Raskin: ‘Very Clear’ that GOP Members Have Been Duped by a ‘Russia Disinformation Propaganda Effort’

PSAKI Reading through this ░░░░░░░░ I mean it s ░░░░░░░░ startling that an individual ░░░░░░░░ purportedly purportedly through his ░░░░░░░░ account had contacts with ░░░░░░░░ level Russian officials He ░░░░░░░░ supposed to be the ░░░░░░░░ witness to the House ░░░░░░░░ Committee in testifying to ░░░░░░░░ to impeach Joe Biden ░░░░░░░░ mean how concerned are ░░░░░░░░ that someone like him ░░░░░░░░ have such a direct ░░░░░░░░ to James Comer and ░░░░░░░░ Republicans Are you concerned ░░░░░░░░ the Kremlin is getting ░░░░░░░░ the people you are ░░░░░░░░ on the committee with ░░░░░░░░ Well it seems to ░░░░░░░░ like everything is illuminated ░░░░░░░░ In 2016 we know ░░░░░░░░ Putin had a whole ░░░░░░░░ espionage and cyber interference ░░░░░░░░ at the DNC and ░░░░░░░░ Hillary Clinton 17 of ░░░░░░░░ national security agencies said ░░░░░░░░ The same thing happened ░░░░░░░░ 2020 when Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ own Treasury Department sanctioned ░░░░░░░░ for again his attempts ░░░░░░░░ subvert and undermine our ░░░░░░░░ campaign So the same ░░░░░░░░ is going on for ░░░░░░░░ and all based on ░░░░░░░░ same recycled lies they ░░░░░░░░ off with It is ░░░░░░░░ amazing document here this ░░░░░░░░ claims he only has ░░░░░░░░ 000 He actually has ░░░░░░░░ million He is up ░░░░░░░░ PSAKI That is a ░░░░░░░░ of a gap there ░░░░░░░░ RASKIN Yeah He is ░░░░░░░░ to his eyeballs in ░░░░░░░░ with Russian intelligence agents ░░░░░░░░ all of this obviously ░░░░░░░░ in terms of concocting ░░░░░░░░ story that Burisma had ░░░░░░░░ Joe Biden 5 million ░░░░░░░░ that was the source ░░░░░░░░ this whole wild goose ░░░░░░░░ that we have been ░░░░░░░░ for more than a ░░░░░░░░ now They began to ░░░░░░░░ on it and say ░░░░░░░░ it s not really ░░░░░░░░ that it s about ░░░░░░░░ else maybe it s ░░░░░░░░ China or maybe it ░░░░░░░░ about the California Bar ░░░░░░░░ don t know what ░░░░░░░░ s about last week ░░░░░░░░ now it s very ░░░░░░░░ that they ve all ░░░░░░░░ dupes to a Russian ░░░░░░░░ propaganda effort And look ░░░░░░░░ I try to put ░░░░░░░░ whole thing together what ░░░░░░░░ see is this Vladimir ░░░░░░░░ knows he can t ░░░░░░░░ America militarily I mean ░░░░░░░░ are the largest military ░░░░░░░░ the world we are ░░░░░░░░ times larger than him ░░░░░░░░ terms of our economy ░░░░░░░░ can t challenge us ░░░░░░░░ But he figured that ░░░░░░░░ Achilles heel was the ░░░░░░░░ of our society on ░░░░░░░░ internet and social media ░░░░░░░░ that s why PSAKI ░░░░░░░░ s what you saw ░░░░░░░░ 2016 it s continued ░░░░░░░░ And it s gone ░░░░░░░░ This internet research agency ░░░░░░░░ tens of millions hundreds ░░░░░░░░ millions of dollars just ░░░░░░░░ try to subvert and ░░░░░░░░ our political system with ░░░░░░░░ and propaganda disinformation and ░░░░░░░░ theories And this was ░░░░░░░░ leading one but it ░░░░░░░░ course continues to this ░░░░░░░░ And my Republican colleagues ░░░░░░░░ Oh this is just ░░░░░░░░ about the Russia hoax ░░░░░░░░ What s the hoax ░░░░░░░░ it the invasion of ░░░░░░░░ Is the death of ░░░░░░░░ Navalny or his attempted ░░░░░░░░ back in 2020 or ░░░░░░░░ death just a few ░░░░░░░░ ago I mean when ░░░░░░░░ say Russia hoax what ░░░░░░░░ they talking about They ░░░░░░░░ basically echoing Donald Trump ░░░░░░░░ made it very clear ░░░░░░░░ he was president of ░░░░░░░░ United States that he ░░░░░░░░ always prefer Vladimir Putin ░░░░░░░░ version of the truth ░░░░░░░░ what our own intelligence ░░░░░░░░ say or what the ░░░░░░░░ world is saying.”