“Ukraine is a country whose "government only exists because the Obama State Department helped to overthrow the previous regime.”
What FactCheck.org found
Experts in foreign policy related to Russia and Ukraine called Greene's claim "ludicrous" and "preposterous and embarrassing." Moreover, they said, Greene appears to have bought into Russian propaganda.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Marjorie Taylor Greene (U.S. representative) made this claim around 16 March 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 22 March 2022, 6 days later. Its rating was “Echoes Russia's Claims”.
Marjorie Taylor Greene has 25 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 17 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 0 true.
Where the claim appeared
- rumble.comhttps://rumble.com/vxljl9-the-war-in-ukraine.html?fbclid=IwAR1Cs4zjB6XpP6E0V8yPaCxS4XT6iG…
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