Gallego was recently in Ukraine and has called for Biden to stop the Nord Stream 2 pipeline and for the U.S. to give Ukraine advanced weapons. Russia has been amassing troops along its border with Ukraine and tensions have risen in the region. Regarding the buildup, Gallego told CNN on Sunday that doing so “will actually put a toll on the Russian troop movements and, you know, unfortunately that means we have to kill some Russians.”

After the Russian state TV program 60 Minutes on Wednesday played a clip of Gallego’s remarks, host Olga Skabeeva labeled Americans as “parasites” that “don’t know history.”

The Russian politician, Aleksei Zhuravlyov, reacted by saying, “We should be looking for that bud, and if he travels anywhere, grab him like Bout and bring him over here”…