Posted on 02/04/2020 11:21:24 AM PST by Jim Robinson
Senate Majority Mitch McConnell took to the chamber floor Tuesday to say the only high crime and misdemeanor committed by President Trump was his defeat of Hillary Clinton in 2016, pushing back against House Democrats’ charges in the “nonsense impeachment.”
“That is the original sin of this presidency — that he won and they lost,” Mr. McConnell said.
The Kentucky Republican pointed the finger at House Democrats, arguing they were the ones to abuse power, saying they pursued the only partisan impeachment in American history due to their hatred of this president and fear they cannot beat him in the next election.
“The impeachment power exists for a reason. It is no nullity, but invoking it on a partisan whim to settle three-year-old political scores…it insults the framers’ design,” he said.
Mr. Trump was impeached on a party-line vote by House Democrats on Dec. 18, charging him with abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, stemming from a July phone call with the Ukrainian president where Mr. Trump requested a probe into his political rival, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden while withholding financial aid to Ukraine.
The Senate is expected to vote Wednesday to acquit Mr. Trump of the charges.
Mr. McConnell said it was the first impeachment by the House of Representatives that was “unbound by criminal law,” saying the charge of obstruction of Congress is “nonsense” because executive privilege has always been litigated in impeachment proceedings.
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Finally!
God Bless President Trump!
Gee, Mitch! Where have you BEEN for the past 3 years and change?
Kudos to Mitch McConnell.
He took a lot of flak from us - some of it justified - but he did a major-league stand-up here.
P.S. Trump. Landslide, 2020! KAG! :)
Wow, I didn’t know Mitch had that in him!
Great, now he's given the dhimmi's their template for the next go-round! /s
The Seinfeld Impeachment
Good for Mitch McConnell.
Collins speaking at 4pm and will announce her impeachment vote decision.
Mitch has delivered on judges, especially SCOTUS, and kept impeachment from being an all-year affair.
Finally, an adult in the room...
. . . and the voters have to ask themselves do they really want to turn their health care and government over to a bunch of power mad liars who can’t even run their own caucus?
Bob
@RobertGardne
Did someone put Schiff and Nadler in charge of the Iowa Caucas???
Personally, I would have preferred if he had just called for an end to House Democrats.
Collins is in a tough re-election campaign and would be advised to vote no. Republicans will null her on the ballot if she votes yes.
Her best shot is getting Trump coat tails because he's going to carry Maine.
BTW my sister-in-law was in a campaign ad for her opponent.
He certainly gave them every opportunity to present their case. It was beyond fair.
right on!
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