{"id":43154,"date":"2019-10-31T11:47:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T18:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43154"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:06:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T19:06:29","slug":"trumps-impotent-response-to-impeachment-vote-is-flagrantly-delusional-and-dishonest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newscorpse.com\/ncWP\/?p=43154","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s Impotent Response to Impeachment Vote is Flagrantly Delusional and Dishonest"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Thursday morning the House of Representatives did what Donald Trump and his Republican Nationalist Party has been asking for. They voted to proceed with the impeachment inquiry in an open, accessible manner that permits the GOP to review all documents and transcripts, issue subpoenas, and cross-examine witnesses. So naturally Trump and Republicans are still whining.<\/p>\n

\"Donald
\n<\/a><\/p>\n

The spectacle of a president whining like a petulant child seems unthinkable, but for Trump it is business as usual. During his campaign he actually bragged that he is “the most fabulous whiner<\/a><\/strong>.”<\/em> And he has spent his presidency proving it<\/a><\/strong>. Now, with the walls closing in around him, Trump is lashing out incoherently in a panicked effort to escape accountability for his treasonous misconduct. In an official statement<\/a><\/strong> from the White House, Trump laid out an impotent case for his acquittal. Let’s take a closer look at the full statement with some explanatory annotations:<\/p>\n

“The President has done nothing wrong, and the Democrats know it.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The President has done a great many things wrong and, unfortunately for him, the Democrats and a majority of Americans<\/a><\/strong> know it. Among his criminal and impeachable offenses are extortion, campaign finance violations, witness intimidation, obstruction of justice, and conspiracy against the United States.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats\u2019 unhinged obsession with this illegitimate impeachment proceeding does not hurt President Trump; it hurts the American people.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

The right calls everything Democrats do unhinged and partisan, so those labels have lost any meaning or relevance. As for the impeachment hurting the American people, that’s impossible considering that fact that a majority of them are in favor of it<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Instead of focusing on pressing issues that impact real families, like reducing gun violence, passing the USMCA, improving healthcare, lowering prescription drug costs, securing our southern border, and modernizing our aging infrastructure, the Democrats are choosing every day to waste time on a sham impeachment\u2014a blatantly partisan attempt to destroy the President.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Democrats in the House of Representatives have passed bills addressing nearly all of those issues<\/a><\/strong>, plus more than 300 others. It’s the GOP Majority Leader, Mitch McConnell, who is refusing to let them come to a vote in the Senate.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“With today\u2019s vote, Speaker Pelosi and the Democrats have done nothing more than enshrine unacceptable violations of due process into House rules. Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Schiff, and the Democrats conducted secret, behind-closed-door meetings, blocked the Administration from participating, and have now voted to authorize a second round of hearings that still fails to provide any due process whatsoever to the Administration.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually, the rules being followed by the Democrats were written and codified in 2015 by a Republican House majority led by Speaker John Boehner. This was notably pointed out by Judge Andrew Napolitano<\/a><\/strong>, the Senior Legal Analyst at Fox News. What’s more, Republicans were participants in every hearing and witness interview that the White House is now falsely portraying as “secret.”<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The Democrats want to render a verdict without giving the Administration a chance to mount a defense. That is unfair, unconstitutional, and fundamentally un-American.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

First of all, there is nothing unconstitutional about a process that is actually in the Constitution. But more to the point, Democrats are conducting an inquiry. In no legal proceeding is the “defendant”<\/em> permitted to participate in that investigation. When it is concluded it will either be dropped for lack of evidence, or an indictment and trial will take place. And that’s when Trump’s side will have ample opportunity to present their defense. The White House is deliberately trying to deceive the public as to how these matters are conducted.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, the Deceiver-in-Chief is Donald Trump himself. He is mounting a disinformation campaign to attack the process, and by extension, the Constitution. And he’s getting plenty of help from State TV (aka Fox News), which is having problems of its own<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Trump posted a four-tweet quote by Fox’s Laura Ingraham that is nothing more than a GOP pep talk to pressure the right to obediently follow Dear Leader and abandon integrity, honesty, and morality, and to place Trump’s interests above those of the country. And most of the Fox roster is doing the same thing. So once again, it needs to be pointed out that this network is an arm of the Trump regime and should be designated as such for campaign finance purposes.<\/p>\n

\n

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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

On Thursday morning the House of Representatives did what Donald Trump and his Republican Nationalist Party has been asking for. They voted to proceed with the impeachment inquiry in an open, accessible manner that permits the GOP to review all documents and transcripts, issue subpoenas, and cross-examine witnesses. 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