Hours after a Fox News host tossed out an evidence-free conspiracy theory that perhaps the U.S., NATO, or both were behind the apparent coup unfolding in Russia, Marjorie Taylor Greene jumped on the bandwagon.
“After our government has been funding a proxy war with Russia in Ukraine for over a year, I sure hope our government isn’t behind a coup attempt currently happening in Russia,” the congresswoman tweeted on Saturday, referencing the support the U.S. has given to Ukraine since it was invaded by Russian forces. “Regime change in a nuclear armed country may lead to terrible consequences the American people don’t want.”
Her tweet echoes the sentiment of a Truth Social post by former president Donald Trump, who addressed the developments in Russia earlier in the day.