FIGHTING BACK

Trump’s Impeachment Nemesis Launches Senate Run in President’s Backyard

He lost his job when Trump was acquitted.

A retired lieutenant colonel who blew the whistle on President Donald Trump during his impeachment trial is running for Senate in Florida. Alexander Vindman was a member of the National Security Council during Trump’s first term, but is now running as a Democrat against GOP Sen. Ashley Moody, believing the 2026 midterms will be a referendum on Trump. The Ukraine-born Army combat veteran previously testified before Congress about a 2019 call Trump had with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. He said he “couldn’t believe what I was hearing,” claiming Trump made “inappropriate,” political demands about launching an investigation into Joe Biden and his son Hunter. “It was improper for the president to request—to demand—an investigation into a political opponent, especially [from] a foreign power,” the BBC reports. When Trump was acquitted, Vindman was fired, going on to work on behalf of veterans and as a staunch anti-Trump critic. “This president unleashed a reign of terror and retribution, not just against me and my family, but against all of us,” Vindman said in a two-minute campaign video launched on Tuesday. “Today, our country is in chaos.” Democrats need four seats to win the Senate.