The story behind Gaetz citing Chinese propaganda at a hearing

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/02/28/gaetz-hearing-global-times-china/

The story behind Gaetz citing Chinese propaganda at a hearing

Analysis by Aaron Blake
Staff writer
February 28, 2023 at 6:03 p.m. EST

In 2021, Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) decried what he labeled “a fusion of the interest of the Chinese Communist Party and much of the apparatus of the United States government.”

At a hearing Tuesday, Gaetz cited, and entered into the record, an article from a newspaper which the Trump administration designated as a propaganda outlet — apparently without knowing that’s what he was doing.

The moment added some color to an otherwise relatively uncontentious hearing on oversight of U.S. funding for Ukraine. And even aside from the article’s provenance, it was a remarkable document to point to at a congressional hearing.

Gaetz, who has emerged a leading critic of the Ukraine funding, asked Undersecretary of Defense Colin Kahl a number of questions about potential U.S. involvement in Ukraine beyond what is publicly known.

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1. Gaetz yesterday reminded me of a student making a tutorial presentation

years ago. His classmates cheered him on while the tutor had the same look on her face as the Undersecretary. The tutor knew that the student had lifted the entire presentation from a suspect website on the internet.
The Undersecretary recognized the source immediately. The look on his face was priceless so he asked for the source. Gaetz was humiliated in public when forced to cite the source - both were busted. Gaetz turned into a fumbling fool. I ROFL yesterday

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2. It was definitely a beautiful moment.

Indeed!

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3. It was like he had never checked it

These lightweights have no respect for serious research or knowledge