Who is Alexander Vindman? Retired Jewish US Army officer says he received hate speech for taking on Elon Musk

Who is Alexander Vindman? Retired Jewish US Army officer says he received hate speech for taking on Elon Musk
Elon Musk (R) has called Jewish American retired US Army officer Lt-Col Alexander Vindman (L) a 'puppet & puppeteer' (@AVindman/Twitter and Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)

Elon Musk has called Jewish American retired US Army officer Lt-Col Alexander Vindman a "puppet & puppeteer" after Vindman shared a copypasta suggesting Musk is "erratic" and too powerful now that he owns Twitter. Musk tweeted, "Vindman is both puppet & puppeteer. Question is who pulls his strings …?" 

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In response to Musk's tweet, Vindman wrote, "Elon asked who pulls my strings? It’s not China. It’s not Saudi Arabia. It’s not Russia. It’s @votevets I work to elevate the voices of veterans." Vindman has now claimed he received hate speech after taking on Musk.