Did the U.S. government support the overthrow of Ukraine’s government in 2014, or is that Russian propaganda? Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) reignited debate over this eight-year-old question with her comments on March 16, when she released an anti-war statement on Ukraine. “A potential war with Russia is not comparable with Iraq and Afghanistan. This is an eight-year-long smoldering conflict, in which peace agreements have been routinely violated by both sides … A country whose government only exists because the Obama State Department helped overthrow the previous regime,” Greene said. The last part of Greene’s statement proved to be particularly controversial, with fact-checkers and pundits coming out of the woodwork to debunk Greene’s claim and accuse her of spreading “Russian propaganda.” “Allegations that the U.S. fomented the 2014 Maidan Revolution—which toppled the government of Russia-aligned Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych—are a staple of Russian propaganda, and were a significant part of Russian …
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