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spanone

(135,830 posts)
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 10:47 AM Nov 2019

Trump's Twitter War Room Aims Its Punches at Decorated Colonel



Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, center, before testifying in the impeachment inquiry last week. He has become a target of attacks on social media.

Days after a decorated Army lieutenant colonel offered damaging testimony about President Trump’s conduct on a July phone call with Ukraine’s leader, Mr. Trump stood on the South Lawn and issued a vague but ominous warning.

“You’ll be seeing very soon what comes out,” Mr. Trump said on Saturday, referring to the officer, Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman.

Mr. Trump was not more specific. But an attack on Colonel Vindman’s character and motives was already making its way from the dark corners of Mr. Trump’s social media following to the front lines of the impeachment battle.

One day earlier, the right-wing commentator Jack Posobiec had retweeted a lengthy thread by a Florida man — a fan of QAnon, a fringe conspiracy about the “deep state” — claiming to have witnessed Colonel Vindman “bash America” in conversation with Russian officers during a joint military exercise in Germany in 2013.


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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/06/us/politics/trump-vindman-twitter.html
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Trump's Twitter War Room Aims Its Punches at Decorated Colonel (Original Post) spanone Nov 2019 OP
Very bad move . . . Iliyah Nov 2019 #1
you're either on his team or you're the enemy..shithole for sure spanone Nov 2019 #2
"You'll be seeing very soon what comes out," Yeah... kysrsoze Nov 2019 #3
Yup. As soon as they make something up. MineralMan Nov 2019 #4
I read the Times article OKNancy Nov 2019 #5
The coward brigade attacks a combat vet. pwb Nov 2019 #6

kysrsoze

(6,019 posts)
3. "You'll be seeing very soon what comes out," Yeah...
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:04 AM
Nov 2019

Either nothing at all or a complete fabrication. Fucking liar.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
5. I read the Times article
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 11:52 AM
Nov 2019

All the ones saying this shit about Vindman are liars. The two main people accusing him of talking bad are nut cases.
Also, it was pointed out that if Vindman spoke to Russians, he would do so in Russian, not English.
When asked about this the accuser said ... they switched back and forth.
It was stated by a Vindman defender that Russian troops never spoke English and were proud of the fact.

pwb

(11,261 posts)
6. The coward brigade attacks a combat vet.
Thu Nov 7, 2019, 12:03 PM
Nov 2019

Col. Vindman could care less what Putins punks are saying.

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