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Alexander Vindman lit up over moronic challenge of Boebert: ‘Stand back – he’s a political scientist!’

April 16, 2023 | | Print Article

Retired Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman’s attempt to own Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert (R) on Twitter backfired in spectacular fashion as users let him know what they thought of his expert-class take.

“Stand back, everyone–he’s a political scientist!”

Selectively touting his credentials from academia while ignoring his vast experience as a shill for the Democratic Party, Vindman couldn’t help but critique the congresswoman after she appeared on “The Charlie Kirk Show” denouncing the impact leftist teachers’ unions were having on government-run schools.

Boebert had been reacting to a clip of AFT president Randi Weingarten when she exclaimed Kirk, “We’re not a democracy! So quit with that. Maybe that’s where you’re getting it wrong is saying we’re a democracy. We’re a constitutional republic.”

Steeped with condescension, Vindman posted his reaction with a pseudo-endorsement of Adam Frisch, a Democratic challenger to her seat, and wrote, “Political scientist here: A constitutional republic IS a democracy. What Bobo want is an anti-democratic state governed by a minority. We should all be troubled that a sitting member of Congress is preaching for an anti-American form of government. Follow @AdamforColorado.”

Positions like that may go unchallenged on the university echo chamber circuit and among revisionist historian peddling “The 1619 Project,” but in the real world the distinction between a full-blown democracy and democratically electing representatives was not so readily dismissed.

“It’s not,” one person succinctly replied while another called out Vindman for having a motive and wrote, “No, tis not. You’re pushing your propaganda to get the result that you are accusing her of wanting. Democracy is anti-American per the constitution.”

Having had sworn an oath to uphold the Constitution, many might expect Vindman to have a firmer grasp on what it was he was expected to defend. Then again, quite a few made sure to point out that the retired Lt. Col. didn’t exactly have the best track record when it came to that.

Of course, some couldn’t help but mock Vindman for beginning his claim by promoting his service record and Ivy League education that ultimately left him no better off than a teenager following propaganda pushed by the scores of White House-hired TikTok influencers endeavoring to sway the next crop of voters to the Democratic Party’s progressive agenda.

For better or worse, his wife, Rachel Vindman, came to his support and commented on the post, “Not for nothing, but she’s a moron. I’d bet my house (our house, that is) she couldn’t define democracy much less any other form of government.”

But even those who didn’t like Boebert were calling out the obvious inaccuracy stemming from the Vindman household. “I’m not a Lauren Boebert fan,” one wrote, “but she is, strictly speaking, fundamentally correct. A democracy is ‘rule of the majority’ — A federation of 50 states, with powers split between states and federal government, can never be a democracy in the literal definition of the word.”

Kevin Haggerty
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