{"id":2214869,"date":"2024-04-07T12:08:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-07T16:08:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-turner-claims-russian-propaganda-has-seeped-onto-house-floor\/"},"modified":"2024-04-07T12:09:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-07T16:09:25","slug":"mike-turner-claims-russian-propaganda-has-seeped-onto-house-floor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-turner-claims-russian-propaganda-has-seeped-onto-house-floor\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Turner alleges that Russian propaganda has infiltrated the House floor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmike-turner-claims-russian-propaganda-has-seeped-onto-house-floor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2214869&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-energy-secretary-pick-called-out-by-republicans-for-democrats-awful-record-on-green-jobs-video\/\" title=\"Biden Energy Secretary Pick Called Out By Republicans For Democrats\u2019 Awful Record On \u2018Green Jobs\u2019 (VIDEO)\">expressed concerns<\/a> about Russian\u200c propaganda influencing the Republican Party, even reaching the House floor. Turner highlighted \u2064the misrepresentation of the \u2063conflict as being about NATO and emphasized the importance of recognizing it as a battle between authoritarianism and democracy. These remarks align with fellow \u2063GOP member Rep.\u200b Michael McCaul&#8217;s recent comments regarding Russian involvement.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) said he believes Russian propaganda surrounding <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Russia<\/a>\u2019s war in Ukraine is seeping into the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republican-Party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republican Party<\/a>, even making its way to the House floor. <\/p>\n<p>Turner, the Chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday he has heard his Republican colleagues use information from propaganda on the House floor related to claims of the war about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/NATO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>NATO<\/a>. In an interview on CNN\u2019s <em>State of the Union<\/em> with Jake Tapper, Turner agreed with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sen-cruz-accuses-president-trump-of-using-irresponsible-rhetoric\/\" title=\"Sen. Cruz accuses President Trump of using \u2018irresponsible rhetoric\u2019\">previous claims<\/a> that Russian propaganda made its way into the GOP. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are members of Congress today who still incorrectly say that this conflict is over NATO, which of course it is not,\u201d Turner said. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Vladimir-Putin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Vladimir Putin<\/a> having made it very clear both publicly and to his own population that his view is that is a conflict of a much broader claim of Russia to Eastern Europe and including claiming all Ukraine territory as Russia\u2019s.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turner continued, \u201cWe see directly coming from Russia attempts to mask communications that are anti-Ukraine and pro-Russia messages, some of which we even hear being uttered on the House floor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said it makes it difficult to paint the war as an Authoritarian versus Democracy battle to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Republicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Republicans<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the extent that this propaganda takes hold, it makes it more difficult for us to really see this as authoritarian versus democracy battle, which is what it is,\u201d Turner said. \u201cPresident Xi of China, Vladimir Putin have identified it as such. We need to stand up for democracy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Turner\u2019s comments come as his colleague, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), made comments that Russian propaganda has \u201cinfected\u201d a portion of the GOP base.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think Russian propaganda has made its way into the United States, unfortunately,\u201d Rep. McCaul, Chairman of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said. \u201cIt\u2019s infected a good chunk of my party\u2019s base.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McCaul <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2024\/04\/06\/when-top-republican-says-russian-propaganda-has-infected-gop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>singled<\/a> out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/brad-slager-despite-davos-denials-it-is-not-a-conspiracy-bugs-are-in-fact-on-the-menu\/\" title=\"Brad Slager: Despite Davos Denials, It Is Not A Conspiracy \u2013 Bugs Are, in Fact, on the Menu\">conservative talk shows<\/a>, which he said spin almost identical information that the Russian state media says. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are some more nighttime entertainment shows that seem to spin, like, I see the Russian propaganda in some of it \u2014 and it\u2019s almost identical [to what they\u2019re saying on Russian state television] \u2014 on our airwaves,\u201d McCaul said, adding \u201cthese people that read various conspiracy-theory outlets that are just not accurate, and they actually model Russian propaganda.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turner said this was a critical time for Congress to step up and aid Ukraine. He did not say, however, that he believes Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Mike-Johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA) would lose that position, despite Rep. Marjorie Taylor Grene\u2019s motion to vacate. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think he\u2019s at any risk,\u201d Turner said. \u201cWhat people have been referring to as the \u2018Chaos Caucus\u2019 those individuals who are seeking attention for themselves, trying to stop all of the important work in Congress, are now seen as merely disruptive.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>He also pointed to Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Hakeem-Jeffries\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Hakeem Jeffries<\/a>, Minority Leader of the House, who has made it \u201cclear\u201d that Democrats will not join the motion to vacate the speakership. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH) expressed concern that Russian propaganda on the Ukraine conflict is influencing the Republican Party, reaching the House floor. 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