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Home Intelligence Committee chair Mike Turner mentioned Sunday that Russian propaganda has “completely” seeped its strategy to Congress, saying a few of his Republican colleagues have repeated false claims on the chamber’s flooring.
“It’s completely true we see, instantly coming from Russia, makes an attempt to masks communications which can be anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, a few of which we even hear being uttered on the Home flooring,” the Ohio Republican instructed CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union.”
Turner’s feedback come after Home International Affairs chair Michael McCaul’s instructed Puck Information final week that Russian propaganda has “contaminated a superb chunk” of the GOP base.
Turner, who has been an outspoken advocate of passing further support to embattled Ukraine, mentioned Sunday: “There are members of Congress as we speak who nonetheless incorrectly say that this battle between Russia and Ukraine is over NATO, which after all it’s not.”
“To the extent that this propaganda takes maintain, it makes it harder for us to actually see this as an authoritarian versus democracy battle,” he added.
The Senate handed a $95.3 billion international support invoice that included help for Ukraine and Israel in February, however Home Speaker Mike Johnson, whose future as a frontrunner within the occasion stays unsure following Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s transfer to oust him from the speakership, refused to right away deliver the bundle for a vote.
Turner mentioned Sunday he doesn’t consider Johnson is at “any danger” of being ousted by the “chaos caucus,” pointing to members “who’re looking for consideration for themselves and making an attempt to cease all the vital work in Congress.”