And so it begins.
Impeachment witness Vindman removed from White House job.
Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman testified during the House inquiry into whether President Trump inappropriately pressured Ukraine’s leader to launch investigations into Trump’s political rivals. Vindman’s twin brother, Yevgeny, was also removed from the NSC, where he worked as a lawyer.****
This is the lesson Trump learned from impeachment – that he can do absolutely anything he wants to, and his party will back him up.
And it continues
BREAKING: President Trump fires Gordon Sondland, the second impeachment witness to be removed from his post Friday
I’m absolutely shocked that the overly-entitled rich old man who is famously petty and vindictive would take vengeance on someone he perceives as having wronged him. And the person’s brother, because what’s a little taint of the blood if we’re tossing out the rule of law anyways, am I right?
And as I was posting this, I saw the update about Sondland. Are we starting an over/under on how many people survive the weekend?
He probably can’t do a whole lot to Romney directly. Maybe cut some federal contract or program that benefits Massachusetts.
He can get him kicked out of the GOP.
Marie Yovanovich retired earlier this week. Who does that leave? Didn’t Fiona Hill leave her post before testifying?
Surprised that Mitch hasn’t yanked all of Romney’s committee assignments.
It’s the “Saturday Night I Can Do Anytining I Want-acre”. Friday, really, but he can do whatever he wants,
Trump also fired Vindman’s twin brother.
Trump just might be stupid enough to do that, right? Romney is the Senator from Utah.
Did he, or did he not, serve at the pleasure of the President?
No idea what this has to do with my post.
Everything the President legally can do is 100% proper and utterly unquestionable. :rolleyes:
The Senate’s mistake is in believing that they can continue to control this administration’s impulses forever. Right now, GOP congressmen fear Trump’s base. In time, however, they may learn to fear much more than that.
The moment the authoritarian is crossed, is the moment you are the authoritarian’s enemy.
Think he’ll get a refund on his million dollars?
He did, but there is more to it than that. There is the technical letter of the law, and there is the law’s spirit.
Is the president firing people because they’re not capable of communicating the national interests of the United States government, or were they fired because the president wanted to punish them for their testimony related to his criminal conduct?
It takes more than law to constrain someone who abuses power; it requires virtue among ordinary citizens, to uphold the value system that makes public servants accountable. You apparently don’t think he should be held accountable for criminal conduct. Well then, you can expect more of the same.
Just because something is legal doesn’t make it right. I live in a state where my employer can fire me at any time without needing any reason. If my employer fires me because I refuse to spend my lunch break running her personal errands, she had the legal right. If she wants to fire me because I voted for the wrong person, in her book, in the last election she has the legal right. She might have to cover it up with a different story, but she can fire me because I get pregnant, or start a same sex relationship, or because she doesn’t like the shade of eyeshadow I wore last Tuesday. Does that make it morally right? Being able to do something isn’t a carte blanche to do it regardless of the reason.
This is retaliation, pure and simple. He’s not even being coy about it.
Dammit! I knew that. :smack:
I think you mean Utah