Republicans may quibble with the substance of Alexander Vindman’s testimony as they try to protect Trump from impeachment.
But GOP leaders say it’s out of bounds to attack his patriotism and allegiance to the United States—as some conservative pundits did politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
But GOP leaders say it’s out of bounds to attack his patriotism and allegiance to the United States—as some conservative pundits did politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
Two high-ranking Republicans defended a National Security Council official who heard Trump’s phone call with Ukraine's president and testified that it was improper—and a threat to U.S. national security—for Trump to demand an investigation into Joe Biden politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
John Thune & Liz Cheney swatted away conspiracies of Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman being a spy, and it comes after Fox News’ Laura Ingraham suggested he was “advising Ukraine while working inside the White House apparently against the president’s interest” politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
Cheney: “We need to show that we're better than that as a nation..We’re talking about decorated veterans who have served this nation, who put their lives on the line."
Thune: “That guy’s a Purple Heart. I think it'd be a mistake to attack his credibility” politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
Thune: “That guy’s a Purple Heart. I think it'd be a mistake to attack his credibility” politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
Other Republican Senators, such as John Cornyn, Rick Scott and James Lankford, also said they had no reason to question Vindman's character.
And David Perdue, one of the president's closest allies, said he would not comment politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
And David Perdue, one of the president's closest allies, said he would not comment politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
Vindman, who showed up to Capitol Hill on Tuesday in his Army uniform, told House impeachment investigators that he thought Trump undermined national security with his Ukraine pressure campaign and twice reported those concerns to others politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
A key part of the GOP’s impeachment defense strategy has centered on undermining the credibility of the witnesses.
Vindman is the first witness to have been on the call between Trump and the Ukrainian president, and so he can't be discounted as easily politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
Vindman is the first witness to have been on the call between Trump and the Ukrainian president, and so he can't be discounted as easily politico.com/news/2019/10/2…
Yesterday, Congressional Republicans quickly batted away conspiracies that Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman was actually a spy working against Trump.
And today, a Republican congressman confirmed some of Vindman's closed-door testimony politi.co/320j0CC
And today, a Republican congressman confirmed some of Vindman's closed-door testimony politi.co/320j0CC
Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) confirmed that Vindman, during his 10-hour closed-door testimony, said the White House's summary of the July 25 call omitted at least two portions of the actual conversation by using ellipses "..." politico.com/news/2019/10/3…
