candidate would drag us back to “backwoods cowboy justice” (or something)?

Even Todd found her contradictory statements confusing.

“Wait, I’m confused,” Todd said, “you just … said two different things. You said ‘cowboy’ foreign policy and then you said it’s not clear what he would do differently from President Obama. That’s two different things.”

“And that is the nature of Mitt Romney’s focus in foreign policy has been,” was the DNC chairwoman's somewhat confounding response. “Who knows what, he hasn’t said what he would do differently. He has done a lot of bellicose chest-thumping that leads you to believe that instead of what President Obama -- ”

“You think it will be a different foreign policy?” Todd pressed.

“I’m saying I have no idea,” Shultz responded, “because he has not made it clear, he has plenty of opportunity tonight to make it clear what he would do differently than President Obama.”

So, yes, the DNC chairwoman's critique of the GOP candidate's foreign policy plan can be summed up as follows: “We're not sure what the Romney plan is, but it's probably all 'cowboy justice' and stuff.”

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(H/T: Mediaite). Front page photos courtesy the AP.

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