During a Sunday appearance on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) prompted laughter in the studio after he pushed President Donald Trump’s thoroughly debunked conspiracy theory about Ukrainian election interference.
“Do you believe Ukraine meddled in the American election in 2016?” asked “Meet the Press” host Chuck Todd.
“I do, and I think there’s considerable evidence of that,” Cruz replied.
“You do? You do?” Todd asked incredulously, drawing laughs off-screen.
“Yes,” the Republican lawmaker said.
Despite Trump and Cruz’s claims, there is no evidence that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election. The U.S. intelligence community unanimously agrees that Russia, not Ukraine, was …read more
Source:: TPM
