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Too Big to Fail: Dems Won’t Let the Russia Witch-hunt End
Townhall.com ^ | May 13, 2019 | Harmeet Dhillon

Posted on 05/14/2019 3:52:15 AM PDT by Kaslin

As far as the Democrats are concerned, the Russia collusion witch hunt is too big to fail.

After their two-year, $35 million investigation of the Trump Campaign failed to take down President Trump, they’ve grown increasingly desperate to continue earning returns on their political investment in national division, strife, and false accusations.

Ever since Special Counsel Robert Mueller determined that there was no collusion with Russia and declined to charge the president with obstruction of justice, the Democrat Party came up with yet another shady plan to undermine the administration — trying to lure civilians on the sidelines, including President Trump's eldest son, into perjury traps. We are familiar with this playbook.

In an underhanded move, Democrats in the Senate Intelligence Committee managed to convince pushover Republican Chairman Richard Burr to subpoena Donald Trump, Jr. to testify about Russia — something he has already done at great length, and something that is well outside the legitimate oversight role of the committee.

Not one other Republican senator on the Intelligence Committee supported the decision to drag Donald Trump, Jr. back for another round of testimony — Burr conspired with the Democrat members to effect this travesty all on his own, for reasons unknown.

Last time this issue came up, Donald Trump Jr. provided roughly 30,000 documents to the Senate Intelligence Committee, and spent about nine hours answering lawmakers’ questions. In total, he has testified in front of various congressional committees for almost 27 hours – and provided thousands of pages of documents for Congress to review. This was following the unilateral release by Trump, Jr. of all his emails related to the infamous but legally insignificant Trump Tower meeting in June 2016.

If nearly 30 hours of testimony isn’t enough to satisfy the Democrats, then what is? Is there anything Donald Trump, Jr. could possibly say that would convince Democrats to accept his innocence? Based on the way Democrats have reacted to the Mueller Report’s findings so far, that doesn’t seem likely. To the contrary, their current sport is to trap a big fish in a perjury net, but they have set their sights on the wrong prey, and it will not be so easy to land this fish as it has been for others unaware at the start of this travesty that the intention of the questioners was not to ascertain the truth, but to score political victories and obtain leverage, even destroying people’s lives in the process.

Let’s be clear. Donald Trump, Jr. is no Richard Burr-style Republican. The president’s first son is a force of nature in American politics today in his own right. He has a nationwide base of support among Republicans, social media users, and regular Americans like no First Family member in American history.

Moreover, this Trump apple didn’t fall far from the tree. Donald Trump, Jr. is a fighter like his old man, and he will fight tirelessly to counter this congressional overreach for pure partisan motives.

Democrats in the House of Representatives, for their part, are equally committed to prolonging the Russia collusion witch hunt, with the House Judiciary Committee recently voting to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with its demand that he violate federal laws and regulations by releasing a completely unredacted version of the Mueller Report.

The Democrats will never abandon the collusion hoax for one simple reason — conceding that there was never any collusion or obstruction would also mean acknowledging that they’ve been deceiving the American people for more than two years for no better reason than their disappointment over the result of the 2016 election. This is an attempt to redo the 2016 election results, pure and simple.

Even if Mueller repeated the phrase “no collusion” on every page of his report, the Democrats would still find an excuse to subpoena and harass the president’s son and slander the attorney general for simply doing his job. 

The ongoing circus in Congress has nothing to do with pursuing the truth, and everything to do with salvaging a discredited partisan hit job gone wrong. For Democrats — and apparently for their lone Republican dupe, as well — the Russia witch-hunt is simply “too big to fail.”


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: donaldtrumpjr; presidenttrump; russiacollusion; witchhunt

1 posted on 05/14/2019 3:52:15 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

Too bad the dem party can’t be made to pay the cost to the taxpayers of the fraud.

OR SOMEONE do at least one day in jail/prison.

At this point, overnight would be nice.


2 posted on 05/14/2019 3:56:45 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Kaslin

As America yawns.


3 posted on 05/14/2019 3:56:51 AM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable DeplorablCNN)
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To: Kaslin

The Russia collusion witch hunt IS a great fund-raiser for the Democrats. They keep putting up that boogieman, the cash keeps rolling in, almost as reliably as for things like “climate change”, “gun control”, or “open borders”.

Democrats rarely ever seek the resolution to a problem, they prefer to keep the controversy as a campaign issue.


4 posted on 05/14/2019 3:59:08 AM PDT by alloysteel (The difference between real life and fiction? Fiction has to make sense and follow some logic.)
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To: Kaslin; laplata

It is over and their nightmare is about to begin!


5 posted on 05/14/2019 4:03:43 AM PDT by DarthVader (Not by speeches & majority decisions will the great issues of today be decided but by Blood & Iron)
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To: Kaslin

The title: “Too big to fail”

Certainly true since much of the country believes it, even though there are no supporting facts, never have been. Same goes with anything else the left throws out there via the MSM, climate change being another shining star.

Over the years I’ve found quite a number of good willed people that are reasonably intelligent that if it’s printed (or spoken on the news), it’s the truth. I’m not talking left wing whackos here, they are fairly normal folks. Just gullible.


6 posted on 05/14/2019 4:40:23 AM PDT by redfreedom
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To: dp0622; Kaslin

Ever see the movie “Titanic” where the guy and gal are standing on the very stern of the ship as it begins its final plunge into the deadly ocean?

That is the Left and Russian Collusion/Obstruction. They are going to ride it all the way in.

And it will end up with the guy sinking into the depths (the removal of Trump) while the freezing lefties clinging to the debris intone “Don’t let go...don’t let go...”

I love it. Let them ride that baby all the way down.


7 posted on 05/14/2019 5:27:36 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: Can't control their emotions. Can't control their actions. Deny them control of anything.)
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To: rlmorel

NO ONE CARES!!

Yeah, probably most of the D base cares.

But that DOES NOT win Presidential elections anymore.

And when I say D base, I AM NOT including all of the usual blue collar dems that will vote for Trump.

Ds have LOST them, at least for 6 more years.


8 posted on 05/14/2019 5:34:23 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Kaslin

After all the crooked activity undertaken by Warner in this Spygate fiasco? He is running scared his name will be on the indictment list. The crooks have no where to hide anymore. Remember his nefarious telephone conversations.


9 posted on 05/14/2019 5:36:39 AM PDT by iontheball
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To: dp0622

I hope you are right!


10 posted on 05/14/2019 5:42:11 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: Can't control their emotions. Can't control their actions. Deny them control of anything.)
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To: dp0622

Hell we can’t even find out who benefited from the $17M used to defend congress creeps from sexual harassment and or worse charges!


11 posted on 05/14/2019 6:16:16 AM PDT by Harpotoo (Being a socialist is a lot easier than having to WORK like the rest of US:-))
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To: Harpotoo

My God you’re right.

We have 532 kings and queens.


12 posted on 05/14/2019 6:17:34 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: Kaslin

Their entire game plan depends on it.


13 posted on 05/14/2019 7:06:54 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: DarthVader

Yes!!


14 posted on 05/14/2019 7:14:42 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: dp0622

Right on! Most of the blue collar Dems will quietly vote for Trump.

In 2020 a lot of people the D’s take for granted will vote for Trump and other R’s.


15 posted on 05/14/2019 7:19:18 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: laplata

Definitely.


16 posted on 05/14/2019 7:33:15 AM PDT by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR)
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To: dp0622

I’d say you are in a very good place, and much better place than most, to get the feel for it. And if you say D’s will vote for Trump, that is a good, reliable thing.


17 posted on 05/14/2019 7:36:02 AM PDT by laplata (The Left/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Kaslin; Liz

Waitasecond. Two Trump terms followed by two Trump Jr. terms? Gonna need bigger psych wards.


18 posted on 05/14/2019 8:41:02 AM PDT by Libloather (Global warming is AWESOME!)
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