Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonThe Memo: Trump furor stokes fears of unrest Bloomberg rolls out M ad buy to boost Biden in Florida Hillicon Valley: Productivity, fatigue, cybersecurity emerge as top concerns amid pandemic | Facebook critics launch alternative oversight board | Google to temporarily bar election ads after polls close MORE called out Sen. John Kennedy John Neely KennedyMORE on Monday over the Louisiana Republican repeating unfounded claims of Ukrainian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

“Sen. Kennedy, why are you parroting Russian propaganda that U.S. intelligence officials tell us are designed to divide our country?” tweeted Clinton, the 2016 Democratic presidential nominee.

Sen. Kennedy, why are you parroting Russian propaganda that U.S. intelligence officials tell us are designed to divide our country? Did you miss the briefing that day? https://t.co/mzmMYHTlSp — Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) December 2, 2019

Clinton's tweet came after NBC News host Chuck Todd Charles (Chuck) David ToddMurkowski: Supreme Court nominee should not be taken up before election Republican senator says plans to confirm justice before election 'completely consistent with the precedent' Sunday shows - Trump team defends coronavirus response MORE pressed Kennedy over the claims on “Meet the Press” Sunday.

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Todd confronted Kennedy on the unfounded theory and asked him if he had been briefed after testimony from an impeachment inquiry witness "that actually this entire effort to frame Ukraine for the Russian meddling of 2016 ... is an effort of Russia propaganda."

Kennedy said he had not been briefed and added that the hearing witness who faulted Republicans for echoing the claim, former National Security Council official Fiona Hill, is "entitled to her opinion."

President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden says voters should choose who nominates Supreme Court justice Trump, Biden will not shake hands at first debate due to COVID-19 Pelosi: Trump Supreme Court pick 'threatens' Affordable Care Act MORE praised Kennedy for his "Meet the Press" interview about an hour after Clinton’s critical tweet.

“Thank you to Great Republican @SenJohnKennedy for the job he did in representing both the Republican Party and myself against Sleepy Eyes Chuck Todd on Meet the Depressed!” Trump tweeted.

Hill, a former top Russia analyst for the White House, testified late last month that the claim that Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election was a “fictional narrative that has been perpetrated and propagated by the Russian security services themselves.”