{"id":42954,"date":"2019-10-08T12:26:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T19:26:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42954"},"modified":"2019-10-09T02:11:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T09:11:01","slug":"holy-kowtow-trump-fluffers-on-fox-news-come-out-in-favor-of-abuse-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=42954","title":{"rendered":"Holy Kowtow: Trump-Fluffers on Fox News Come Out in Favor of ‘Abuse of Power’"},"content":{"rendered":"

As more evidence of Donald Trump’s betrayal of American principles and laws is revealed, he is sinking further into an abyss of fear, paranoia, and desperation. His language is becoming more maniacal<\/a><\/strong> and his attacks are losing any semblance of sanity<\/a><\/strong>. It’s a painful spectacle to watch for patriotic citizens.<\/p>\n

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Likewise, Trump’s defenders at State TV (aka Fox News) are similarly abandoning logic and reason, and are foregoing any effort to employ facts in their pursuit of excusing Trump’s rancid dishonesty and criminality. Their arguments have devolved into denying objective reality – including Trump’s own statements – or insisting that his public pronouncements were merely jokes<\/a><\/strong> (which would be appalling by itself). They swing wildly from “Trump didn’t do that”<\/em> to “Okay, he did it, but everybody does it”<\/em> to “So what, it isn’t illegal”<\/em> to frantic howls of “Witch Hunt!”<\/em><\/p>\n

Now the Fox News defensive line has taken up a brand new and wholly repulsive approach to Trump’s misdeeds. Fox and Friends legal and political analyst, Gregg Jarrett, offered his predictably sycophantic exaltation of Trump. The segment sought to ignore Trump’s blatantly unlawful attempts to extort Ukraine’s President Zelensky into digging up dirt on Joe Biden. And Jarrett’s glassy-eyed apologia was ludicrous on its face (video below)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

“The fact of the matter is the President’s conversation was not a crime, it’s not an impeachable offense. In the beginning Democrats and the media said ‘Oh, the conversation is a crime.’ Until the Department of Justice Criminal Division said ‘We looked at the transcript. It’s not a crime. It’s not a campaign violation.'”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course it is a crime to seek anything of value from a foreign government to benefit a U.S. political campaign. And it’s even worse when the pressure applied is the withholding of military aid that was allocated by Congress. What’s more, Jarrett’s suggestion that the decision of Trump’s lackey, Attorney General William Barr, has any legal merit is preposterous. But he wasn’t finished:<\/p>\n

“So now Democrats have embraced this amorphous concept known as ‘abuse of power’ which is nowhere in the Constitution. And the trouble with that is that it’s this sort of shifting sands of subjective interpretation that can be abused for political reasons. Exactly what the framers did not want.”<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Jarrett is actually arguing that abuse of power is not prohibited by the Constitution and that the Founders never intended for it be grounds for impeachment. That goes against every principle that America was founded upon. The impeachment language in the Constitution was specifically included as a remedy for abuse of power. Alexander Hamilton explicitly regarded it as a guard against “the abuse or violation of some public trust.”<\/em> It is exactly what the Framers DID want.<\/p>\n

The fact that the phrase “abuse of power”<\/em> isn’t in the Constitution is irrelevant and, really, silly. A lot of things are not in the Constitution, including abortion, separation of church and state, executive orders, right to privacy, homosexuality, freedom of expression, and lots more. But there is abundant case law that defines constitutional rights that weren’t in the original document. That is, in fact, what the Founders intended. It’s why the Constitution was so short and had provisions for amendments.<\/p>\n

For Jarrett to bemoan the “shifting sands of subjective interpretation”<\/em> is ironic since that’s precisely what he’s engaging in. Except his interpretation is at odds with the Framers – and reality. He’s literally arguing that abuse of power – which was the impetus for the revolution against the British monarchy – should be permitted. It’s an advocacy of tyranny. And he wants to bestow that limitless authority unto his Dear Leader Trump. Which is especially troubling since Trump is a wannabe dictator who is already acting as if he has it.<\/p>\n

Addendum:<\/strong> On Tuesday, Trump shill Joe DiGenova appeared on Laura Ingraham’s show<\/a><\/strong> and called the whistleblower a “suicide bomber.”<\/em> He also referred to the impeachment as “regicide”<\/em> (killing a king). Which, of course, means he thinks that Trump is a king. Which, of course, means that he is an un-American idiot.<\/p>\n

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How Fox News Deceives and Controls Their Flock:
\nFox Nation vs. Reality: The Fox News Cult of Ignorance.<\/a>
\nAvailable now at Amazon.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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— Bobby Lewis (@revrrlewis) October 8, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n