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Sarah Kendzior: It was disturbing, hit me emotionally & reminded me of people who've grown up in authoritative states. Lt. Col. Vindman was wearing his uniform & said he'd be fine testifying even though he knows his rights are under threat.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: It was the juxtaposition of Lt. Col. Vindman being under attack by GOP & his father who could have been under attack in the Ukraine before he moved to the U.S.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation Sarah Kendzior: My friend & co-host of @gaslitnation, @AndreaChalupa, is under attack for her Ukrainian descent, even though she's from CA & is as American as I am. It's total crap when it comes to Andrea, to Lt. Col. Vindman, to Marie Yovanovitch.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: They should have had these hearings as soon as the gov't shut down. The GOP has had all this time since to create these myths. The GOP blames the Democrats for things they themselves are doing.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: If you don't have control over your narrative, people are going to get fooled.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: Months ago, @AndreaChalupa & I were begging people to look into these very same things that are now part of the impeachment process.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: They're trying to exhaust our outrage for critical thinking.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: Zelensky was the object of a shake-down scheme, & he was a newly elected President. He had Putin invading his country at one end, & Putin's lackey coming after him at the other end.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Zelensky isn't going to stand up forcefully when he's depending on Putin's puppet to help him fight Putin. I think he's just trying to protect his country.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Rick: Why is Ukraine so important? Were they really involved in 2016 election meddling?
Sarah Kendzior: Manafort constructed that thought at the behest of his Kremlin handlers. Ukraine is extremely to Putin & the Kremlin; it's always been important to Russia.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: When Putin invaded Crimea, it was a test to the rest of the world: Are you going to stand up for that country?? This was a big victory for Putin. Ukraine is a huge country, a valuable resource (location, seafaring routes).
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: Putin would really like to put the former Soviet Union back together. It will begin in Ukraine, then possibly Maldova & other Soviet republics.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: If you don't know much about Ukraine, listen to @gaslitnation--@AndreaChalupa is an actual expert on this stuff; she's been there many times.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: Everything was incriminating for Trump. He can't control what's going on in the hearings & he hates that. I think the big ones this week will be Sondland & Fiona Hill.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: Nobody has 11 hours in the day to watch this--not even journalists. I hope these hearings go on for weeks & months & that after they impeach him on this crime, they impeach him on another and another and another until he's gone.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: These hearings are actual transparency, and that's something that's been missing for a long time.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: It's like a serial killer who's a bank robber on the side. Go after him for all the crimes he's committed b/c we still need to protect the people from the serial killer.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: At this point we kinda know the GOP's little spiel. I don't know who's writing Nunes' stuff--it's not him. If Manafort weren't in prison, I'd say it was him. Maybe he's somehow getting it out there--to Hannity, and then to Nunes?
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: Nunes is nuts, trouble, and a liar.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: Jim Jordan isn't smooth, he's like a one-man sinking ship. He covers up his own personal crimes that he was involved in, and he covers up other people's crimes. We need to investigate Jim Jordan.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: Trump loves corruption, but he won't call it that--he'll call it making a great deal. His business partners, his cash influx, come from Ukraine. It's white collar crime; it's affiliated with Wall Street.
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@sarahkendzior @gaslitnation @AndreaChalupa Sarah Kendzior: Trump doesn't care about corruption except that he likes it. He probably flinches when using the word, except when he accuses Democrats of it.
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