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Consultant Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) stated it was critical that high Republicans have been utilizing Russian propaganda to attempt to impeach President Biden.
Consultant Ocasio-Cortez was requested about Republicans' use of Russian propaganda within the Home and she or he replied, “Yeah, I imply, I believe if you happen to activate any of the Home oversight hearings within the final yr , you then'll see Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert and all these folks engaged in wildly propagandistic rhetoric. And I imply, let's look again a second, we simply went via an impeachment effort on the President of america . It began with a supply utilized by Republicans who was in communications with Russian intelligence. So that you don't simply have the decrease bench, you might have Consultant Comer, the chairman of the Home Oversight Committee, who was in communication with Russian intelligence. “Take quote-unquote proof from them that we have been working with and attempt to impeach them and take away the President of america over it. That is critical.”
Colbert requested if Republicans knew this was Republican disinformation, asking “How did they not know this, or did they realize it was linked to the Russians?”
AOC stated, “I believe that's a really wonderful query for Chairman Comer as a result of…It's query as a result of when he referred to as all of us into SCIF, which is a confidential location, to take a look at this, we Was this doc and it looks like it's all actual proper now and so they went forward and so what they felt was in good religion or dangerous religion. I don't know, however I believe it's extraordinarily critical that One thing has reached this far and reached this far and has been dropped at the stage that it has. And fortunately, beneath the management of Rating Member, Jamie Raskin, we have been capable of cease them of their tracks as nicely. Had been.
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,@aoc On Comer utilizing Russian disinformation to attempt to impeach Biden, “We simply went via an effort to question the President of america that was began from a supply that Republicans used that Was in communication with Russian intelligence.” pic.twitter.com/0pR39HkaDD
-Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) 9 April 2024
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Consultant Ocasio-Cortez was proper. Using Russian propaganda by Home Republicans is critical, and shouldn’t be buried or forgotten. AOC raises level. We will doubt whether or not Republicans knew they have been utilizing Russian propaganda, however the truth is that they tried to question the President with Russian disinformation and that shouldn’t be saved a secret or widespread information. Shouldn't be handled like.
With out Jamie Raskin and the proficient Home Democrats on the Oversight Committee, James Comer might have averted impeaching Biden with Russian propaganda. Ocasio-Cortez was additionally crucial of this effort, and requires critical investigation of Republican use of Russian propaganda.
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