‘Unfiltered Russian Propaganda’: Joe Scarborough Outraged by CPAC’s Reference to ‘Ukraine-Occupied Territories’
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough and podcaster Keith Olbermann called out a since-deleted tweet from The Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) about President Biden’s financial aid and the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, with Scarborough calling it “unfiltered Russian propaganda.”
The tweet specifically referenced financial processes, comparing Biden’s aid to Ukraine with the migration issue at the United States’ southern border.
“Vladimir Putin announces the annexation of 4 Ukranian-occupied territories. Biden and the Dems continue to send Ukraine billions of taxpayer dollars,” CPAC’s original tweet — which was subsequently deleted with no explanation — reads. “Meanwhile, we are under attack at our southern border. When will Democrats put #AmericaFirst and end the gift-giving to Ukraine?”
This disapproval of Biden’s financial aid to Ukraine has been conveyed by other Republican leaders, but the tweet received backlash specifically for calling Ukrainian land “Ukrainian-occupied territories.”
Scarborough labeled the tweet “unfiltered Russian propaganda.”
“Did CPAC really tweet this unfiltered Russian propaganda?” the “Morning Joe” host tweeted Saturday. “It accuses Ukraine of ‘occupying’ its own country. Reagan’s example of challenging Russian aggression is mocked as ‘gift-giving’? First Trump, Then Orban, Now Putin.”
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Let's screen shot it in case it gets disappeared by supervisors for poor tradecraft pic.twitter.com/FiUandsByP
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 1, 2022
This is so disgusting. https://t.co/rLK8AOGYZF
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 1, 2022
So CPAC deleted an objectively pro-Putin tweet. Good, I guess. But the only two plausible explanations for it in the first place are A) their Twitter account is run by a troll or B) they actually believed that crap and only pulled it down out of cowardice. I’m open to another.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) October 1, 2022
The @Cpac “salute to Putin’s war of conquest” tweet stayed up for almost 12 hours today. It was not a passing lapse.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) October 1, 2022
CPAC deleted the tweet but it’s a little too late. pic.twitter.com/81SXkImqMO
— Amanda Carpenter (@amandacarpenter) October 1, 2022
Good morning to everyone except Putin’s Pets at @CPAC. pic.twitter.com/910i5eH8c5
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) October 1, 2022
They deleted this tweet. I’m sure @mschlapp will explain this. https://t.co/IoXSCFTROW
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) October 1, 2022
For y'all coming in later, this is the tweet Putin's little minions at @CPAC deleted: pic.twitter.com/lo1YRjA497
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) October 1, 2022
The people who think 2020 was rigged are the same people who think the Putin annexations weren’t
— Rob needs more sci-fi 🚀🛸 (@daltonator) October 1, 2022
I'm sure the Very Serious conservative media watchdogs will be all over this sneaky attempt to sanitize the CPAC site, and will be writing about it for an evening as a symbol of underhanded editing and totally own them for it and all that. https://t.co/aIzOGdZyEP
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 1, 2022
I'm sure the usual conservative media watchdogs, ever alert to such things (especially when the tweets are deleted) will be on the story immediately https://t.co/WNr5c7tCTk
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 1, 2022
What do we expect? CPAC long ago abandoned any pretense of conservatism. It is now a full-on maga arm which by extension means it favors Russia.
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