Posted on 02/06/2020 9:41:34 AM PST by Kaslin
Despite the media and Democrats’ reliance on unnamed political operatives masquerading as whistleblowers, political spin, conspiracy theories, and, in many cases, outright lies, Senate Republicans held firm to the Constitution and acquitted President Trump of each of the Democrats’ sham articles of impeachment. Case closed. Zero wrongdoing. The senate made the right call.
When the initial impeachment hearings were assigned to Adam Schiff’s Intelligence committee, Schiff tried to control the narrative by holding secret hearings in the Secure Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF.) The Schiff SCIF tactic was to make sure Republicans could not talk about the testimony without being accused of breaching national security. Meanwhile, Democrats were selectively leaking half-truths and untruths damaging to the president, free from consequence and repercussion.
Strong Republicans like Arizona Congressman Andy Biggs and Congresswoman Debbie Lesko were having none of it. Joined by other House Republicans they stormed the SCIF. This was the type of action that in the past, establishment Republicans would have dismissed as uncouth or distasteful; however, President Trump and the new wave of Republican leaders understand that the struggle for the very soul of our nation is no longer being fought under Marquise de Queensbury rules, it is instead more akin to a cage fight. Biggs and Lesko, along with dozens of other Republicans, deserve special recognition for their roles to defend the president—maximizing media opportunities, relentlessly coordinating the messaging of Republicans on the Hill, and unabashedly defending the president’s right to due process under the Constitution.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, upon the realization that the two articles of impeachment voted out of the House with bipartisan opposition were doomed to fail, she attempted to hijack the Senate trial, claiming she would not transmit the articles of impeachment to the Senate until the Senate agreed to conduct the trial as she saw fit. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell called her bluff and sure enough, after thirty-three days and frustration from many Democratic senators, Pelosi transmitted the articles after gaining no concessions from a steadfast McConnell.
Throughout the impeachment trial, Democrats and the media constantly sang the chorus “witnesses, witnesses, witnesses.” Reporters tried to shove microphones into the faces of vulnerable Republicans, such as my own Senator Martha McSally, to breathlessly demand an answer on how they would vote when it came to the senate calling additional witnesses.
Again, Republicans stood resolute. Senator McSally said she had “heard enough,” while two of the “targeted” Republican votes, Senator Lamar Alexander and Senator Lisa Murkowski, announced before the witness vote that they would be voting “no.” If impeachment taught them nothing else, Democrats and the liberal mainstream media learned that Republicans, under the leadership of President Trump, will no longer kowtow to the pressure of leftist political pundits, editorial writers, and astroturf Democratic activists.
Ultimately, we witnessed unparalleled solidarity amongst Republicans. All Senate Republicans, aside from failed presidential candidate and perennial Trump antagonist Mitt Romney, voted to acquit President Trump of all charges. Republican senators rightfully saw through the partisan, political theater of the Democrats and recognized that combatting corruption within our government and ensuring that billions of American taxpayers’ hard-earned money is an appropriate function for our nation’s chief executive. Unfortunately for Nancy Pelosi, this resounding acquittal of President Trump means he will forever be “not guilty” of any wrongdoing.
Democrats rigged the impeachment process in the House and hijacked the U.S. Senate for weeks on end, yet after all of the bluster and wasted time, all they accomplished was to prove to all honest observers that their case was based on pure fiction. Congressional Republicans are to be commended for ending this national disgrace that Democrats forced upon us.
In the face of this stinging rebuke of Democrats’ partisan antics, we must not forget that since winning the House Nancy Pelosi and her ruling majority have nearly refused to do anything productive for the American people. Democrats have refused to progress countless proposals by President Trump and congressional Republicans that would substantively solve issues such as reducing healthcare costs, rebuilding our nation’s fraying infrastructure, providing veterans the help they need and deserve, securing the border, and much more. Instead, Democrats have wasted Americans’ time with their petty, partisan bullying of our duly elected president and the tens of millions of Americans who support him.
It’s time to move on and get back to the real work of the American people.
They are going to do it all over again.......................
[[[Time To Get Back To Work]]]
Yeah, good luck with that.
Trump needs to just keep going on his own. He’s accomplished a great deal. Keep calling out the Democrat’s failures along the way.
It’s been THREE years...
Many Congress critters don’t even know what the job REALLY is.
They got elected and all they were told was “impeach Trump”...
It’s been two days and the lefties haven’t accused Trump of a crime?
dems are not going to let go. This is not over.
Republicans have been working the whole time- it was only the do nothing but impeach democrats that were doing nothing-
Who are we kidding? We’ve got maybe a few 24 hours of wind beneath our wings. Nothing will end with this block of HOR Squad thinkers. The Left have nothing but for trying to add Articles to an endless impeachment effort into Election Day.
Wait until AOC unseats Schumer in NY.
“dems are not going to let go. This is not over”.
That’s right. They’ll never quit. They are going to get progressively worse. We ain’t seen nothin’ yet.
Taking back the House is critical.
[[Many Congress critters don’t even know what the job REALLY is.]]
They think their job is going in each day, smoking, drinking, eating lunch, and witching about Trump all day- They get something like $150 spending money each day, and this is on top of their salaries-
They also get5 their cost of living increases every single year- even in those years during the obama reign of horror when his administration declared there was no ‘cost of living increase’ for several years- despite costs rising enormously-
Day is young...
What’s this about “Back” to work? They haven’t ever STARTED working, so how can they get BACK to it?
Kudos to Senator McConnell for his handling of the Impeachment process in the Senate.
Good job Mitch.
Now time for PARDONS! And if they impeach again, the Senate needs to dismiss it pro-forma with an up or down vote. No trial.
Enough of the childish games.
Also the CIA and FBI need to pay an absolutely BRUTAL price for launching a regime change operation at home.
The FBI should have ALL intelligence functions stripped away and given to the Army and Air Force.
The FBI should be severely curtailed and focused on background checks, bank robbery and kidnapping. They should be allowed to provide technical lab assistance to State Police agencies that should take over most of their functions.
They need a roto-rooter in that agency and a dramatic, and one step short of disbanding, reorganization.
How soon until they discover the next big scandal to attack Trump over? A week? Two weeks?
I have people skills, dammit!..........................
Like hell it is. It's time to indict and prosecute the filthy traitors who dragged the president and the entire country through this overthrow attempt!
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