U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn took a shot at a key figure in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Friday, and Twitter was not happy about it.
At about 7 a.m., Blackburn, R-Tennessee, sent out the following tweet from her official account: “Vindictive Vindman is the ‘whistleblower’s’ handler.”
By the afternoon, the tweet had spurred thousands of angry comments and a hashtag — #MoscowMarsha.
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Blackburn’s tweet was a reference to Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a decorated Army official who is a central figure in the ongoing impeachment proceedings in Congress. Vindman was on a diplomatic phone call in which Trump pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate the son of one of his chief political rivals, former Vice President Joe Biden.
Several Republican congressmen have accused Vindman of knowing the identity of a whistleblower who first revealed the Ukraine call, launching the impeachment proceeding. Vindman has testified that he does not know the identity of the whistleblower.
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By the afternoon, Blackburn's tweet had spurred thousands of angry comments and a hashtag — #MoscowMarsha. https://t.co/bBOYGryq7z
— Tennessean (@Tennessean) November 22, 2019
You're a United States Senator.
Act like it for once. https://t.co/rQZhkL946H
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) November 22, 2019
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