CPAC parroted pro-Kremlin propaganda about Ukraine in a since-deleted tweet, fitting a disturbing pattern in the GOP. (via thereidout Blog)
was legitimate, and criticized the United States’ ongoing support of Ukraine.
In a since-deleted tweet, CPAC claimed Russian President Vladimir Putin had announced the annexation of four “Ukrainian-occupied territories,” which, to be clear, are lands internationally recognized as belonging to Ukraine. The U.S. has adamantly refused to acknowledge Russia’s annexation of the territories as legitimate. CPAC seemed to disagree with that position.
“Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine must be repelled," CPAC tweeted Saturday."Putin is a madman that is putting millions of lives at risk with his loose talk of nuclear war ... We must oppose Putin, but American taxpayers should not be shouldering the vast majority of the cost.”
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