Now you know why Rick Stengel was coveted at the highest levels of government, Wallace said,smiling broadly. Alex Wagner isnt gay, but she also isnt white. “I meant to say that this sounded like an espionage operation by the Ukrainians.She has tested positive for Coronavirus and is self-isolating. Army and a veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Yoo said. “I have tremendous respect for a decorated officer of the U.S. Yoo, who was found guilty of war crimes in absentia by a court in Malaysia in 2012, said in a statement Tuesday that he didn’t intend to accuse Vindman of “committing the crime of espionage.” “I think it would be a mistake to attack his credibility.” “That guy’s a Purple Heart,” South Dakota Senator John Thune also told Politico. And it is shameful to question their patriotism, their love of this nation, and we should not be involved in this process,” said Liz Cheney, the representative for Wyoming and third-ranking House Republican, according to Politico. “We’re talking about decorated veterans who have served this nation, who put their lives on the line. Some Republican lawmakers have defended Vindman. Vindman’s patriotism,” Burns responded.Īlso Read: Kanye West Says He Got a $68 Million Tax Refund - No Wonder He Likes Trump So Much (Video) “Shameful behavior by those people attacking Lt. We try not to amplify Donald Trump’s attacks, and certainly not, but what’s happening?” “We don’t even always get on the air with all the smears and all the debasement. “Will you just cut through this lunacy?” she asked. Wallace then introduced her next guest, former U.S. I understand it: We all have an affinity to our homeland where we came from.”Ībout those exchanges, Wallace said: “Except those people aren’t chickens- like the three of you, and they know that he passed a background check that the president’s daughter and son-in-law didn’t.” Meanwhile Duffy, a former Republican congressman, said Tuesday on CNN that “I don’t know about his concern American policy, but his main mission was to make sure the Ukraine got those weapons. Yoo, best known for writing the Bush administration’s legal justification for using torture, said during an appearance Monday on Ingraham’s show that “Some people might call” Vindman’s contacts with the Ukrainian government “espionage.” Among them were former Bush administration official John Yoo, Fox News host Laura Ingraham, and CNN commentator Sean Duffy.Īlso Read: Fox News' Laura Ingraham Criticized for Panel Suggesting White House Official Could Be Double Agent Prior to his testimony, several conservative commentators appeared to insinuate that Vindman is disloyal and may be a traitor. He testified before Congress Tuesday about a phone call in which Donald Trump attempted to pressure the Ukrainian president to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter Biden, calling the effort “inappropriate.” from Soviet Ukraine in 1979, when he was 4, is a veteran of the Iraq War and a Purple Heart recipient. Vindman, whose family emigrated to the U.S. MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace said Tuesday that Fox News and CNN pundits who suggested that Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman, an official on the National Security Council, is disloyal and possibly a spy, are “chickens.”
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