Dear MoveOn member,

Will you sign the petition stating that we stand in solidarity with Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman and do not accept Trump's retaliation against witnesses who testified on impeachment in front of the House?

With a blank check from the Senate’s sham impeachment trial in hand, Donald Trump is out for revenge. He’s lashing out against anyone who put their loyalty to the country ahead of their loyalty to him—and against people whose only involvement is being related to individuals who testified before Congress.

Lt. Col. Vindman has been pushed out of his role at the National Security Council and was escorted from the White House. The American people will not sit quietly by as President Trump fires a decorated military officer in childish retaliation.¹

Alexander Vindman is the top Ukraine expert who was on the fated July 25 phone call where Trump tried to extort an investigation into the Bidens from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Vindman later testified before the House about what he heard on the call.

Vindman did this country a great service. He felt, in his words, a "sense of duty" to tell Americans the truth—and now, that honorable act has cost him his job, his career, and his privacy. It also led to the dismissal of Lt. Col. Vindman's brother, who had no involvement in the testimony. Vindman needs to know that Americans are thankful for his courage—and that Trump's attacks can't change the important truth that he told.

And the White House must be met with a nationwide outcry that we will not allow for witness retaliation and that we condemn Trump's abhorrent decision to punish Vindman for his patriotism.

Click here to add your name to this petition, and then pass it along to your friends.

Thanks for all you do.

–Devon Nir, Common Cause

Source:

1. "Trump Fires Impeachment Witnesses Gordon Sondland and Alexander Vindman in Post-Acquittal Purge," The New York Times, February 7, 2020
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