The Drive-bys are all over this today.
Alexander Vindman, an Army lieutenant colonel who was awarded a Purple Heart in Iraq
Did he shoot himself in the foot like John Kerry from Vietnam??
“The president began his day on Twitter swinging at the man, Alexander Vindman, an Army lieutenant colonel who was awarded a Purple Heart in Iraq, saying he had ‘never heard of’ him but insisting he is a ‘Never Trumper.’ “
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/us/politics/who-is-alexander-vindman.html
“The twins both married, and they have offices across from one another in the West Wing of the White House”
/shrug
If I can’t see the testimony as it occurs, then I do not care about it at all.
the White House NSC is a vipers nest and needs to be cleaned out. Who does this guy think he is?
I loath the Ukrainians, they have been out the get our President from before the election. Bolton is a moron to have left this guy on the council.
What gets me is that they are parading a Lt Col around. The picture of Obama watching the Osama operation shows a 1 star acting as the computer geek for the office. An 0-5 would “literally” be the coffee gofer in an office like that.
He’s a damned traitor. Purple heart or not. A disgrace
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
How many more Never Trumpers will be allowed to testify about a perfectly appropriate phone call when all anyone has to do is READ THE TRANSCRIPT! I knew people were listening in on the call (why would I say something inappropriate?), which was fine with me, but why so many?
8:47 AM · Oct 29, 2019
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
Supposedly, according to the Corrupt Media, the Ukraine call “concerned” today’s Never Trumper witness. Was he on the same call that I was? Can’t be possible! Please ask him to read the Transcript of the call. Witch Hunt!
9:09 AM · Oct 29, 201
My question to Congress is how can our non- committee members vote for or against launching public Impeachment hearings this Thursday if they cannot see the evidence from Shifft’s charade?
We already have the transcript. Why does this even matter?
I'm sure all of his foreign contacts were within official channels, and if not, properly documented and vetted as part of any security clearance reviews.
The dems are throwing out any remaining rule of law and going for mob rule. They state such things as “The majority of Americans want Trump impeached.” Not for crimes, but because they lost the 2016 election.
The democraps are trying to claim that unless the elected president’s party controls the congress and can stop an impeachment then the majority party can overturn a presidential election using impeachment.
George Webb just tweeted about Vindman and the various aliases he has used:
https://twitter.com/GeorgWebb/status/1189134852592939013
Vindman was discussing classified information without authorization, lock him up.
Whatever happened to reading comprehension? Since this guy’s statement is in line what some people think is implied by the transcript and not the actual transcript itself I am not too impressed with this big reveal.
It does concern me that he among others makes no distinction between “I want you to investigate Joe Biden and his son” and “There’s a lot of talk about Biden’s son,. that Biden stopped the prosecution and a lot of people want to find out about that so whatever you can do with the Attorney General would be great.”
Notice that nowhere does Trump directly request an investigation of the Bidens. What he does do his ask Zelensky about Biden stopping a Ukrainian prosecution started on Hunter. But notice the words “So whatever you can do with the Attorney General (RG) would be great.” These words put the choice of what should be done in Zelensky’s hands (and later in the conversation he does agree to look into the dropped investigation). There is no direct request. There is no implied or stated backscratching. There is no urgency. There are no threats of US withholding aid. In fact it is rather casual. I almost expect to read “I’ll get around to it.”.
I find that odd for a “demand” that if not met would mean a loss of millions in military aid the the Ukraine.