Almost immediately following the second attempted assassination of President Donald J. Trump, Rachel Vindman (wife of a witness in the first President Donald J Trump impeachment trial) posted the following on X, “No Ears Were Harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon.” If that were not vile enough, when called out for her disgusting remarks she followed with, “ Sorry you’re triggered. I mean no I’m not. I don’t care a little bit .“Trump has been inciting violence against his enemies for years. He douses a situation in gasoline, lights a match, & walks away claiming no responsibility.”
Her Husband, Alexander Vindman, a witness against President Trump in the first Trump impeachment trial, seemingly supported his wife’s vile X comments with the following X comment directed at Trump, “I condemn you. I condemn your lack of integrity, your attacks on immigrants, your desecration of Arlington National Cemetery.” He added in support of his wife’s vile comments, “Your candidate has incited political violence for a decade. He could reduce the temperature of this election cycle . But you MAGA thrive on bullying. You are all weak. “
Alexander Vindman’s brother, Eugene Vindman, who is running for the open seat in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District wrote “I am deeply disturbed by yet another attempt of political violence in our nation.” He expressed gratitude that no one was hurt and acknowledged the bravery of the law enforcement agents who acted quickly to prevent further harm. His comment failed to condemn political violence and specifically did not condemn political violence against President Trump? In fact, he was only “deeply disturbed”. One could ask “deeply disturbed” why?
Integrity is defined as a firm adherence to a code of especially moral values. Most moral codes have as their basis a respect for the humanity of ALL human beings. Rachel Vindman chose to scoff at the second assassination attempt on a US Presidential candidate, saying essentially it was not a big deal. Then she doubled down with statements that implied he deserved it. And what about the Secret Service Agent who risked his life to thwart the assassination? Doesn’t his life matter? As if that were not enough, she trivialized the first assassination attempt. To trivialize the injury to President Trump during the first assassination attempt shows a total disrespect for humanity in general. Only took a bullet to the ear, less than an inch from killing him!! In addition, it trivializes the death of one person and the severe injury of two others during the first assassination attempt. Don’t their lives matter?
All I hear lately is how “hate” has no place in our Nation. I guess, for Rachel, hateful speech and lies are OK as long as they are against President Donald J. Trump. It is bad enough the hate and lies have been spread continuously for the past 10 years, but it is almost unbelievable that someone could continue the vitriol immediately after an assassination attempt.
For me, the statements of the Vindman’s following the second assassination make me call into question the veracity of Alexander Vindman’s statements as a witness during the first President Donald J Trump impeachment. Could the vile hatred exposed in their recent posts on X have influenced Vindman’s testimony as a witness?
It is eerily coincidental that the would-be assassin was obsessed with the Russian/Ukrainian war, the Vindman brothers immigrated from Ukraine at an early age and the first impeachment of President Trump involved the intent of a statement he made to a Ukrainian leader. We need to know all the information on Ryan Routh, the would-be assassin. I think it is particularly important that we find out how he funded his travel to Ukraine, what he was doing there, who were his contacts, etc.. We do know now that a nurse who met Routh in Ukraine reported him to officials and left her position in Ukraine because she was afraid of Routh It appears that no one followed up on the report. Could just be a coincidence, like the coronavirus (COVID 19) , which first appeared in Wuhan China ,did not come from the Wuhan laboratory which was studying gain of function of coronaviruses from bats.