Posted on 08/01/2019 3:02:57 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
While many progressives were dismayed to learn on Thursday that Democratic leaders remain reticent to call for impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump, some looked with admiration at the hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans who successfully forced their governor from office with days of non-violent protests.
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló's resignation Wednesday night followed nearly two weeks of historic, sustained demonstrations by Puerto Ricans angry over leaked messages showing the governor and his associates denigrating his constituents, as well as a corruption scandal.
Puerto Ricans have given "their fellow Americans the blueprint to remove Trump," wrote one progressive critic on social media.
Meanwhile, in the wake of former Special Counsel Robert Mueller's testimony before the House Judiciary Committee, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) reportedly dismissed Rep. Jerrold Nadler's (D-N.Y.) suggestion in a closed-door meeting that House committees begin drafting articles of impeachment against the president.
At the hearing, Mueller testified that Trump was "not exculpated" for obstruction of justice. His testimony confirmed that Trump ordered former White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Mueller and told former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to order the Department of Justice to limit the special counsel's probe.
A number of observers noted after the hearing that those facts—along with Trump's alleged violation of the Constitution's emoluments clause, advocacy for violence against his political opponents, attacks on the free press, and other alleged misconduct—provided enough evidence for Democrats to draft articles of impeachment.
"In less than 16 days from the time the first news broke of his horrible and hateful comments, Puerto Rican Gov. Ricardo Rosselló is expected to resign after mass protests," tweeted Human Rights Campaign press secretary Charlotte Clymer. "I can't even recall all the horrible shit Trump has done in the last 16 days."
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“I can’t even recall all the horrible sh+t Trump has done in the last 16 days.”
Huh. Neither can I. Probably because he hasn’t.
Wake up from that wet dream you’re having.
LOL! Great comments!
Best to both!
TDS is a funny thing to watch.
Well, he, ah, umm, he said, ah, ummm...
RACIST!
Except that the governor of PR was a corrupt moron.
CC
There's no such thing as a legal standard to prove a negative. It's a logical fallacy in fact.
His testimony confirmed that Trump ordered former White House Counsel Don McGahn to fire Mueller and told former campaign manager Corey Lewandowski to order the Department of Justice to limit the special counsel's probe.
None of which is against the law, and in fact, is completely within the Chief Executive's powers to do so.
The author is a t**twistling knuckles**t.
So my President, duly elected, “needs to be ‘removed’”?
Now just why is this?
Because you don’t care about my Constitutional rights? My voting rights?
Please let me introduce you to my 2nd Amendment rights
Where are the throngs (not rallies) for Trump?
No-freaking-where.
Pretty stupid there, she does not even realize Puerto Rico happened BECAUSE of Trump!
**Puerto Rico current events
The solution, for Democrats, is to utilize “extra-democratic” and if necessary, illegal means to achieve the end they feel is appropriate.
Democrat representatives don’t “represent,” they “lead.” This is because Democrats truly feel they know what’s best for you.
Usually, this means taking money from your pocket and handing half of it to the people who vote for them.
The other half? Well...
Well,ILLary's blueprint included carrying FL,NC,PA,OH,MI,IN,WI,IA and the 2nd Congressional District of Maine. But it didn't work too well.
Go ahead buttwads. Just try. That would be the trigger. Make our day.
.....Human Rights Campaign press secretary Charlotte Clymer....
She’s actually a “Clymer”?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Clymer
Wow!
Of course, the Puerto Ricans have in NO WAY provided a blueprint for the “resistance” to remove our President! Only a Clymer would believe that!!!!
Yup.
A so called Human Rights person . They love their titles , and yet are full of hate, bigotry, and intolerance.
Funny...that’s what I said when Egyptian citizens got rid of the muslim brotherhood leader installed (with help from obama the maggot) during obama’s term.
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