SEPTEMBER 13, 2024; "THIRD, WE’RE TAKING STEPS TO HOLD ACCOUNTABLE THOSE WHO WEAPONIZE DISINFORMATION TO UNDERMINE OUR DEMOCRACY. THAT’S WHAT WE DID JUST LAST WEEK WHEN THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THE FBI TOOK A SERIES OF COORDINATED ACTIONS TO COUNTER RUSSIAN INFLUENCE AND INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS AND IN OUR DEMOCRACY."; "NOW, LET ME BE VERY CLEAR. THE UNITED STATES RESPECTS AND CHAMPIONS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, EVEN WHEN IT COMES TO MEDIA OUTLETS THAT WITTINGLY SPREAD GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA, AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO LEAD THE WORLD IN DEFENDING AND PROMOTING MEDIA FREEDOM. BUT WE WILL NOT STAND BY AS RT AND OTHER ACTORS CARRY OUT COVERT ACTIVITIES IN SUPPORT OF RUSSIA’S NEFARIOUS ACTIVITIES, AND WE’LL CONTINUE TO RESPOND FORCEFULLY TO MOSCOW’S PLAYBOOK OF AGGRESSION AND SUBVERSION, ONE THAT INCLUDES INVADING SOVEREIGN NATIONS, FOMENTING COUPS, WEAPONIZING CORRUPTION, CARRYING OUT ASSASSINATIONS, MEDDLING IN ELECTIONS, AND UNJUSTLY DETAINING FOREIGN NATIONALS."; JUST SWAP "RUSSIA" WITH "US" AND YOU GET TO THE TRUTH
