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| Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch |
It was love at first sight for me and millions of other American women.
Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch, Ambassador to Ukraine from 2016 to April 24, 2019, was testifying in the Real Impeachment Hearings of Donald Trump Jr.
She had been framed by Rudolf Giuliani and the corrupt former Prosecutor General of Ukraine, Yuriy Lutsenko. Then she was fired by the president--ordered to fly back to the US immediately.
I mean, you have to be really important to be framed and fired by the president.
In fact, she was holding up dt's plan to use the Ukrainians to help him get re-elected in 2020.
The first day of the impeachment hearings was slow-going except for us fans who needed a careful history of Ukraine, its Revolution of Dignity in 2014, Russian invasion later in 2014 stealing Crimea, and recent political events in Ukraine.
But on Day 2 Ambassador Yovanovitch testified, and her words were riveting:
"How is it that foreign corrupt interests could manipulate the US government?" she asked.
"The 'do-not-prosecute list' was fabrication."
"Yes, it is very intimidating.," she said in reference to the president tweeting insults while she was testifying. Chairman Adam Schiff responded: "Witness intimidation!"
Marie's parents brought her to the US at age three; they had fled the Soviet Union and the Nazis, staying in Canada a few years.
She attended Princeton University and joined the US Foreign Service in 1986, serving consecutively in Ottawa, Moscow, London, Mogadishu, and Kiev.
Thank you to the House Intelligence Committee for introducing us to Marie Yovanovitch, the first of the #AmericanImpeachmentHeroines of 2019.
Note to the maker of Barbie Dolls: start a line of heroine dolls introduced by this impeachment process. The company's Inspiring Woman series of dolls already includes a Katherine Johnson doll (Hidden Figures) and the astronaut doll Sally Ride.
Now we need a Marie Yovanovitch doll and a Dr. Fiona Hill doll.
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