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Christie D’Zurilla

Aaron Lewis questions support for Ukraine: ‘Maybe we should listen’ to Vladimir Putin

Musician Aaron Lewis won’t be changing his Twitter bio to a Ukrainian flag anytime soon.

The Staind frontman — currently on a solo acoustic tour — expressed his conspiracy-theorist point of view on the Russian invasion of Ukraine last Thursday in Portsmouth, Ohio.

“You know, as f— up as it sounds, maybe we should listen to what Vladimir Putin is saying,” Lewis said in a monologue before performing his country hit “Am I the Only One.” “Maybe, just maybe, when [World Economic Forum founder] Klaus Schwab and [billionaire progressive investor] George Soros and every other ... earth-destroying motherf— all jump on the same bandwagon, maybe, just maybe we should f— take a good look at that. Why are they trying to protect Ukraine so much? What do they all have to lose?”

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