Posted on 10/24/2019 4:35:36 AM PDT by EyesOfTX
You can forget about the Senate doing anything effective about the sham non-impeachment process being run by Adam Schiff and San Fran Nan. – House Republicans are on their own on this deal. Lindsey Graham gave that reality away during the first minute of his appearance on Sean “Tick-Tock” Hannity’s tediously-repetitive program on Fox News last night:
Here’s the crucial exchange:
Hannity: Adam Schiff is now a fact witness – would you be able to call him to testify before your committee?
Graham: I doubt it. The whole impeachment inquiry has been referred to the [Senate] Intelligence Committee.
Oh.
Graham goes on to talk about a “resolution” he plans to introduce on the floor of the Senate today, “objecting” to the raging abuses of process and power being employed by Pelosi and Schiff, but he knows that all it will take is an objection from a single Democrat to kill that meaningless gesture. But Graham’s entire life is built around meaningless gestures and interviews with the always-reliable Hannity these days, so that’s to be expected.
The only meaningful thing Graham said in that entire 6:47 clip is the part about everything being assigned to the Intelligence Committee. That would be the black hole of deep state toadies chaired by RINO Richard Burr in name only, and in fact run for the last 3 years by Virginia Democrat Mark Warner, who has led Burr around on a leash like John McCain used to lead Graham around. Yes, that Senate Intelligence Committee.
So, Mitch McConnell, by assigning everything to do with impeachment to the wrong committee – there can be no possible jurisdictional reason why an impeachment process focused on diplomatic dealings involving military aid to a foreign government should be assigned to the committee that has oversight over the nation’s spy community – has ensured that the Senate will do absolutely nothing to conduct any real oversight of its own until articles of impeachment have been delivered at his doorstep.
We might – and should – admire Majority Leader Yertle (thanks to Larry Schweikart for that dead-on nickname for McConnell) for his tenacity in getting President Trump’s judicial nominees confirmed, and to Graham’s credit, all of those nominations go through his Judiciary Committee. But we should never forget that McConnell is a DC Swamp critter to the core, and that his real loyalties in life are to the maintenance of his own privileges, perks and power. He’s more than happy to let Pelosi and Schiff conduct their KGB-style interrogations of witnesses in the Capitol basement with zero oversight from the Senate in the form of hearings or investigations, or indeed without even a peep of protest emerging from his reptilian lips.
So, Republicans in the House are on their own, and up until yesterday, they – and only a handful of them at that – had also limited their activities to issuing sure-to-fail resolutions on the House floor and making appearances on Fox News. But, thanks to Florida Republican Matt Gaetz, who understands that his Party has been bringing a hand grenade to a nuclear war thus far in this fight, that all changed on Wednesday, at least temporarily.
Gaetz led a group of about 35 or so GOP House members down to the Capitol basement hearing room in which Schiff and his fellow Soviet Democrats have been conducting their witness interrogations. There, the held a peaceful demonstration outside the room, held a press availability and generally disrupted the process, stealing a tactic the Democrats and their surrogates use 1,000 time every day all across America. Naturally, the fake news media uniformly described the demonstration as “storming” the hearing room. Because, you know, these are Republicans, and the media simply must use Nazi analogies and imagery anytime possible.
But the point here is that what Gaetz and his fellow Republicans did was effective, in stark contrast to what Graham is planning to do today with his meaningless “resolution.” They got the attention of fake news media outlets outside of Fox News, and even got coverage on the network nightly news programs, something their other antics pretty much never do.
So Gaetz and a handful of fellow GOP House members like Mark Meadows, Devin Nunez and Jim Jordan get it. They understand the real nature of the war that is going on here, and that it is a war not just on President Trump, but on every Republican and every citizen in this country. That’s good.
But here’s the thing: If the demonstration Gaetz led on Wednesday ends up being a one-time thing, then it’s just a stunt, one that will be forgotten by the end of today. To be effective and to move public opinion, these Republicans need to be back there, or doing something similar, today, and tomorrow and every day next week and the week after that and the week after that, until they force Pelosi and Schiff to open up this dark, Soviet-style process to the light of day.
Gaetz’s instincts are good, and the tactic he led yesterday was quite effective. But will he have any follow-through? Guess we’ll find out today.
Don’t hold your breath.
That is all.
There is not enough fuel to keep this burning. Impeachment will fizzle out.
Impeachment referred to Senate Intelligence Committee?
Of course, refer it to the most corrupt committee whose members were involved in the coup.
I am so damn tired of the criminals and their coverups. We are left without much choice but the harshest measures to save the country.
Isn’t There anyone in the Senate to oppose this going to the intelligence/”in bed with the swamp” committee?
UPDATED: Lindsey Graham clarifies describing GOP storming of closed-door deposition as 'nuts'
Perfect article.
Why do we keep having republicans who accept initial media reports and denounce their fellow republicans because the media said they did something wrong? What the hell is that all about?
The Derp State Republicans despise Donald Trump as much as the Gungrabbing babykillers do. Gaetz’ Kabuki will be forgotten today, and they’ll keep on working to get illegal aliens into the US to be a reliable vote for the democrats, cheap gardeners for the Republicans, and using the children as sex slaves for Hollywood and Washington elites.
There is not enough fuel to keep this burning. Impeachment will fizzle out.
Not until November 2020. The circus will continue as long as the Dems have the green light from the Senate GOP to continue this coupist op.
Thanks. I don’t get that much around here.
That’s funny. Lyin’ Lindsay is having such a hard time faking interest in Democrat crimes. It goes against his breeding and career.
.....waiting....
If Trump wins n 2020 ..he needs to change the name of the party and its leadership...
When I see GOP I see the useless party...
Thoroughly spineless, inept senators such as republican’t graham led by example by corrupt yertle the turtle will do nothing to assist President Trump.
Actually Lindsay is doing more for our future then any house member could dream. Getting those judges on board will pay dividends for decades.
The rumor is that Graham will not subpoena witnesses before his committee because it would implicate his friend John McCain. It may be that it also implicates Lindsay Graham.
Graham probably thinks impeachment will fizzle out and will ignore any action to hold Democrats accountable for the coupe attempt
Rush nailed it the other day; Graham won’t touch impeachment, because the investigation would implicate this deceased buddy, John McCain (and possibly others) in the acquisition of the Russian dossier. As I recall, one of McCain’s senior aides was dispatched to the U.K. to pick up the first copy of that document, and its a given that other GOP-E types were involved as well.
So Graham defends his mentor, who assumed room temperature a year ago. In return, McCain’s minions stay silent on Lindsey’s “alternative” life style. Confirmation of that would kill his re-election chances in South Carolina.
Mitch is playing with fire unless he intends to retire...if Trump is impeached, Mitch is finished in Kentucky and will suffer as badly as Trump in this corrupt excercise.
When will the good people of South Carolina vote Lindsey Graham out of office? Same for Kentucky and Yertle. These jerks are all entrenched, but only because their constituents continue to vote for them. Primary them, please!! It’s way past time. Let’s do our part to drain the swamp!
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