Team — Honestly, I can’t believe I have to say this. Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, the White House’s top Ukraine expert who testified today as part of the House’s impeachment inquiry, is an American patriot and a hero. 

And it’s a damn shame that some commentators have chosen to slander him.

Lt. Col. Vindman came to the United States as a child and served his country with honor, earning a Purple Heart during his service in the Army. Now as a member of the National Security Council (NSC), he continues his service to our country - when he felt that the national security interest of our country was put at risk by Donald Trump’s charades, he spoke out, not once, but twice, to top lawyers at the NSC.

Today, because Lt. Col. Vindman felt compelled to testify in front of House investigators, some talking heads on TV have decided to attack his motives.

Oh, and let’s not forget President Trump’s tweet about the occasion: 

Questioning the morals of a man who has served his country so honorably is downright shameful, and frankly, we should be ashamed that our political discourse has gone down this dangerous path. But that’s what we get in a country where our commander-in-chief uses the bully pulpit to actually bully people.

Lt. Col. Vindman and our country deserve so much better than this, and it makes our mission that much more important.

Can you help us rise to the occasion and restore dignity and sanity to our national dialogue so that patriots like Lt. Col. Vindman won’t have to endure having their good name slander by the worst our nation has to offer?

Thank you,

Bill