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- Rep. Matt Gaetz unknowingly cited from a Chinese propaganda outlet during a congressional hearing.
- Gaetz appeared to recognize his mistake when the Pentagon official he was questioning asked him to clarify the source.
- "As a general matter, I don't take Beijing's propaganda at face value," the official said. "Fair enough," Gaetz replied.
Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz cited an unusual source during a congressional hearing about US military aid to Ukraine.
Gaetz has long been an outspoken critic of continued US security assistance to Ukraine as it fends off Russia's military invasion. During Tuesday's House Armed Services Committee hearing, he brought up a report by China's Global Times that he said talks about the US training Ukrainian soldiers.