Attorney Ray Flores, who on May 31 sued the U.S. Department of Defense on behalf of the estate of George Watts Jr., said the New York Times article “marginalized” the Watts family’s “unspeakable suffering” and misrepresented Children’s Health Defense’s involvement in the case.
welcome back the republican party s russia problem is getting worse. while most mainstream gop lawmakers condemn vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine, some far-right politicians and commentators have embraced alternative narratives on ukraine that either justify putin s actions, condemn the biden administers s responsibility or for some both. in a few cases their words have become russia propaganda. with me is stewart a. thompson, who s been following this story for the new york times. mr. thompson, thank you first
on those types of messages. we can t get in the heads of republicans pushing that, but we do know 60% of trump republicans have heard of qanon, three of the ten believe in qanon, according to a poll last years. that s a big constituency. as the elections near, it s possible there s some relationship going on there. at the same time, democrats have or republicans have pushed back saying democrats might be seizing on that narrative a bit, where there s not as much merit to that. stuart a. thompson, thank you for coming on this evening. thank you. president biden making a direct appeal to the russian people to reject the regime of vladimir putin. vladimir putin s aggression have cut you, the russian people, off from the rest of the world. it s taking russia back to the