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Ex-Ukraine ambassador sounds off after Trump acquittal: 'I have seen dictatorships' (Yovanovitch)
Fox News ^ | February 6 2020 | Ronn Blitzer

Posted on 02/06/2020 7:29:59 AM PST by knighthawk

Former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch accused the Trump administration of “undermining” American political ideals and called for Americans to “fight” for democracy in a Washington Post op-ed published Thursday.

Yovanovitch, who was removed from her post in May 2019 amid a campaign against her by Trump associates, alternated between dire warnings and hope for the future in the wake of the president’s acquittal Wednesday in his Senate impeachment trial.

“I have seen dictatorships around the world, where blind obedience is the norm and truth-tellers are threatened with punishment or death,” she wrote. “We must not allow the United States to become a country where standing up to our government is a dangerous act.”

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To: knighthawk

What a dipshit. If Trump were truly a dictator the house would not have been allowed to impeach him. Schiff, Pelosi, Nadler, Hillary, Ciaramrella and the Vindman brothers would be in Gitmo.


41 posted on 02/06/2020 8:07:14 AM PST by Sans-Culotte (With every passing day, I am a little bit gladder that Romney lost in 2012.)
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To: oil_dude

Brennan, this witch and a bunch of other guys are self-admitted traitors.
The fact that they aren’t tried and executed is a crime against justice in itself.


42 posted on 02/06/2020 8:09:19 AM PST by NorseViking
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To: knighthawk
Lady, 'your' dictators quickly get rid of pesky things such as our guns and Constitution. Does that sound like Trump?

43 posted on 02/06/2020 8:10:37 AM PST by Right Wing Assault (Kill-googl,TWTR,FCBK,NYT,WaPo,Hwd,CNN,NFL,BLM,CAIR,Antfa,SPLC,ESPN,NPR,NBA,ARP)
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To: liberalh8ter

Thanks. I didn’t know she retired.

Another timely retirement. It makes sense because she couldn’t have written such an op-Ed if she hadn’t retired.

She’ll be regularly trottedt out to spread their propaganda and compensated well, I’m sure.


44 posted on 02/06/2020 8:18:51 AM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: cpt jack 1; knighthawk; a little elbow grease; little jeremiah; Liz; Steven W.

“I have seen dictatorships around the world, where blind obedience is the norm and truth-tellers are threatened with punishment or death,”

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

So she thinks you shouldn’t try to impeach someone for saying Biden is corrupt as hell.

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overlooked from all the recent action on the Uke phone call generated impeachment is the fact that the corruption trump was asking about (see phone call transcript) had to do with the foreign manipulation of the 2016 election.

specifically how did CROWDSTRIKE (with direct ties to Ukraine) end up with the hacked DNC server (seth rich RIP)

strange how/why CROWDSTRIKE was not included or mentioned in all the house testimony or impeachment trial????


45 posted on 02/06/2020 8:22:57 AM PST by thinden
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To: ifinnegan
She’s as dirty as Schiffty. Can’t wait until her day comes. Her “monitoring” of social media of conservatives needs to be front and center, daily. She wants to talk about dictators? Monitoring speech is what dictators do.
46 posted on 02/06/2020 8:25:12 AM PST by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: knighthawk

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

Yup, very true words. Now here are some that aren’t:

“I have seen dictatorships around the world, where blind obedience is the norm and truth-tellers are threatened with punishment or death,” she wrote. “We must not allow the United States to become a country where standing up to our government is a dangerous act.”

Is this scorned and revenge-driven bitch going to be jailed, much less executed, for being against Trump? Is ANYONE? Nope. In fact, if someone (like you, for instance) criticize Trump then you are rewarded with accolades from the media, and you might even cash in with speeches and a book. Wow, the oppression here is overwhelming!

I, too, have seen dictatorships, albeit vicariously through my relatives who lived in the USSR. THAT was a dictatorship (one quite beloved by the liberals and Leftists in this country, btw). Dissent was NOT permitted. Criticizing the Party, much less the leader of the Party, was an offense that would get you beaten severely many times and shipped off to a Gulag in Siberia (if you were lucky), or beaten severely many times and then shot in the back of the head. I haven’t seen that happen - EVER - in the entire history of the United States of America.

What a vindictive moron!


47 posted on 02/06/2020 8:28:20 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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48 posted on 02/06/2020 8:29:46 AM PST by McGruff
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Ukrainians Find Misuse of $5.3 BILLION in US Aid During Obama Admin
GP ^ | December 6, 2019 | Jim Hoft / FR Posted by mplc51

In October Ukrainian Parliamentarian Andrey (Andriy) Derkach revealed in a press
that Joe Biden was paid $900,000 for lobbying efforts from Burisma Holdings in Ukraine.

Much of the $5.3B in US Aid Ukraine reported as misused was given to the embassy’s favored NGO’s.

At the time Yovanovitch, was the Amb. That embassy directed the police not to investigate.

A Do Not Prosecute list was circulated....a list Yovanovitch testified to Congress did not exist.

49 posted on 02/06/2020 8:31:11 AM PST by Liz (THISOur side has 8 trillion bulletsconference; the other side doesn't know which bathroom to use.)
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To: dfwgator

Definitely a piss poor dictator! Maybe she can show us how it’s done?


50 posted on 02/06/2020 8:37:29 AM PST by US_MilitaryRules (I'm not tired of Winning yet! Please, continue on!)
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To: knighthawk
"Stand up to the government?!" That's what Trump is doing.

She, and her ilk, ARE the "government."

51 posted on 02/06/2020 8:40:09 AM PST by Trailerpark Badass (There should be a whole lot more going no than throwing bleach, said one w)
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To: knighthawk

“We must not allow the United States to become a country where standing up to our government is a dangerous act.”

You are TOO LATE Madam Ambassador ! There are millions NOW AFRAID to “report” wrong doing because they know the folks in ‘power’can make their lives miserable with just a phone call.......


52 posted on 02/06/2020 8:48:52 AM PST by litehaus (A memory toooo long.............)
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To: dfwgator

“Trump is the worst dictator, ever.

Nobody’s been fired, no news outlets have been shut down, no journalists have been arrested.

I mean, come on, what kind of dictator is this?l

And he’s no better at being a white supremacist. He’s really not very good at anything the idiots accuse him of.


53 posted on 02/06/2020 8:53:09 AM PST by suthener
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To: KobraKai
This presidency needs more dictator.


54 posted on 02/06/2020 8:59:39 AM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (If cultural appropriation is wrong then how does a society benefit from diversity?)
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To: pangaea6
Here is another one...

55 posted on 02/06/2020 9:00:54 AM PST by Stand Watch Listen
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Haha that’s exactly what I was going for, thanks!


56 posted on 02/06/2020 9:00:55 AM PST by KobraKai
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To: knighthawk

So she is a Left Wing Activist trying to undermine the administration, glad she retired.


57 posted on 02/06/2020 9:02:17 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Westbrook

This! We need to shoot this from the rooftops!


58 posted on 02/06/2020 10:00:26 AM PST by Conservative_caterer (Support Donald Trump! The Republic needs you!)
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To: knighthawk

boo f’n hoo


59 posted on 02/06/2020 10:06:50 AM PST by olesigh
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To: knighthawk
Another butthurt disgruntle dem. Not exactly breaking news in this day and age. In fact; isn't that pretty much the norm? Someone should come out with a special dem snowflake raw/red butt salve and make a fortune.


60 posted on 02/06/2020 10:42:49 AM PST by Boomer ('Democrat' is now synonymous with 'corrupt')
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