Posted on 01/28/2020 5:19:12 AM PST by EyesOfTX
If you don’t think there was very good reason to investigate Joe and Hunter Biden’s influence game vis a vis Ukraine, then you, friend, are a liberal hack. – That’s the one and only conclusion any reasonable person can reach after Pam Bondi’s tour de force on the Senate floor Monday, where she literally evicerated the father/son gang of thugs.
Bondi, a former Attorney General of Florida who is a key part of the Trump defense team, not only exposed the Bidens’ racketeering in Ukraine, but also in China and Iraq, two other countries where Quid Pro Joe served as Obama’s “point man” on foreign policy. During the course of her expose’, Bondi not only exposed the Bidens, she also exposed the House Managers as dishonest hacks, and exposed the news media for the manner in which it actually made token efforts to expose the Biden corruption, but then turned on a dime to defend Quid Pro Joe once he declared himself a candidate for the presidency.
This exposure naturally threw the Capital press corps into a rage, and Texas Senator Ted Cruz became a target of their ire when he held a brief presser after Bondi had finished. Watch as Cruz exposes the Democrat/media hacks for what they are in this clip, which is followed by a transcript.
Here’s the Clip:
Comfortably Smug @ComfortablySmug Ted Cruz just went beastmode shredding Hunter Biden and Joe and the journos went bonkers!!! LMAOOOOO
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Here’s the transcript for those of you who still like to read stuff:
Cruz: This was the first time in the entire proceeding we have heard just the beginning of the serious evidence of corruption involving Burisma, the Ukrainian natural gas company that paid Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son, a million dollars a year…[reporter interrupts]… let me finish, I’ll answer the question…[another interruption] … let me answer the question without interrupting me please.
Burisma paid Hunter Biden, Joe Biden’s son, a million dollars a year while Hunter [Joe] Biden threatened Ukraine to withhold a billion dollars in aid unless and until they filed the prosecutor investigating his son.
Reporter: When did Hunter Biden threaten anyone, sir?
Cruz: Joe Biden. Joe Biden, the Vice President of the United States, and we just saw a video, and I would encourage each and every news outlet here to actually show the video of Joe Biden bragging how he told the President of the Ukraine he was gonna cut off a billion dollars…he was gonna block a billion dollars in foreign aid to Ukraine unless they fired the prosecutor.
And Joe Biden, in his own words, ‘son of a bitch, the fired the guy.’
Reporter: So, why not have Bolton testify? [lots of belligerent crosstalk here from reporters]
Cruz: So, I get that the press loves to obsess over the latest bombshell. Listen, I don’t know what John Bolton’s book says or doesn’t say. I’ve seen the New York Times coverage, but at the end of the day, it doesn’t impact the legal issue before this senate.
The legal issue before this senate is whether the President has the authority to investigate corruption. The House Managers built their entire case [reporter tries to interrupt] on the proposition that investigating Burisma corruption, investigating the Bidens for corruption, was baseless and a sham. [more reporter interruptions]
Hold on, let me finish this…[more interruptions – note how desperate the media hacks are to prevent him from getting this point made] no, I’m gonna finish my point and then I’ll be happy to answer your question. The House Managers based their entire case on the proposition that investigating Burisma – and concerning the Bidens – was baseless and a sham.
That proposition is absurd. We’ve just seen…they said there wasn’t a shred of evidence concerning corruption. We’ve just seen two hours of evidence. And at a minimum, it was not only reasonable and justified, but the President, I think, had an obligation to investigate corrupt that potentially extended to the very highest levels of government.
Reporter: Senator, in that two hours, none of the President’s attorneys mentioned a single possible crime that Hunter or Joe Biden are accused of. [Cruz laughs out loud at this] What this basically is, is Hunter Biden got a job, and his father was Vice President. If that’s a crime, shouldn’t half of your children be in jail?
Cruz: [Laughing in the idiot’s face] My children are 9 and 11, and I’m sorry that you want to throw a 9 year-old in prison, but at this point, my third-grader plays basketball and softball at her school, so stop playing the nasty [reporter interrupts] no, stop playing the nasty Washington game [reporter interrupts again] attacking a 9 year-old? [lost of crosstalk here]
Reporter: Senator, we have seen reports of a possible one for one trade on witnesses. Would you be open to that idea?
Cruz: In my view, additional witnesses are not necessary. The House Managers have presented their case, and they haven’t come remotely close to meeting their burden of proof. Now, that being said, if the senate later this week when we vote on witnesses decides to go down the road to additional witnesses, I think at a minimum, the most important witness for the senate to hear from is now Hunter Biden. [reporter interrupts] Let another reporter have a chance [talking to the previous idiot]
Reporter: Why don’t you want to hear from John Bolton under oath?
Cruz: I don’t believe the testimony is necessary. The House Managers have a burden of proof. A burden of proof to prove their case. They have fallen woefully short. The standard under the constitution is high crimes and misdemeanors. They have not demonstrated any law was violated, and the President was entirely justified in asking for an investigation concerning corruption in the Ukraine and potentially Hunter Biden and Joe Biden.
At the end of the day, there might have been [lots of crosstalk here before the next idiot reporter asks the idiot reporter question of all time]
Reporter: What about the shadow over the presidency? If you don’t have witness testimony in this trial…
Cruz: [laughing out loud at the idiot hack again] Look, the “shadow over the presidency” is the last several months of sham proceedings in the House, where they only heard from prosecution witnesses, and they ignored the very substantial evidence of corruption with the Vice President, going potentially to the very top of the [Obama] Administration.
And let me – by the way, the Obama Administration pointed out the conflict of interest over and over and over again, and so did the press, until the press decided to defend the House Democrats’ partisan impeachment attack. This has been a sham from the beginning. Presidents have the authority to investigate corruption, and it was overwhelming.
[End]
Thank you, Senator Cruz, for summing it all up so succinctly and clearly. No wonder the media hates you so damn much.
That is all.
Not only do they close their eyes and ears and shake their head, they shout out “La La La La La...” guaranteeing they will remain ignorant of the truth. No amount of facts, logic, evidence, or common sense will penetrate their skulls and they will forever continue to support the Leftist movement to transform this country. They do not permit a conversation and a thoughtful debate. That is what we are up against.
Problem is,McConnell won’t allow more than 1 witness
It wont stop at one. If Bolton testifies...he will be asked all kinds of questions by the left’’ as who else did ypu speak to, who else can we subpoena, etc....?
Then they will clamor for even more “witnesses”
“he said yesterday he is not for witness reciprocity”
If he said that, is it possible he doesn’t intend to let the Dems simply drag things out by calling bogus witnesses, or for that matter, *any* witnesses, without giving up the option of calling however many defense witnesses the Republicans want?
PS: It is usual to put spaces after commas, Graham. Just sayin’.
Laughing at them while eviscerating the “journalists” simultaneously is a super smart approach.
Ted has matured and it shows.
If this exchange does not prove that the media are Left wing rude political activists and NOT journalists, nothing will convince you.
Pam did well but Alan Dershowitz’s presentation will be one for the ages.
He literally crushed the entirety of this impeachment sham and put it into historical context denying it as a standard to ever be used again against any future US President.
It was a tour de force. Everyone should watch it.
YouTube is the best source to get the presentations yesterday, remarkably well done from beginning to end.
I watched all of yesterday’s proceedings via NPR live stream, and I enjoyed watching everyone speaking on behalf of the President make the case over and over of why this is a sham impeachment. It started with a sham process, and continued with sham “witnesses”, and now sham articles of impeachment. Dershowitz was very impressive. He insisted that he did his own research, and he did very thorough research. Those talking heads that were all gushing over Schiff last week should be talking about Dershowitz instead. His speech is the one that should be remembered for all time.
If this proceeds to the point that new witnesses are called, then the Senate can kiss their normal ways of doing things goodbye, because they will forever be at the beck and call of the House.
This entire thing isn’t just a sham, it’s shameful.
Leftist musicians (but I repeat myself!) are the worst, and SeattLunatic musicians are the worst of the worst. I’ve had to suppress and hide my private life in order to not get fired from bands. Eventually they find out and then I’m kicked to the curb or ostracized. It sucks because all I wanna do is play.
This makes it obvious why Obama won’t endorse Biden.
I didn’t see the whole Dershowitz presentation and have every intention to look for it - hopefully a transcript. I had looked forward to it and don’t know what came up to interfere with it but something always does!
Pam wasn’t boring. I could stay riveted listening to her but not so the guys. I’m female and am not that fond of females ala politicians OR FOX correspondents and I’ve always liked her; she doesn’t irritate the nerves! A voice one can listen to without thinking of fingernails on a blackboard!!!
Better to watch Alan Dershowitz. IMHO, this will be a historic part of the record. He has much to be proud of in his effort. Seriously, it’s top-notch.
I will certainly do so. Thank you.
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