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Eli Crane: “The National Endowment for Democracy is basically a cutout…”

Featuring: Eli Crane, Republican | U.S. House Arizona, District 2

Rep. Eli Crane Talks Russia & Ukraine on "The Jeff Oravits Show"

Published August 20, 2025 | Video Starts at 15:44

And so what ended up happening with that program and many others is it got turned on the American people. As a matter of fact, you know, the leader of ned, The National Endowment for Democracy is basically a cutout of the CIA. Atlantic Council's DFR lab for digital censorship in 2020. He labeled Trump the death death star of disinformation and ran a DHS backed operation which flagged 22 million tweets, censored … (15:44–15:49)

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