Turner said House Republicans have 'uttered' ideas from Russian propaganda on the House floor.
Turner, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday he has heard his Republican colleagues use information from propaganda on the House floor related to claims of the war about
“There are members of Congress today who still incorrectly say that this conflict is over NATO, which of course it is not,” Turner said. “having made it very clear both publicly and to his own population that his view is that is a conflict of a much broader claim of Russia to Eastern Europe and including claiming all Ukraine territory as Russia’s.”
“To the extent that this propaganda takes hold, it makes it more difficult for us to really see this as authoritarian versus democracy battle, which is what it is,” Turner said. “President Xi of China, Vladimir Putin have identified it as such. We need to stand up for democracy.”
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