Republican Representative Brad Wenstrup's Obama theory was debunked by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff, who noted Russia invaded Ukraine two years after Obama's comment at question.
The first of President Donald Trump's public impeachment inquiry hearings took a strange turn on Wednesday when a Republican congressman pushed a conspiracy theory that former President Barack Obama denied aid to Ukraine, and in doing so, allowed Russia to"kill Ukrainians."
Representative Brad Wenstrup of Ohio made the claim while questioning top U.S. diplomat to Ukraine Bill Taylor during the House Intelligence Committee's hearing, which also featured testimony from Deputy Assistant Secretary of State George Kent. "Maybe now we understand what President Obama meant when he told Russian President [Dmitry] Medvedev that he'd have more flexibility after his election," Wenstrup said, addressing Taylor."Maybe that flexibility was to deny lethal aid to the Ukraine, allowing Russia to march right in and kill Ukrainians."
Wenstrup continued:"Again in your deposition, you urged the Obama administration officials to provide lethal defensive weapons to Ukraine in order to deter further Russian aggression and now they have that under this administration, don't they?"Vox journalist Aaron Rupar, who shared a video clip of Wenstrup, tweeted that the Republican representative's accusation about Obama"doesn't make much sense," especially"as opposed to Trump, who he absurdly portrays...
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