Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney shamed conservatives who have attacked the White House official who is testifying before House impeachment investigators on his concerns over President Trump’s July phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an active military member and Purple Heart recipient, registered multiple internal complaints about Trump’s treatment of Ukraine and how he believed it could be harmful to national security. A number of conservative voices, including Fox News’ Laura Ingraham and former GOP Rep. and current CNN contributor Sean Duffy, questioned his credibility because he was born in Ukraine.
“I also want to say a word about something else that has been going on over the course of the last several hours and last night, which I think is also shameful. And that is questioning the patriotism, questioning the dedication to country of people like Mr. Vindman. Lt. Col. Vindman, who will be coming today, and others who have testified,” she said during the weekly GOP House leadership press conference.
“I think that we need to show that we are better than that as a nation,” Cheney added. “Their patriotism, their love of country, we’re talking about decorated veterans who have served this nation, who have put their lives on the line and it is shameful to question their patriotism and their love of this nation. We should not be involved in that process.”
Lt. Col. Vindman will be the first White House official who listened to the phone call that prompted the impeachment process to testify in front of the House.
