Tulsi Gabbard, a former U.S. representative from Hawaii and 2020 presidential candidate, called on Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, to resign from Congress after he tweeted on Sunday that Gabbard’s recent claims about alleged U.S.-sponsored biolabs in Ukraine amounted to “treasonous lies.”

What You Need To Know

• Former U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard posted a video on Sunday that echoed debunked Russian claims of alleged U.S.-sponsored biolabs operating in Ukraine


• According to fact-checker Politifact, these claims are false; there are no U.S.-funded biolabs in Ukraine
  
  
• Utah Sen. Mitt Romney accused Gabbard of "parroting false Russian propaganda" and said "her treasonous lies may well cost lives"


• Gabbard’s statements alarmed officials in the United States and abroad who said they appear to amplify Russian misinformation used to justify Russian’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine

The flap appears to have started early Sunday when Gabbard posted to her verified Twitter account a video in which she claimed there are 25 to 30 U.S.-funded biolabs in Ukraine that conduct research on deadly pathogens.

“Like COVID, these pathogens know no borders so if they are inadvertently or purposely breached or compromised, they will quickly spread all throughout Europe, the United States, and the rest of the world causing untold suffering and death,” Gabbard says in the video.

Later, Gabbard said that “instead of trying to cover this up, the Biden-Harris Administration needs to work with Russia, Ukraine,...

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