Thread by @gtconway3d

“Vindman was rightly disturbed by Trump’s phone call to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in July, Kelly suggested. Having seen something ‘questionable,’ Vindman properly notified his superiors, Kelly said.”

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“When subpoenaed by Congress in the House impeachment hearings, Vindman complied and told the truth, Kelly said.”
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“‘He did exactly what we teach them to do from cradle to grave,’ Kelly told the audience ... . ‘He went and told his boss what he just heard.’”
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“Although Trump has long insisted his call to Zelensky was ‘perfect,’ Kelly made clear that Trump indeed conditioned military aid on Zelensky’s help digging up dirt on Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.”
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“When Vindman heard the president tell Zelensky he wanted to see the Biden family investigated, that, for Vindman, was tantamount to hearing ‘an illegal order,’ Kelly said.”
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“‘We teach them, Don’t follow an illegal order. And if you’re ever given one, you’ll raise it to whoever gives it to you that this is an illegal order, and then tell your boss.’”
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“At times Wednesday, Kelly sounded like the anti-Trump. He said he did not believe the press is ‘the enemy of the people,’ for example. And he sharply criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom Trump has steadfastly courted.”
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“In the speech, he said he disagreed with Trump over the scope of the problem. Trump’s border wall doesn’t need to extend ‘from sea to shining sea,’ Kelly said. He also disapproved of Trump’s language in describing migrants, he said.”
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“Kelly said most migrants are merely looking for jobs. ‘In fact, they’re overwhelmingly good people. … They’re not all rapists and they’re not all murderers. And it’s wrong to characterize them that way. I disagreed with the president a number of times.’”
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“Kelly faulted Trump for intervening in the case of Eddie Gallagher .... ‘The idea that the commander-in-chief intervened there, in my opinion, was exactly the wrong thing to do,’ Kelly said.”
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