Dem Rep. Sherman: Sanctioning Putin Directly Is an Ineffective P.R. Move, We Won't Boot Russia from SWIFT Because We Want Their Oil

During an interview with MSNBC on Saturday, Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA) stated that the personal sanctions the Biden administration has levied against Vladimir Putin and other Russian officials are a P.R. move that won't make a difference in Russia's actions, are "actually rather modest" compared to the 2014 sanctions against Iran, "not near the kind of sanctions that would really hit" Russia's economy, and that we haven't kicked Russia out of the SWIFT international banking system "because both the United States, but particularly Europe, want to keep buying Russian oil and natural gas, and want to keep paying for it."