GOP Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene got the crowd at this year's annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) to boo Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky after she promoted a false claim that Ukraine wants Americans to help fight in the war against Russia.
On Friday, audience members at Greene's conference speech were heard booing in response to her remarks that Zelensky "wants our sons and daughters to go die in Ukraine."
The Georgia congresswoman's comments referred to a viral video of Zelensky during which the Ukrainian president said, "the U.S. will have to send their sons and daughters exactly the same way as we are sending their sons and daughters to war."
However, the clip that circulated on line appeared to be missing context that Zelensky was talking about a hypothetical situation in which Russia were to attack NATO member states, not the current conflict in Ukraine.
Under Article 5 of the NATO treaty, allies are to view "an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all." Ukraine is not a member of NATO.
In the complete remarks from last month's news conference, Zelensky said during the briefing that marked the one-year anniversary of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. "If it happens so that Ukraine, due to various opinions and weakening, depleting of assistance, loses, Russia is going to enter Baltic states, NATO member states, and then the U.S. will...
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