Suggesting Purple Heart Recipient Has Dual Loyalties Is An ‘Interesting Line Of Questioning’ | MSNBC

Gaarett Haake, reporting from the public testimony of Jennifer Williams and Lt. Col. Vindman, discusses the Republican line of questioning that suggested that Vindman, who is a purple heart recipient, has dual loyalty to Ukraine. Maya Wiley and fmr. Sen. Claire McCaskill also join Nicolle Wallace. Aired on 11/19/19.
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Suggesting Purple Heart Recipient Has Dual Loyalties Is An ‘Interesting Line Of Questioning’ | MSNBC

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    1. Why does everyone continue to talk about the one whistle blower?? There were numerous concerns about this phone call by more than one person! So everyone EXCEPT the honorable Cadet Bonespurs is lying?? Right because he has never lied to the people before !😂The Mcpussy Grabber who is sexually attracted to his own daughter. Disgusting and vile Idiocracy.

  1. I wonder how many Folks are feeling overwhelming sadness as well as anger..watching the GOP fight so hard to discredit the Testimony of Career Military Personnel..Political Advisers, who did not ask to be involved in this spectacle.. The GOP have lost their moral compasses. They are incapable it appears of placing Truth and Allegiance to Our Country ahead of Loyalty to their “Dear Leader Chosen One”

    1. @the Skeptic King  theSkeptic King  So I guess it’s all about interpretation. Honestly we all find truth only when it aligns with what we already believe. The Republicans actually created the rules as they are, please research the Clinton hearings. Both sides have not presented witnesses the other requested so I see that as a wash. You can call it what you want but in the end it’s about honesty and trust to the American people. A little transparency and this would not be a topic, releasing the complete transcript instead of loading it into a secure server would have made this a non-starter. In the end words matter and actions even more, this just looks dishonest and it doesn’t have to be. However this is just my opinion…

  2. I’m a Veteran and I am going to remember this when I speak to younger people about joining the military to serve this nation. I strongly suggest that they pay attention to how the military top decorated soldiers are being treated and vilified.

    1. ty for your service, and ty to all who have served our great nation. (from an army mom, but i love and honor all of you from all branches)

    2. As a veteran you will know that a Purple Heart is not a “top” decoration. Having a PH does not make you a god so stop this lionising and jingoistic nonsense. You are degrading the notion of service.

    1. @Merrilou Neigenfind My personal definition for Conservative Christian, is Ku Klux..
      They just made the word sound more acceptable to some of their peers, and attempted to disguise to the rest of the world, WHO/ WHAT, THEY REALLY ARE.

    2. @Kelly ann kanye I own several bibles, read theology, and raised my children in the church. I haven’t always been an atheist. There was a time I would have referred to myself as religious. Jesus is a good person to follow as are Robin Myers, Shane Claiborne, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, John Pavlovitz, and William Barber. I count some ministers as friends.

    3. @Merrilou Neigenfind Thank you for responding.. I was just curious, after you brought up Matthew 25:40…because that verse was drilled in us as children, by OUR MOTHER…and none of us are atheist..but to each its own, and I wish you much happiness.

    4. They were *happy* when baby Jesus was ripped from Maria’s arms and put in a concentration camp. Jesus is watching, and taking names…some of these that think themselves Christian will learn that *their hate* has locked them out of heaven. Oh well, if they read their Bible they could see that coming.
      I’ve read Revelations, and heaven isn’t segregated.

    5. @Pipe Tunes
      LOL … Just like your Dreams , Bub…🙊🙉🙈
      Those of LUKEWARM CHRISTIAN FAITH have definitely misconstrued the Message of Jesus & his Disciples . Toxic mentality of hateful beliefs

  3. The Republican party is nothing but a cancer on our American society. They need to be eradicated. Those that have betrayed the country needs to be placed in jail along with their president

    1. Again some Republicans not all are a cancer. We need not to be divided at time like this. We know from proof that donald trump is a criminal, and i agree some Republicans doserve to go jail but not all. We need stop fighting with each other. We all have different opinions and thats fine this is America we can all think differently thats why our country is great. We need unite and stop insulting each other over difference in opinion.

  4. So true, just when you think nothing can shock you any more about the GOP you get shocked again, and again. The Repugnican Party should be dissolved, it can never be taken seriously again.

    1. castroy64 – too right. it really annoys me when people believe what they are told without doing their own research.

  5. Devin Nunes and Jim Jordan shouldn’t even be congressman.. Nunes helped obstruct the Muller report and Jordan enabled a sexual predator while at Ohio State University…

  6. As a former navy pilot and Gulf War veteran, this is appalling regardless of party. The GOP is not the GOP I remember in any way, shape, or form.

    1. You see some people cannot handle the truth. Their cognitive dissonance forces them to live in an information free bubble That seems to be you.

    2. Well compared to you I seem to appear eloquent and articulate. You see some people cannot handle the truth. Your cognitive dissonance forces you to live in an information free bubble. You simply cannot deal with the fact that Trump has now twice been found to have done nothing wrong. What next? Is it three strikes?

    3. @the Skeptic King As demonstrated by your master, and the rest of his cult, you project on to others that which you suffer… i.e. cognitive dissonance. You think because Trump’s crime syndicate has been successful at obstructing justice prior to these hearings he is free of wrongdoing. You are mistaken. His slime is so horrid, it even overwhelms the noxious swamp of a Republican White House.

    4. @the Skeptic King Just find in the dictionary the meaning for : “listening in on a call” and you will find out that this has nothing to do with spying etc.

    5. @the Skeptic King Bless your heart, it was his JOB as well as many others, to offer talking points, listen in and CORRECT and FILL out the missing words in the REAL transcription. He was chosen for his proficiency in Ukranian, because he can catch subtleties of the Ukrainian President

  7. This is the second time I’ve been surprised at a witness. From Fox’s reporting about Vindman, I thought he was going to have a heavy, thick Russian accent based on them insinuating he was a Ukrainian double agent or spy that only worked for Ukraine’s interests.

    1. He was 3 years old when his parents emigrated from Ukraine. Why would he hold any allegience to a country he probably doesn’t even remember?

    2. @Alan Harris Fleeing a country from persecution IS emigration. My point is that adults seldom hold any allegience to a country they left as a toddler. Not sure what your point is.

  8. He has bled real blood for our country, and that was in defense of country from without. Now he is defending our country from tyranny from within.

    1. Indeed he has and is and he’s not going to get away unscathed. He will never attain higher rank in the Military and will, more likely than not, be forced to retire shortly after all this has faded from the public eye. Either way, the only way he could have lost more, is to have been Killed In Action. He stood up for what is right and true, even at the risk of his career and yes, even his life, and he is to be Commended for doing so.

    1. @castroy64 Copying coNment over and over… Sad. And only proves one thing: You were never in the army, my boy. 😂🤦‍♂️

    2. @castroy64 When were you kicked out of the Army? Vindman has served for many, many years. Some serve, while others leave.

    1. @Marlowe Dugger pretty sure you didn’t watch his lack luster performance… RACHEL GIVE YOU THE SUMMARY… GO AWAY…

  9. Ukraine offering him a position in their government is a testament to his value, him turning them down, and reporting it to his superiors is a testament to his loyalty to his/our country.

    1. Yup. That and the way he reported his concerns through the appropriate channels regarding Trump’s call would seem to indicate that he is a ‘by the book’ guy.

    2. I don’t think your comments do him justice. He also didn’t let them entertain the idea and he immediately notified counter intelligence officials. This is stark contrast to the Trump family who explicitly or implicitly entertain the idea and try to leverage the relationship all the while being completely unaware they are being leveraged the whole time.

    3. Funny he turned the Ukraine down and he sucks but illegal GOP donor born in Ukraine trying to get into the Ukraine gas industry Lev Parnas worked for Trump and Giuliani said fire Ambassador Yovanovitch and investigate John Solomon’s debunked Biden conspiracy theory and they did.

    1. @John Smith John, you’re PROJECTING again! Oh, and while you’re at it, why don’t you get some more salt for TRump’s foot bath…His boo boos are REALLY hurting…

    2. @Emery Coppola Jr. projecting? You’re just jealous of a MAN like Trump…You are a TRANNY arnt you EMERY….LMFo…i SAW YOUR VIDEO emery..>wow THAT FOREHEAD YOU HAVE….a face only a mother could love>..nO WONDER YOU THINK VIDMAN IS A HERO….

    3. @John Smith Poor “John”, too scared to post his REAL name or a photo. And yet you attack a War Hero who not only served but was wounded. Go get some more salt for TRump’s feet, a coward just like you.

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