President Trump‘s aggressive attacks on a White House official who testified about his concerns over Trump’s communications with Ukraine in the impeachment inquiry set off a furious backlash on Tuesday, with former Vice President Joe Biden calling the president’s remarks “despicable.”
Trump described Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, an active-duty member of the military who attended his deposition in uniform, as a “Never Trumper,” while some allies questioned the Purple Heart recipient’s patriotism given the fact that he emigrated from Ukraine as a child.
Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) called the attacks “absurd,” while Rep. Liz Cheney(Wyo.), the No. 3 Republican in the House, admonished those who would question Vindman’s patriotism without naming names.
View the complete October 29 article by Morgan Chalfant and Brett Samuels on The Hill website here.