Prominent Republicans joined Democrats in defending Lt. Col. Vindman against attacks from right-wing pundits who questioned his loyalty to the country ahead of his testimony in the House’s impeachment inquiry.
"This guy won the Purple Heart," Biden, a leading 2020 contender, told MSNBC's Andrea Mitchell."This guy is a hero, this guy is a patriot. This is just Trump's style. It's the same reason why he has a bunch of his thugs out there, you know, engaging in this kind of activity of intimidation. I mean this is, this is despicable to do this to — this guy is a patriot. I've never met him, but he's a hell of a patriot.
"I was concerned by the call," Vindman said the prepared remarks."I did not think it was proper to demand that a foreign government investigate a U.S. citizen, and I was worried about the implications for the U.S. government’s support of Ukraine." Michael McFaul, a former ambassador to Russia in the Obama administration, praised Vindman in a tweet Monday night and called the attacks on the witness “shameful.”
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