Marco Rubio refused to call Vladimir Putin a "war criminal," despite grilling former secretary of state Rex Tillerson over the same issue in 2017. At a House Committee on foreign affairs session on Wednesday,

Vladimir Putin is he a war criminal? Is Vladimir Putin a war criminal? I think you can look at instances that have happened there and certainly Characterize them as war crimes, but our intent is to end the war.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio had a heated exchange on Wednesday when he refused to call Vladimir Putin a war criminal. It was a jaw-dropping moment as the top Trump diplomat was posed the exact same question he once asked Rex Tillerson as a sitting senator in 2017.