Lord Haw-Haw says only a fool or Frenchman would deny that Nazi-dominated Ukrainian government has deadly bioweapons
Tucker Carlson had quite an opening monologue tonight:
Anyway, check out my latest article about how Ukraine is full of Neo-Nazis, NATO imperialists and Wuhan Flu bioweapons.— GLEM #GOOGLETHEAZOVBATTALION (@GlemGreenwald) March 9, 2022
Oh, sorry, here’s the unintentionally satiric version:
A virulent claim is circulating in right-wing media and among some Republicans: The United States might be working on biolabs in Ukraine. This assertion, which echoes Russian propaganda and implies that the United States and Ukraine are collaborating on something nefarious and dangerous, has been sharply refuted by Biden officials and independent experts.
But now someone who works for Fox News has also challenged the claim: national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin, who ventured into Sean Hannity’s lion’s den and did so to his face.
Griffin’s exchange with Hannity is remarkable on its own. But it raises a question: While this might be expected from some in right-wing media, why are Republican lawmakers echoing it?
The Griffin-Hannity moment arose after the White House pushed back against Russian claims of U.S. biological weapons labs in Ukraine. Press secretary Jen Psaki denounced this as “disinformation” that might telegraph a Russian bioweapons attack as a “false flag.”
To no one’s surprise, Tucker Carlson devoted a segment to the idea Wednesday night, using his usual “I’m just asking questions” routine to imply there might be something to it. Griffin then went on Hannity and pushed back, noting that these labs are left over from the Soviet era and that the United States has been working to “convert the facilities safely.”
To people like Tucker who supported the Iraq War contemporaneously, it’s just like riding a bicycle!