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JD Vance stated on February 19, 2022 in an interview with Steve Bannon:

Says Joe Biden risks war with Russia because Vladimir Putin doesn’t “believe in transgender rights."

By Jon Greenberg• February 21, 2022

Facebook posts stated on September 03, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“The Russian army is withdrawing from Ukraine!” in September 2022

By Andy Nguyen• September 8, 2022

JD Vance stated on February 12, 2024 in a memo shared with GOP colleagues:

“The Ukraine supplemental includes a hidden impeachment clause against President Trump.”

By Madison Czopek• February 16, 2024

Tom Cotton stated on June 16, 2024 in an interview on CNN's State of the Union:

“The weapons that Ukraine used in the early days of this war to fend off the Russian invasion are the weapons that Donald Trump sent, that Barack Obama and Joe Biden had refused to send.”

By Amy Sherman• July 2, 2024

Instagram posts stated on November 25, 2024 in an Instagram post:

"Half of all Ukrainian aid was laundered and sent back to Democrat candidates for re-election."

By Caleb McCullough• November 26, 2024

Bloggers stated on February 18, 2023 in a blog post:

“Putin decimates another adrenochrome warehouse in Ukraine.”

By Ciara O'Rourke• February 23, 2023

Instagram posts stated on May 27, 2024 in an Instagram post:

When Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Ukraine recently "he announced that they were going to suspend elections in Ukraine."

By Jeff Cercone• May 29, 2024

Facebook posts stated on March 13, 2022 in a Facebook post:

“A West Virginia inspection sticker on an Uber” proves the car was not in Ukraine.

By Gabrielle Settles• March 17, 2022

Marjorie Taylor Greene stated on March 03, 2023 in a Conservative Political Action Conference speech:

Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he wants America’s “sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine.”

By Madison Czopek• March 3, 2023

Facebook posts stated on April 16, 2022 in a video:

"America (is) trying to overthrow the Ukraine government just as the shadow government has infiltrated and overthrown the US government."

By Monique Curet• April 22, 2022

Kimberley Strassel stated on May 28, 2017 in "Meet the Press" on NBC:

In 2008, "candidate Obama, he's not even president-elect, sends William Miller over to Iran to establish a back channel and let the Iranians know that should he win the election, they will have friendlier terms."

By Lauren Carroll• June 2, 2017

Facebook posts stated on February 02, 2025 in a Facebook post:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy “just threw the whole Ukraine money laundering operation under the bus … by stating he’s received less than half of the over $177 billion in aid sent by the United States.”

By Caleb McCullough• February 5, 2025

Threads posts stated on November 10, 2024 in a Threads post:

“NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that ‘if Trump surrenders Ukraine to Putin, he will personally expel the United States from the alliance.’”

By Ciara O'Rourke• November 13, 2024

Alex Jones stated on March 11, 2025 in a podcast episode:

Deceased InfoWars reporter Jamie White was on a “Ukrainian enemies hit list.”

By Sara Swann• March 14, 2025

Pearson Sharp stated on March 11, 2022 in a TV segment:

The Russian airstrike on a maternity hospital in Mariupol, Ukraine, had “the makings of yet another false flag operation” led by the U.S.

By Bill McCarthy• March 22, 2022

X posts stated on February 05, 2023 in a tweet:

In Ukraine, 2,458 NATO soldiers and 234 NATO military trainers have died, some of whom are from the U.S.

By Jeff Cercone• February 6, 2023

Facebook posts stated on June 20, 2023 in a Facebook post:

The Pentagon “said we accidentally sent $6.2 billion to Ukraine.”

By Tom Kertscher• June 22, 2023

Instagram posts stated on January 26, 2023 in a video:

The amount the U.S. has spent in Ukraine is “double the U.S. expenditure for its own war in Afghanistan.”

By Jeff Cercone• January 27, 2023

Matt Gaetz stated on October 21, 2019 in a tweet:

"Barack Obama put a permanent stop on this military aid to the Ukraine - he never allowed it to go."

By Amy Sherman• October 25, 2019

TikTok posts stated on February 24, 2022 in a TikTok video:

TikTok video shows Russian soldiers parachuting into Ukraine.

By Madison Czopek• February 25, 2022

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