Rep. Mike Turner claimed Sunday that Russian propaganda is "being uttered on the House floor." "We see directly coming from Russia... communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear on the House floor," House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence chair Turner told CNN's "State of the Union."
"There are members of Congress today who still incorrectly say that this conflict between Russia and Ukraine is over NATO, which of course it is not," he said.
Turner's office did not immediately respond to NBC News' request for clarity on which Congressmen he meant. This week, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chair Michael McCaul said Russian propaganda has infiltrated the GOP.
Puck News said that Texas Republican McCaul believes "Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately, and it’s infected a good chunk of my party’s base."
Turner and McCaul linked Russia and Vladimir Putin to authoritarian dictators like Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
The committee chairs mentioned Russian propaganda in calling for Congress to approve greater military aid to Ukraine. "Ukraine needs our help and assistance now, and this is a very critical time for the U.S. Congress to step up and provide that aid," Turner said.
Speaker Mike Johnson has refused to bring a February Senate aid package to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan to the House floor, stalling Ukraine aid efforts.
"I don't think he's at risk," Turner added. "I think that what people have been referring to as the 'chaos caucus,' those individuals who are seeking attention for themselves and trying to stop all of the important work in Congress, are now seen as merely disruptive." If a move to vacate, like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's before the House's two-week Easter recess, is brought to a vote, Democrats may join Republicans in saving Johnson's speakership.
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