Republicans keep flailing wildly looking for ways to defend High Criminal Resident Donald Trump, but every time they offer a new excuse to justify bribery and extortion, truthful witnesses come forward and Democrats use their testimony to pull the Republicans’ rug out.
The first week of impeachment hearings produced powerful testimony about President Donald Trump’s pressure on Ukraine to investigate his political opponents, but also a number of defensive arguments by Republicans. Unfortunately for Trump, none of them is consistent with the facts. Here’s a review of the various excuses and their flaws.
No harm, no foul.
Republicans say that, since Ukraine eventually received the military aid that Trump withheld, and never launched the investigations he demanded of former vice president Joe Biden and Ukraine’s role in the 2016 election, there was no offense. That’s like arguing that, if an armed robber flees the bank he is holding up before getting any money, he should be excused. Trump released the hold on aid to Ukraine only after Congress announced an investigation.
Moreover, there was harm. The episode damaged U.S.-Ukrainian relations. Instead of supporting Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelensky, as he sought to fend off Russian aggression, Trump signaled to both the Ukrainians and Vladimir Putin that the United States was an unreliable ally…. [emphasis added]
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I shared only the first of six examples in the article. Click through for the other five.
Rachel Maddow covered this story in two segments.
Impeachment Witnesses Explode Trump Defense, Expose Perry, Mike Pence
Impeachment Spawns New Scandals Despite Democrats’ Narrow Focus
You might ask jus what all this has to do with a firing squad. The Republican Reich are forming a circular firing squad. Circular firing squads used to be an exclusively Democratic demesnes . No more.
RESIST!!
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WOW! Excellent videos and post, TC…
Gawd, the plot thickens and gets closer to the facts/cover-up and the truth into how this all evolved.
Still listening…S–T is gonna hit the fan here shortly…
dam…I’m gonna have to go buy more popcorn!
Any one of those “defenses” might work with Republicans. Some combinations of two or more might work with Republicans. Not one of them would work with anyone who possess rudimentary ethics. But them, Republicans don’t.
I just saw a cartoon of Richard Reed, the shoe bomber, out of prison, saying “According to the Republicans, “ATTEMPTED” crimes no longer count!” And, let’s not forget the Ukrainians who died while dumpy held the money hostage.
MSNBC #1: Rick Perry, and the rest are pure snotbags, and nothing is too scummy for them to try. So, Trump, who only hires “the Best,” hires this dirtbag, who is running away.
#2: “More scandal, and potentially more criminal behavior?” This is who Rick Perry has been for ages, I’ll bet. Lawyer up, you bastards!
You know English is not my first language, so I have to ask; is what Republicans are doing called “painting yourself into a corner”?
Yup.
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Great minds …
That’s exactly the pic I downloaded to use as a response – then wondered if it violated copyright concerns.
Glad you did it!
That did cross my mind, but I figured it was safe since it’s available on magazine covers all over, and showing here is more like advertising it than infringing it. The picture alone without the Time cover frame I might worry abut.
How about linking back to Time? That shows your intent to credit rather than steal.
Done now, thanks.
Into a corner of the cell.
pErry and pEnse are just as evil as their leader. Hopefully they will be caught with plenty of dirt on/about them too, that they will be long gone too.
Was watching the impeachment hearings throughout the day and was disturbed each and every time it was handed over to one of the flipping repugs.
Just listening to the way they talk down to these people is disgusting.
What got me was that tRump was badgering the witnesses by tweeting to them despicable remarks. To me, he should be punished royally for his criminal actions.
Thanks TomCat
Ethics are anathema to Republicans.
There are cracks in the Republican dam and they are growing bigger by the day. Perry and others such as Kurt Volker have resigned from the administration. Word has it that Pompeo is also looking to get out in order to run for the US senate next year.
Ah, like rats from a sinking ship.
If Trump cares so much about corruption, he should start cleaning it up at home first. But then that would mean starting with himself and THAT he would never do.
Almost two months ago George Conway (Kellyanne’s husband) co-authored an Op-Ed in WaPo w/ Neal Kytal (law professor at Georgetown) laying out the reasons why impeachment was mandatory. I enjoyed their legal craft in explaining it clearly and concisely.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-has-done-plenty-to-warrant-impeachment-but-the-ukraine-allegations-are-over-the-top/2019/09/20/51eff90c-dbf1-11e9-bfb1-849887369476_story.html#comments-wrapper
Thanks. That’s the best explanation I’ve heard.
Thanks and Hump Day Hugs to all.