Acting Ukraine Ambassador Bill Taylor has emerged as a key witness in the House’s impeachment inquiry. But this week, he made quite a statement in the court of public opinion, in the form of a strikingly topical op-ed.
I’m sure the op-ed was approved by Pompeo … maybe even Trump.
Discobot, check your spell checker.
Your text says" irregular" when it should read “illegal”.
Nah…Too many words not spelled T-R-U-M-P-I-S-T-H-E-B-E-S-T’
“It appears to me that Ukrainians want a new Ukraine — a prosperous, democratic Ukraine, where all citizens are held equally accountable under the law, where decisions by judges and MPs are not bought, where oligarchs do not wield influence over political and economic policy,” Taylor wrote.
Personally I think it would be cool if all American citizens were held equally accountable under the law, if decisions by the American government aren’t bought, and billionaire assh**es don’t wield undue influence over political and economic policy.
Nothing says bravery and clarity like “sub-tweeting” and dancing around the obvious.
Wonder if this dood whispers the word “cancer” because if you say it out loud, you can catch it. 
Ukrainians want to get out from under Russo-Ukrainian oligarchs. Only to fall into the hands of American oligarchs.
Another heartbreaking tragedy set in motion by the traitor in chief.
This is what an American public servant and patriot sounds like.
Though Republicans have defended Trump by arguing he was simply pushing for corruption investigations into Joe Biden and the 2016 U.S. elections,
Yes. In a similar vein, I have asked termites to check on the state of my home’s foundation. Am eagerly awaiting their reply, but they appear to have their mouths full at present.
And Russia. Don’t forget this is Putin’s dream and Trump is his useful idiot.
"“It appears to me that Ukrainians want a new Ukraine — a prosperous, democratic Ukraine, where all citizens are held equally accountable under the law, where decisions by judges and MPs are not bought, where oligarchs do not wield influence over political and economic policy,” Taylor wrote.
“They want a new Ukraine where journalists do not face reprisal for honest reporting,” he added, “where businesses know they are investing in a transparent and fair environment and have an impartial court to mediate disputes.”"
Sly backhand. Ukraine wants all those things…but Amurikkka apparently doesn’t, as evidenced by us abandoning them in favor of achieving permanent minority-rules white Christian hegemony through authoritarian, autocratic neo-fascist plutocracy under Trump.
Taylor: 2
Trump: 0
I listened to Malcolm Nance being interviewed by Brian Lehrer this a.m.; he is absolutely correct in stating that Trump is doing all of this in obeisance to Putin. All roads lead to Russia and Trump owes all his “fortune” to Russian oligarchs. There is a word for this kind of behavior; starts with “t” and ends with “reason.”
I just feel like someone who is rescuing trafficking victims only to learn the home you are placing them in are also traffickers. Victor Hugo could have written the book. Or maybe one of those depressing Russian authors…
My heart is breaking for all the victims of our country. The Kurds, the Ukrainians, the children.
What a grandstander. If it weren’t for the reflected greatness of Trump nobody would even know Taylor. He’s going to go through some things.
Some folks instinctively know what to do when the spotlight is on them.
Just one MF’ing GOP scandal after another…
Well, this is likely why Schiff put Taylor up first, because he obviously believes in right and wrong, and in the principles that the US is supposed to uphold. We don’t always, even the best administrations have made mistakes, but for a guy like Taylor Trump is the nightmare he never would have wanted for us. Hearing that moral statement in public, and hearing the Republicans try to snipe at him with BS conspiracy crap, is going to make a big splash tomorrow.
He’s going to be front and center with the world watching him tomorrow, that’s the show, not the op-ed.
I don’t think there’s any question anymore that Trump is a Russian agent - and despite the IC and DoD being fully aware -he still holds singular power in foreign policy and intelligence classification. And because Republicans refuse to do their duty, we’re absolutely hamstrung and in dangerous, uncharted waters. This, in essence, is why so many of us are so incredibly frustrated. We all recognize the problem, but the solutions are just out of reach or have to wait one long year.
Interesting article at New York Intelligencer by Jonathan Chait–http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/11/trump-ukraine-corruption-lie-biden-perry-impeachment.html#comments on how Joe Biden reformed Ukraine and how Trump worked to corrupt it again.