House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes Wednesday sent out a plea from his personal Twitter account: “If you are a Russian Bot please make this go viral.”

The California Republican tweeted a link linked to a story from conservative-leaning online magazine The Federalist promoting a story titled “How The Media Enable Rep. Adam Schiff’s Russian Bot Conspiracy Theories.”

In his tweet, Nunes wrote: “Catch up on mainstream media Russian conspiracy theories in this piece by @FDRLST PS-If you are a Russian Bot please make this go viral PSS-If you’re not a Russian Bot you will become one if you retweet.”

Catch up on mainstream media Russian conspiracy theories in this piece by @FDRLST PS-If you are a Russian Bot please make this go viral PSS-If you’re not a Russian Bot you will become one if you retweet https://t.co/05Gw8cinNX — Devin Nunes (@DevinNunes) February 21, 2018



Rep. Adam Schiff is the highest ranking Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, and both he and Nunes have been embroiled in a public back-and-forth about their panel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Last week, special counsel Robert Mueller unveiled indictments against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian entities for meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

In the indictments, Mueller’s team alleged the Russians relied heavily on social media to sow discord amongst Americans leading up to the election.