RUSH EXCERPT:

TAPPER: “That was Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman testifying in the president’s impeachment hearing about the difference between his father’s Soviet Union and American democracy. On Friday, Vindman was fired along with his twin brother and another key impeachment witness, Ambassador to the E.U. Gordon Sondland. Let’s discuss. Senator Santorum, let me start with you. Some Republican senators were urging the president not to fire Sondland. In addition Susan Collins of Maine said that she doesn’t favor any retaliation. But we’re clearly seeing some retaliation.”