'Sit Down and Shut Up': Alexander Vindman Fires Back at Ohio Republican Over Afghan Refugees

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Signs of cracks in GOP support for accepting more Afghan refugees as OEF comes to an end:


'Sit Down and Shut Up': Alexander Vindman Fires Back at Ohio Republican Over Afghan Refugees

By Christina Zhao On 9/4/21

Trump Said He Wasn't Happy With Vindman Hours Before He Was Removed From The White House

Retired Lt. Colonel Alexander Vindman traded jabs with Ohio Republican Josh Mandel on Saturday over President Joe Biden's plans to resettle tens of thousands of Afghanistan refugees in the U.S. following the troop withdrawal.
Republicans have remained unified in its criticisms of the Biden administration's chaotic Afghanistan evacuation effort, but the resettlement of refugees at home has begun to divide members of the party. Some have slammed Biden for abandoning U.S. allies, while members of the GOP's anti-immigrant wing have condemned the president for allowing what they call an influx of threatening foreigners into the U.S.

Mandel, a former Ohio state Treasurer and Marine veteran running for the U.S. Senate in 2022, called Vindman a "liar and traitor" on social media after Vindman's wife, Rachel Vindman, criticized his opposition to the resettlement of Afghan refugees.

"You are a fool looking for attention," Alexander Vindman, who testified during the House impeachment hearings of then-President Donald Trump in 2019, tweeted in response. "You don't represent Jewish values. You preach hate for refugees, when your own ancestors came here as immigrants and refugees. Sit down and shut up. #RefugeesWelcone."

The exchange came after Rachel Vindman condemned Mandel for vowing to fight the Afghan resettlements. "These planes are now being emptied into Cleveland, Toledo and other places in the heart of America. To protect our kids, our communities and our Judeo-Christian way of life, we must FIGHT this with all our might," Mandel tweeted Friday.
"To protect my child from monsters like @JoshMandelOhio and to teach her about our faith and values, we welcome these refugees with all our might," Rachel Vindman tweeted in response.

This week, Trump, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and others have both sought to use the relocation of refugees to bolster the anti-immigrant stance of the right.

Representative Matt Rosendale of Montana warned that Afghan refugees "could bring additional people" and "flood our country with refugees" once they have completed relocation in America. And Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia asked: "Will this bring chain migration too?"
"We'll have terrorists coming across the border," McCarthy said in a call with a group of bipartisan House members, according to The New York Times.

newsweek.com/sit-down-shut-alexander-vindman-fires-back-ohio-republican-over-afghan-refugees-1626190


Josh has served in Iraq during Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF).

Josh Mandel
Military service

Mandel enlisted in the United States Marine Corps Reserve, where he served eight years as an intelligence specialist. His first tour was from February to November 2004, during which he was attached to a light armored reconnaissance battalion. He left for his second tour in September 2007. Attached to an infantry battalion, Mandel served in the city of Haditha.

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“Not complaining but this is what I got last night for dinner and the next meal is 12 hours later,” Ahmadi tweeted. Hamed Ahmadi


Ahmadi was evacuated from Afghanistan to Fort Bliss in El Paso, Texas. Hamed Ahmadi

nypost.com/2021/09/04/afghan-refugee-trolled-after-sharing-photo-of-fort-bliss-rations/

 

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Already whining about not getting enough free 'gubmint handouts.

He's gonna fit right in as a real 'murikunt.