{"id":2342091,"date":"2024-09-16T21:27:02","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T01:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alexander-vindmans-wife-deletes-flippant-post-about-trump-assassination-attempt-after-backlash-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-09-16T21:28:13","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T01:28:13","slug":"alexander-vindmans-wife-deletes-flippant-post-about-trump-assassination-attempt-after-backlash-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/alexander-vindmans-wife-deletes-flippant-post-about-trump-assassination-attempt-after-backlash-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexander Vindman\u2019s wife deletes \u2018flippant\u2019 post about Trump assassination attempt after backlash &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Falexander-vindmans-wife-deletes-flippant-post-about-trump-assassination-attempt-after-backlash-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2342091&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rachel Vindman, the wife\u200b of Alexander \u200dVindman, a key \u200dwitness \u2062in \u2063the Trump impeachment,\u2063 faced backlash after \u2064making a &#8220;flippant&#8221; \u200dcomment about \u2063a second assassination attempt on former \u200cPresident\u200d Donald Trump. She initially \u200bposted a dismissive\u2063 remark on social\u200b media, \u2064stating,\u200c &#8220;No ears\u200b were harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon,&#8221; which \u200c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/israel-war-white-house-hammered-for-posting-about-bidenomics-amid-fighting-in-gaza\/\" title=\"White House criticized for sharing Bidenomics post during Israel conflict.\">drew significant \u200bcriticism<\/a> for minimizing the\u200d seriousness of an assassination attempt that had previously resulted in casualties.<\/p>\n<p>Following the backlash, Rachel \u200ddefended her comment before ultimately deleting the\u2062 post. She\u200b acknowledged that\u2063 her remark was \u2062indeed \u200cflippant, recognizing the gravity of political violence \u200dand \u200bthe need for a serious discourse around it. In her \u200dlater \u200creflections, she expressed \u200bher personal fears for her family&#8217;s safety, sharing how such threats have impacted\u2064 her life emotionally.<\/p>\n<p>The\u2064 incident sparked political repercussions,\u200b especially for her brother-in-law\u2064 Eugene \u2064Vindman, who is running for Congress, as his\u200d Republican opponent criticized the comments\u2064 made by \u2063Rachel Vindman.\u200b Eugene \u2064later expressed his condemnation \u200dof \u2063political violence and distanced himself\u200d from\u2064 his sister-in-law&#8217;s remarks, emphasizing the \u2063serious nature of\u2064 such threats to\u200c public\u2063 figures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Alexander Vindman&rsquo;s wife deletes &lsquo;flippant&rsquo; post about Trump assassination attempt after backlash<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1762086\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Rachel Vindman, the wife of Trump impeachment witness and retired Army Lt. Col. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alexander-vindman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Alexander Vindman\">Alexander Vindman<\/a>, backtracked and deleted her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a> downplaying the second <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/assassinations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"assassination\">assassination<\/a> attempt on former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;No ears were harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon,&rdquo; she wrote in a now-deleted post on X, formerly Twitter, on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sickening-video-shows-antifa-allegedly-stab-4-trump-supporters-in-washington-dc\/\" title=\"Sickening Video Shows Antifa Allegedly Stab 4 Trump Supporters in Washington DC\">social media account<\/a> was flooded with criticism for dismissing a second possible fatal attempt to assassinate a former president and the first assassination attempt where a Pennsylvania father was killed and numerous people were seriously injured.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;A member of the whistleblowing Vindman family scoffs at second Trump assassination attempt. BTW, in first attempt, in July, four people were shot; one dead, two seriously wounded, one slightly wounded,&rdquo; the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Byron York <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ByronYork\/status\/1835635051867914300\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> on X in response to her post.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">From left, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Rachel Vindman and retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman attend the PEN America Literary Gala at the American Museum of Natural History, Monday, May 23, 2022, in New York. (Photo by Andy Kropa\/Invision\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rachel Vindman responded to the criticism of the post by doubling down.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sorry you&rsquo;re triggered. I mean no I&rsquo;m not. I don&rsquo;t care a little bit ,&rdquo; she later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/natsechobbyist\/status\/1835451127589961799\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Her brother-in-law Eugene Vindman, who is running for the open seat in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/virginia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Virginia\">Virginia<\/a>&lsquo;s highly competitive 7th Congressional District, received blowback for Rachel Vindman&rsquo;s social media post.<\/p>\n<p>Derrick Anderson, Eugene Vindman&rsquo;s Republican challenger in the congressional race, called out the Democrat for his family&rsquo;s comments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Yevgeny Vindman&rsquo;s family\/political advisors made horrible statements about the 2nd Trump assassination attempt,&rdquo; Anderson <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DerrickforVA\/status\/1835707369633825166\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DerrickforVA\/status\/1835440494618309009\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"continued\">continued<\/a>, &ldquo;Your sister-in-law is actively joking and making light of the second assassination attempt on Trump. Will you show the leadership needed during this time and denounce her statements?&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The fact that she thinks this is a joke is horrendous,&rdquo; Anderson <a href=\"https:\/\/omny.fm\/shows\/oconnor-and-company\/va-7s-derrick-anderson-reacts-to-the-comments-of-h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a> in an interview Monday morning. &ldquo;This is not a laughing matter. &hellip; This is our country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I am deeply disturbed by yet another attempt of political violence in our nation,&rdquo; Eugene Vindman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/YVindman\/status\/1835436499803758670\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"wrote\">wrote<\/a> on the assassination attempt. &ldquo;I am grateful that no one is hurt, and thankful for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/crenshaw-the-lie-of-systemic-police-racism-that-kills\/\" title=\"CRENSHAW: The Lie Of \u2018Systemic Police Racism\u2019 That Kills\">law enforcement agents<\/a> who acted bravely and swiftly in the line of duty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Democratic candidate&rsquo;s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyprogress.com\/news\/state-regional\/government-politics\/rachel-vindman-eugene-vindman-derrick-anderson\/article_4327c6dc-809d-5d61-a770-b3c61ca7cca4.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"reportedly\">reportedly<\/a> said he can only speak for himself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">A vehicle with the Palm Beach County Sheriff&rsquo;s office is parked outside of Trump International Golf Club after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-president-senior-aide-survives-assassination-attempt\/\" title=\"Ukrainian president senior aide survives assassination attempt\">apparent assassination attempt<\/a> of Republican presidential nominee and former President Donald Trump, Monday, Sept. 16, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo\/Lynne Sladky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Rachel Vindman announced on Monday that she had &ldquo;deleted&rdquo; the &ldquo;flippant&rdquo; post.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have deleted my tweet,&rdquo; she said on X. &ldquo;It was flippant &amp; political violence is a serious issue. Whether it&rsquo;s aimed at a former president, the media, immigrants, or political &lsquo;enemies&rsquo; &amp; every incident should be addressed appropriately if we want to change the tenor of our political discourse.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She continued with more posts about &ldquo;fear&rdquo; of people wanting to hurt her family.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I have sat awake many nights wondering who might be outside. I have known the instant fear of receiving an unknown package or letter. I have had my child ask me if we were safe and if someone was going to hurt our family,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;With social media it&rsquo;s easy to say the wrong thing and then walk away, but if words matter for some they should matter for all. I don&rsquo;t always get it right the first time,&rdquo; she continued. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m grateful to all who have supported us throughout the past five years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>She also posted on Sunday in response to former Republican congresswoman Liz Cheney ripping the former president for slamming Taylor Swift. Cheney had written, &ldquo;Says the smallest man who ever lived.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m not trying to be picky, Congresswoman, but I suggest changing &lsquo;smallest&rsquo; to &lsquo;tiniest,&rsquo;&rdquo; Rachel Vindman <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/natsechobbyist\/status\/1835353973072486897\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Cook Political Report<\/em> has listed the 7th District congressional race as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/ratings\/house-race-ratings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"one of the most competitive House races\">one of the most competitive House races<\/a> in the country. The seat is being left vacant by Rep. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA), who is running to be governor of Virginia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1762086\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1762086\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel Vindman, the wife of Alexander Vindman, a key witness in Trump&#8217;s impeachment and a retired Army Lt. Colonel, removed her social media post that trivialized the recent assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump after facing significant criticism. In her now-deleted message on X (formerly Twitter), she wrote, \u201cNo ears were harmed. Carry on with your Sunday afternoon.\u201d This comment was met with backlash for minimizing a serious incident that involved an earlier assassination attempt in July where one person was killed and several others injured. Byron York from the Washington Examiner responded to her post by highlighting the severity of both attempts.<\/p>\n<p>In response to the criticism, Rachel Vindman doubled down, stating she didn\u2019t care about being &#8220;triggered&#8221; by others&#8217; reactions. Her brother-in-law Eugene Vindman is currently running for Congress and faced scrutiny due to Rachel&#8217;s comments; his Republican opponent Derrick Anderson called for him to denounce her remarks.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene expressed his concern over political violence and acknowledged law enforcement&#8217;s quick response during these incidents. Following the backlash, Rachel admitted that her original tweet was &#8220;flippant&#8221; and emphasized that political violence is a serious matter deserving appropriate attention. She shared personal fears regarding safety for herself and her family due to such threats.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, she engaged in discussions about other political topics on social media over the weekend while acknowledging how easy it is to misstep online but stressing that words should hold weight regardless of who they come from. The 7th District congressional race in Virginia has been identified as highly competitive as it opens up following Rep. Abigail Spanberger\u2019s gubernatorial campaign<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2342092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-golf-course.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[41031,36160,32220,34974],"class_list":["post-2342091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-alexander-vindman","tag-political-controversy","tag-social-media-backlash","tag-trump-assassination-attempt"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Trump-golf-course.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2342091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2342091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2342092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2342091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2342091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2342091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}