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Vindman says GOP 'attacks on our democracy' emboldened Putin
Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a key witness in the first Trump impeachment trial, said Thursday that GOP lawmakers' "attacks on our democracy" emboldened Russian President Vladimir Putin to go forward with his military invasion of Ukraine.
Vindman, a former member of the National Security Council official, quoted a tweet from Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.), the House Republican Conference chairwoman, that blamed what she called President Biden's weak foreign policy for allowing Moscow to strike, citing the recent cyberattacks on U.S. businesses and the bloody withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Link to tweet
"Putin is responsible for this war, but you deserve a great deal of responsibility for it," Vindman responded with the hashtag #GOPownthis. "It is your vile attacks on our democracy, that suggested to Putin he can conduct this war. Your actions suggested that the U.S. was weak and distracted."
The Kremlin has been building its forces along the Ukraine border for weeks, while also conducting joint military operations in Belarus.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/vindman-says-gop-attacks-on-our-democracy-emboldened-putin/ar-AAUgm4s
