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At a Thursday hearing in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council senior director, won an outpouring of support for her powerful testimony slamming sexist double standards.

Hill testified that officials including Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, circumvented and sidestepped her.

„I was actually, to be honest, angry with him,“ Hill said of confronting Sondland earlier this year. „And I hate to say it, but often when women show anger it’s not fully appreciated — it’s often pushed onto emotional issues, perhaps, or deflected onto other people.“

Hill’s measured, confident demeanor before the committee and her powerful testimony of being pushed aside and outflanked by a far less qualified male diplomat resonated with people across the internet.

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At a Thursday hearing in the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump, Fiona Hill, a former National Security Council senior director, won an outpouring of support for her powerful testimony slamming sexist double standards.

Hill, one of the nation’s leading experts on Russian and Eastern European issues, left the White House earlier this year and testified about the efforts of certain members of the Trump administration to leverage the release of a nearly $400 million military-aid package to Ukraine in exchange for the Ukrainian government announcing investigations that would be favorable to Trump.

In particular, Hill testified that officials including Gordon Sondland, the US ambassador to the European Union, circumvented the interagency processes for conducting diplomacy with Ukraine and got in the way of the NSC’s efforts, sidestepping the council and leaving its staff in the dark.

Hill holds multiple degrees in foreign affairs and history from Harvard University and has worked on Russian and Eastern European issues for decades. Sondland is a wealthy hotel executive who had no significant diplomatic experience when he was appointed in 2018 after donating $1 million to Trump’s inaugural committee.

Hill recounted that in a July 10 meeting at the White House, she had to intercept Sondland and make clear to him that there should be no discussion of investigations with Ukrainian officials without first going through the proper diplomatic channels.

„I was actually, to be honest, angry with him,“ Hill said. „And I hate to say it, but often when women show anger it’s not fully appreciated — it’s often pushed onto emotional issues, perhaps, or deflected onto other people.“

Hill’s measured, confident demeanor before the committee and her powerful testimony of being pushed aside and outflanked by a far less qualified male diplomat resonated with people across the internet. Many tweeted their support for Hill and made her name a trending topic.

Fiona Hill and David Holmes Andrew Harnik/AP

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FIONA HILL: I hate to say it, but when women show anger, it’s not taken seriously or it’s pushed off as „emotional issues.“

WOMEN EVERYWHERE: pic.twitter.com/kTvmTPVt4V Tweet Embed:

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Omg my obsession is growing in real time for Fiona Hill is doing gender analysis about women expressing anger while she explains the entire conspiracy to America. I Stan. #ImpeachmentHearing Tweet Embed:

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„When women show anger they push it as emotional issues“

– Fiona Hill

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Just leaving this one there. Tweet Embed:

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How many little girl babies will now be named #Fiona? Her takedowns, her clarity, her references to „womens‘ anger“ and how it is used against them — I’m enthralled by her courage. #FionaHill #ImpeachmentHearing Tweet Embed:

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Dr. Fiona Hill is another example of a highly qualified woman who is forced to be a subordinate to a rich man with no experience. Her anger was justified. #ImpeachmentHearings Tweet Embed:

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„Can I actually say something?“ —Fiona Hill, and every woman ever. Tweet Embed:

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SPEIER asks Fiona Hill about when she was 11 and a schoolboy set Hill’s pigtails on fire while she taking a test. Hill snuffed out the fire and then finished her test.

HILL: „It is a true story … It had some very unfortunate consequences … My mother gave me a bowl haircut.“ Tweet Embed:

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Fiona Hill is a national treasure Tweet Embed:

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When we pick teams for the apocalypse I’m going with Fiona Hill Tweet Embed:

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Fiona Hill gets better and better. She is equal parts fierce, smart, and disarming. Tweet Embed:

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BTW, I was a Congressional staffer for the majority of my career, and Fiona Hill is running a master class on how to be a witness right now. Tweet Embed:

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Dr Fiona Hill has now expressed concern about President Trump being unfairly tagged as illegitimate, sympathy for Rep Stefanik who is receiving threats, approval for the Politico story about Ukrainian officials supporting Hillary Clinton… and yet some GOPers are attacking her.

Later in her testimony, Hill said that she believed the smear campaign and eventual ousting of Marie Yovanovitch, the former US ambassador to Ukraine, were also motivated by sexism and that Yovanovitch’s gender made her a target for attacks.