Now-deleted Kamala Harris tweet claimed US is supporting Ukraine ‘in defense of the NATO alliance’

A social media account for Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday in a now-deleted tweet that the USA is supporting Ukraine “in protection of the NATO alliance,” which the Ukraine shouldn’t be part of.

“After I was in Poland, I met with U.S. and Polish service members, thanking them for standing with our NATO allies for freedom, peace, and safety,” a tweet from the @KamalaHarris account said. “The USA stands firmly with the Ukrainian folks in protection of the NATO alliance.”

The remarks made within the tweet, which featured a photograph of Harris greeting American and Polish service members, come on the heels of comparable statements she made whereas addressing Home Democrats over the weekend on the Democratic Nationwide Committee’s (DNC) winter assembly in D.C.

“Russia’s invasion threatens not simply Ukraine’s democracy, it threatens democracy and safety throughout Europe,” Harris mentioned. “So I’ll say what I do know all of us say, and I’ll say time and again: The USA stands firmly with the Ukrainian folks in protection of the NATO alliance.”

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks throughout a joint press convention with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on the event of their assembly at Belwelder Palace, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 10, 2022.
(Saul Loeb/Pool Photograph by way of AP)

These remarks prompted the White Home to change the transcript from the occasion, including “[and]” to make it seem that she mentioned the USA helps Ukraine and defends surrounding NATO nations.

In keeping with a spokesperson from Harris’ workplace, the account that issued the tweet is managed by the DNC.

“The ‘and’ was omitted accidentally, so we took it down and reposted with the right remarks,” the DNC mentioned in an emailed assertion to Fox Information.

A brand new model of the tweet posted Tuesday evening now reads: “After I was in Poland, I met with U.S. and Polish service members, thanking them for standing with our NATO allies for freedom, peace, and safety. The USA stands firmly with the Ukrainian folks and in protection of the NATO alliance.”

The North Atlantic Treaty Group performs no formal function in Russia’s conflict with Ukraine, however Harris’ messaging could possibly be sending indicators to Russian officers who’ve lengthy been uneasy about Ukraine becoming a member of the alliance.

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks throughout a joint press convention with Poland’s President Andrzej Duda on the event of their assembly at Belwelder Palace, in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, March 10, 2022.
(AP Photograph/Czarek Sokolowski)

Rebekah Koffler, a former DIA intelligence officer and Writer of Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America, instructed Fox Information Digital that the tweet from Harris’ account “merely confirmed to the Russians what they suspected all alongside – and that’s that Ukraine is de facto already midway into NATO.”

“The Russian’s already consider that Ukraine already has one foot in NATO,” Koffler mentioned. “This is the reason Putin launched an assault on Ukraine right now. Russia views NATO and the U.S. as its high safety menace as a result of it’s a navy alliance, which has been broadening its membership to incorporate former Soviet States.”

Koffler mentioned Putin “drew a crimson line on Ukraine” as a result of he feared it could be a part of the NATO alliance and turn out to be a stronger drive.

Russian President Vladimir Putin
(Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photograph by way of AP)

“The Kremlin has noticed, precisely, that the U.S. has been pursuing a bi-partisan coverage that goals to forestall Russia from rising as a dominant energy in Eurasia,” Koffler mentioned, noting a once-classified coverage.

“Russia and the U.S. are on a geopolitical collision course as a result of the 2 are preventing for management of the post-Soviet area in Eurasia,” Koffler added. “Our pursuits are irreconcilable, as outlined by Moscow and Washington. Putin has acted now as a result of he is aware of that if Ukraine turned a NATO member, then it could be too late for him to rebuild a safety perimeter round Russia, which it misplaced after the collapse of the us.”

Fox Information didn’t obtain a direct response from the DNC.