Russian TV Pounces On Cawthorn’s Anti-Zelensky Rant

Mediaite reports:

Russian state TV is airing a clip of Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) calling Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky a “thug” on repeat. Cawthorn slammed Zelensky a week ago in a video that went viral online. He called him a “thug” whose government is consumed with wokeness and corruption.

“Remember that Zelensky is a thug,” Cawthorn told reporters. “Remember that the Ukrainian government is incredibly corrupt and is incredibly evil and has been pushing woke ideologies.” NBC News foreign correspondent Raf Sanchez reported state TV is airing his comments “over and over.”

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‘Played Over and Over’: Russian State TV Pounces on Madison Cawthorn Calling Zelensky a ‘Thug’https://t.co/cWSNX9K2M4

— Mediaite (@Mediaite) March 18, 2022

Russian state TV also jumped on comments by Republican congressman Madison Cawthorn, who called Zelenskyy “a thug”. That got played over and over. pic.twitter.com/VdC2AG48NQ

— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) March 17, 2022