Stephen Colbert Asks AOC If House Republicans Are Spreading ‘Russian Propaganda’

Stephen Colbert asked Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-NY) on Monday whether “Russian propaganda” has gained influence over House Republicans and efforts like the push to impeach President Joe Biden .

On The Late Show , Colbert referenced Reps. Mike Turner (R-OH) and Michael McCaul (R-TX) recently claiming Russian propaganda is spreading among their colleagues, may have “infected” the base, and has even been repeated on the House floor amid calls for Ukraine aid to be passed.

“Can I get a witness? Have you seen this, and what do you make of that kind of self-accusation?” Colbert asked Ocasio Cortez.

The congresswoman accused Republican lawmakers like Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) of engaging in “wildly propagandistic” rhetoric in their efforts to back up claims that Biden was involved in the foreign business dealings of his son, Hunter Biden . Both Bidens have rejected the accusations repeatedly.

Ocasio Cortez said:

I think if you turn on any House Oversight hearing in the last year, you will see Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert and all these folks engaged in wildly propagandistic rhetoric and even — let’s rewind a second. We just went through an impeachment attempt on the president of the United States that was started with a source that Republicans used that was in communication with Russian intelligence. So you have not just the bottom bench here, you have the Chairman of the House Oversight Committee Rep. James Comer take ‘evidence’ and account from someone who was working with the Russian intelligence and tried to impeach and remove the president of the United States over it. This is serious!

The witness Ocasio Cortez referenced is Alexander Smirnov , an informant in the Biden probe who was charged this year with lying to the FBI about supposed business dealings with the Bidens. Comer claimed Smirnov was not “an important part” of his probe.

Ocasio Cortez would not say to wath extent she believes Republicans acted in “bad faith.”

“What they felt was in good faith or bad faith, I don’t know, but I do think it is immensely serious that something got to this extent and got this far and has been platformed to the extent that it has,” she told Colbert.

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