{"id":40468,"date":"2019-02-05T20:40:21","date_gmt":"2019-02-06T04:40:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40468"},"modified":"2019-02-05T20:46:14","modified_gmt":"2019-02-06T04:46:14","slug":"trump-begged-congress-to-stop-investigating-him-during-a-desperate-state-of-the-union-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=40468","title":{"rendered":"Trump Begged Congress to Stop Investigating Him During a Desperate State of the Union Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"

The State of the Union address is always a starkly partisan affair no matter which party is in power. Every president seeks to praise their own accomplishments and lobby for their agenda. Trump is no exception, however, his attempt to present a theme of unity was laughably obtuse. There has never been a president who more directly and venomously attacked his ideological foes. And he did it with a noxious blend of seething rage and infantile petulence (video and transcript<\/a><\/strong>).<\/p>\n

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Trump himself highlighted the contradiction between his actions and his words by inviting a guest to the event who was the victim of bullying because of his name, which happened to be Joshua Trump<\/a><\/strong>. But it was pointed out by some astute Twitterers that there were other attendees who were also the victims of a bully who called them names. People like Pocahontas (Sen. Elizabeth Warren), Little Marco (Sen. Marco Rubio), Low IQ Maxine (Rep. Maxine Waters), and Adam Schitt (Rep. Adam Schiff), to name just few. Trump’s hypocrisy could not be more glaring and shameless.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the most brazen exploitation of this (or any) State of the Union was Trump’s personal appeal to Congress, and any other legal authority who might be listening, to lay off of his criminal conduct. He explicitly called for an end to the investigations related to his conspiracy with Russia, obstruction of justice, and financial corruption:<\/p>\n

“An economic miracle is taking place in the United States, and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics, or ridiculous partisan investigations. If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation. It just doesn’t work that way. We must be united at home to defeat our adversaries abroad.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Pelosi rolls her eyes hard after Trump says, "an economic miracle is taking place in the United States, and the only thing that can stop it are foolish wars, politics, or *ridiculous, partisan investigations*" pic.twitter.com\/amkeDpZhP8<\/a><\/p>\n

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 6, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n