Matt Gaetz Called Out for Citing Chinese Propaganda in Hearing
MATT GAETZ HAS been one of the most vocal Republicans in Congress when it comes to cracking down on China. It had to be more than a little embarrassing on Tuesday, then, when the Florida congressman got called out in a House Armed Services Committee hearing for citing Chinese propaganda while trying to make a point about cutting off U.S. aid to Ukraine.
This whole article is well worth a read, as are the two video clips in it. Gaetz realizing in real time that he was just reading CCP propaganda at a congressional hearing was astounding, but so was the second part of the article, where he unknowingly brought in a murderer to give the pledge of allegiance at a hearing:
Khal wasn’t the only one who dunked on Gaetz on Tuesday. Rep. Eric Swalwell called him out for inviting Corey Beekman, a combat veteran, to lead the Pledge of Allegiance ahead of the year’s first Judiciary Committee hearing...
As Swalwell pointed out on Tuesday, Beekman is an accused murderer who wound up in a standoff with police. “That’s why there’s a trust deficit here,” Swalwell said. “You pull off a public stunt to try to own the libs, and what you did is you brought in a guy who allegedly shot two people and killed one of them. That’s where the trust deficit is.”
Gaetz apologized to the family of Billy Buchanan, whom Beekman allegedly shot and killed, in a statement to the Daily Beast earlier this month. “The family of Billy Buchanan brought the situation to my attention, and I’m glad they did,” Gaetz said, adding that the decision had some “unintended consequences.”
Is this the Matt Gaetz that was having sex with under aged girls,across state lines? Is it? Just not sure if this is the same Matt Gaetz that recently walked from all charges of having sex with under aged girls, across state lines. Yet his wing man, Joel Greenberg, is doing 12 years in federal prison for child sex trafficking and other charges. This must be a different Matt Gaetz, right?
Matt Gaetz unknowingly cites Chinese Communist newspaper during Ukraine military funding hearing
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz cited an unusual source during a congressional hearing about US military aid to Ukraine.
Gaetz has long been an outspoken critic of continued US security assistance to Ukraine as it fends off Russia's military invasion. During Tuesday's House Armed Services Committee hearing, he brought up a report by China's Global Times that he said talks about the US training Ukrainian soldiers.
Gaetz didn't appear to know, however, that the Global Times is a Chinese Communist Party-controlled outlet with an ultranationalist agenda until the witness he was questioning pointed it out.
“Unknowingly” is doing some heavy lifting here.
Republicans will find and cite any source that meets the narrative they’re trying to push.
Matt Gaetz Shut Down By Pentagon Official For Pushing Chinese Propaganda At Hearing
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) was swiftly shut down by a Pentagon official on Tuesday after trying to introduce Chinese propaganda as a credible source during a congressional hearing.
In a House Armed Services Committee hearing, Gaetz used his time to criticize U.S. efforts to aid Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion. The committee heard from several Pentagon officials, including Colin Kahl, the undersecretary of defense for policy.
I would have loved it if he answered further… “as a general matter, I don’t consider Chinese propaganda, and as a more specific matter, I would suggest that a sitting congressman entering Chinese propaganda into the federal record, raises concerns.”
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