To "walk something back" is to attempt to explain a prior statement in a way that fundamentally changes its meaning. "[Putin] has to go," is "walked back" to mean, "[Putin] must remove his forces from Ukraine." See?
It is fundamentally different from saying, "The person mis-spoke," which is usually true with President Biden, but it acknowledges an error, which he is not willing to do publicly.
I am both puzzled and appalled that the Leftists who post here cannot make simple distinctions that normal, rational people make every day. For example,
If I criticize a person who is a BIPOC, that does not mean that I presume all BIPOC's are deficient in the same way, or that I hate anybody, either the person criticized or others of the same demographic. Leftists just don't get it.
Conversely, if a positive statement is made about someone, that does NOT mean that the speaker supports everything the person has ever done or tried to do.
V. Putin is a political genius. There, I said it. It is true. It does not mean that I like what he does with his political acumen, or that I love him, or that he is a military genius or anything else. It means what it says.
Why can't Leftists figure this out? Are they truly this stupid?