Home Intelligence Committee Chair Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) mentioned that Russian propaganda is being utilized by Republicans on the Home flooring.
Transcript through CNN’s State Of The Union:
TAPPER: Let’s flip to Ukraine, a problem that’s necessary to you and your fellow Republican Chairman Michael McCaul, who runs the Overseas Affairs Committee.
Congressman McCaul made a remark this week about what he says seems like Russian propaganda from some conservative media and why it’s so troublesome to clarify to Republican voters why supporting Ukraine is necessary. He informed Julia Ioffe — quote — “I believe Russian propaganda has made its method into america, sadly, and it’s contaminated a very good chunk of my social gathering’s base.”
He singled out prime-time exhibits on conservative channels. Do you agree with him? And the way huge is that this downside?
TURNER: Oh, it’s completely true.
We see straight coming from Russia makes an attempt to masks communications which might be anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, a few of which we even hear being uttered on the Home flooring.
I imply, there are members of Congress right this moment who nonetheless incorrectly say that this battle between Russia and Ukraine is over NATO, which, after all, it isn’t, Vladimir Putin having made it very clear, each publicly and to his personal inhabitants, that his view is that this can be a battle of a much wider declare of Russia to Japanese Europe, together with claiming all of Ukraine territory as Russia’s.
To the extent that this propaganda takes maintain, it makes it tougher for us to actually see this as an authoritarian-versus- democracy battle, which is what it’s. President Xi of China, Vladimir Putin himself have recognized it as such. We have to get up for democracy. We have to make sure that we all know that authoritarian regimes by no means cease once they begin an aggression.
Ukraine wants our assist and help now, and this can be a very important time for the U.S. Congress to step up and supply that assist.
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Republican Home Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (OH) “We see straight coming from Russia makes an attempt to masks communications which might be anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, a few of which we even hear being uttered on the Home flooring.” pic.twitter.com/XrHVlKZ6rC
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Rep. Turner has been tirelessly pushing Speaker Mike Johnson to place a Ukraine assist invoice on the Home flooring. Turner went on to say within the CNN interview that he doesn’t assume Johnson is in any hazard from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s movement to vacate, as a result of Hakeem Jeffries and Home Democrats have already mentioned that they gained’t be a part of a movement to vacate so long as Johnson passes a Ukraine assist invoice.
Johnson has been making an attempt to determine methods to place window dressing on the Ukraine assist invoice, however it more and more appears like he’s going to dare Greene to attempt to hearth him by passing a Ukraine assist invoice.
Home Republicans use Russians propaganda on a virtually day by day foundation. Russian propaganda is the centerpiece of Oversight Committee Chair James Comer’s Biden impeachment investigation.
Republican like Mike Turner are sounding the alarm that their social gathering has been compromised by Russian propaganda, which is why it’s as much as the American individuals to reject Putin’s social gathering.
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