Looks like Matt Gaetz failed to do his homework before making an embarrassing addition to the congressional record. (via MaddowBlog)
It was against this backdrop that Gaetz inadvertently pushed Chinese propaganda during a congressional hearing yesterday. The Washington PostIn 2021, Rep. Matt Gaetz decried what he labeled “a fusion of the interest of the Chinese Communist Party and much of the apparatus of the United States government.
It’s no secret that the far-right Floridian is a staunch opponent of U.S. support for Ukraine. To that end, Gaetz apparently wanted to use a House Armed Services Committee hearing to advance his larger cause.The GOP congressman focused much of his attention on Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy at the Pentagon, asking whether the U.S. has provided military assistance to a Ukrainian paramilitary unit called Azov Battalion.
Kahl recognized the name of the publication. “I’m sorry,” the undersecretary said. “Is this the Global Times from China?” The Republican congressman initially responded, “No, this is ...” before looking again at the article he’d just entered into the record. “Yeah, it might be,” Gaetz added.I suppose it’s possible that Gaetz made a conscious decision to promote a Chinese propaganda outlet — a publication the State Department hasas a “foreign mission” that is “substantially owned or effectively controlled” by the Chinese government — but it’s hardly the most likely explanation for what happened.
The more realistic explanation is that Gaetz accidentally pushed Chinese propaganda — and entered it into the congressional record — because the Republican failed to do his homework.the United States of “conniving with the neo-Nazi forces” in Eastern Europe, and which probably should’ve raised a red flag or two for a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
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