It is difficult to write while so angry about the topic.

A member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Marjorie Taylor-Greene, wouldn’t deny that she is “pro-Putin” when confronted with the accusation.

The entire matter began with an accusation by Alexander Vindman to Marj, whose party has yet to say a bad word about Putin (Lindsey Graham being the exception), and continue to essentially blame the Biden Administration for the war.

Marj started it all with this ridiculous tweet:

1. Tragically, people are dying because of Biden’s poor decision making leading up to Putin declaring war on Ukraine.

Biden’s weakness and failure as a leader not only has put America last but is a danger to the entire world.

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) March 6, 2022

Vindman, who as a former national security aide specializing Ukraine offered key testimony in Donald Trump’s 2019 impeachment for his “perfect call” with Zelenskyy, refused to let Greene’s statement go by without a fact check.

Nope. It’s because you and your pro-Putin party encouraged Putin to invade, by cheerleading him. Worse yet, you undermined @POTUS efforts to signal punishing costs… you undermined U.S. efforts deter the war. You have blood in your hands. The American people will not forget. https://t.co/kxmkKJDmD0

— Alexander S. Vindman ❎ (@AVindman) March 6, 2022

Encouraged Putin to invade might be a bit too strong, but the GOP has made Russian life easier at every single point. Failing to call Putin out right from the beginning, failing to tell him directly that there would be dire consequences, is plenty.

Needless to say, the exchange didn’t go well:

Marjorie responded inter usual, disparaging and disgusting way:

“This clown wants to drag Americans into war with Russia with his big tough tweets and his zoom interviews on CNN. Go ahead and go fight yourself since you’re from Ukraine. You are clueless about Americans being fed up with sending our sons and daughters to die in foreign lands.”

This clown wants to drag Americans into war with Russia with his big tough tweets and his zoom interviews on CNN.

Go ahead and go fight yourself since you’re from Ukraine.

You are clueless about Americans being fed up with sending our sons and daughters to die in foreign lands. https://t.co/hBB2vHUjtN

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) March 7, 2022

There is no plan to send U.S. or any NATO troops and, we don’t know of any Vindman statement to the contrary. We do know that Vindman served his country, and very well – obtaining such high rank. Marj, meanwhile, is not on a committee. Vindman is also an expert on Ukraine, and his facts trump whatever MTG is screaming at the moment, which is something she probably heard on OAN or Steve Bannon’s podcast.

She didn’t deny the “pro-Putin” party comment, instead, she acted like it’s not our problem. That is a problem.

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