Sean Duffy, the Republican-congressman-turned-CNN-contributor, has made no secret of his hard-core support for Donald Trump. So it should come as no surprise that he would ruffle feathers at the network-- and on Tuesday, tensions reached a fever pitch when an anchor fed up with his bullshit called him out on air.
Brianna Keilar’s scathing condemnation of her colleague came shortly after Duffy launched an attack on Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the National Security Council’s top Ukraine expert who is testifying in the House impeachment probe. Vindman supplied firsthand information on Trump’s infamous phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during which Trump pressed Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden in exchange for the release of previously-authorized aid funding.
Duffy wasted no time in casting doubt over Vindman’s loyalty to the U.S., by saying the official “has an affinity, I think, for the Ukraine. He speaks Ukrainian. He came from the country. And he wants to make sure they’re safe and free."
Vindman's family immigrated to the U.S. from Ukraine when he was three years old.
Taking aim at Duffy’s remarks hours later, Keilar accused him of engaging in “anti-immigrant bigotry,” reminding viewers of his reality show past, a stark contrast to Vindman’s history as a decorated war veteran.
“It’s an odd questioning of patriotism coming from Sean Duffy, the guy who spent part of his 20s on MTV’s ‘The Real World’ and ’Real World: Road Rules Challenge’ while Alexander Vindman spent his on foreign deployments, including one to Iraq where he earned a purple heart after he was inured by a roadside bomb,” Keilar said.
Keilar continued her takedown of the GOP congressman, telling viewers that Duffy’s comments were “a sign of how desperate the president’s backers are as they try to defend him against what Vindman ― perhaps the most credible and knowledgeable witness so far ― has to tell Congress.”
Similar attempts to question the loyalty of Vindman were also made by Fox News opinion host Laura Ingraham and her Monday night guest, former Justice Department official John Yoo, who suggested that Vindman had committed espionage. In case you don't remember, Yoo was the Bush administration lawyer who wrote the much-criticized memos that gave Bush the cover it needed to commit war crimes in Iraq
Echoing Fox News' talking points, Trump later described Vindman as a “Never Trumper,” though he gave no evidence to support his claim.
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