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An Autopsy of the Impeachment Movement
Townhall.com ^ | August 19, 2019 | Congressman Matt Gaetz

Posted on 08/20/2019 4:44:56 AM PDT by Kaslin

Democrats got catfished.

Robert Mueller was supposed to be a towering, commanding figure — the man whose hard-nosed investigative diligence would produce a tidal wave of momentum for impeachment. Democrats expected startling revelations from Mueller that would send Members of Congress clamoring to the House floor, crawling over each other to impeach President Trump.

Instead, they found themselves squirming with disbelief, as an intellectually disheveled Mueller stumbled through answers, often appearing clueless about the claims made in his own report.

The live-action Mueller Report was a flop. Democrats expected a blockbuster but found themselves wishing they could walk out of the theater.

For the American people, the ticket was non-refundable. Democrats wasted 22 months, spent $32 million of taxpayer money, and inflamed an already politically-divided nation.

The American people still deserve answers. Our intelligence community was weaponized by political hacks, posing as top officials in our justice apparatus, who hated Trump. The FISA court was functionally hijacked by the DNC, which converted “salacious and unverified” political opposition research into a warrant to spy on American citizens. The now-infamous “Steele Dossier” was used repeatedly by the FBI in order to spy on the Trump Campaign, despite its lack of verification, and the proven bias of its author.

I asked Robert Mueller whether he could affirm that the Steele Dossier was not a part of Russia’s disinformation campaign. Mueller asserted this was not in his purview — even though the dossier was the lynchpin of this partisan witch hunt. I asked why Mueller declined to document in his report the fact that Democratic operatives met with Russian lawyer Veselnitskaya the day before and the day after the Trump Tower meeting. I asked Mueller why his team was riddled with bias, including agents and lawyers who pledged their allegiance to “the resistance.”

“Director Mueller,” I said, “when people associated with Trump lied, you threw the book at them. When Christopher Steele lied, nothing…when Glenn Simpson met with Russians, nothing. When the Trump met with the Russians? 3500 words. Maybe the reason there are these discrepancies in what you focused on is because the team was so biased and pledged to the resistance. And pledged to stop Trump.”

By the time the hearing ended, Democrats watched their star player come unglued under Republican members’ careful and methodical questioning. All Democrats could do was laud Mueller’s resume and seek — unsuccessfully — to salvage their public relations train wreck.

The liberal media and Democratic operatives mourned the hearing in dramatic fashion:

“This is very, very painful,” wrote a disheartened David Axelrod.

“Much as I hate to say it, this morning’s hearing was a disaster,” liberal pundit, Harvard law professor, and impeachment enthusiast Laurence Tribe tweeted.

“On optics, this was a disaster,” NBC host Chuck Todd lamented.

The Democrats built their argument for impeachment on the back of Robert Mueller. It was a house of cards, and his testimony toppled it.

But their thirst for impeachment is insatiable. Just this month, Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler announced that impeachment proceedings were underway. In their grief, Democrats had managed to resuscitate their precious efforts (if only to stave off primary challengers). They want something to show their constituents — something to justify all the time they have squandered on their impeachment fantasies.

Why stop now? A captain must go down with his ship. Damn the torpedoes and the facts; full steam ahead!

When Democrats took control of the House, they promised new leadership. They claimed they would work to accomplish the work and will of the American people. That’s proven untrue, and instead, they continue beating the dead horse of impeachment. It’s like a bad sequel to “Weekend at Bernie’s.”

Only 37 percent of voters want Congress to pursue impeachment. An overwhelming majority oppose it.

House Democrats are perverting the Founding Fathers’ legitimate safeguards against the executive branch for political gain.

Democrats will pay for their charade at the ballot boxes in 2020. Unfortunately, the American people are paying for it now. Time squandered on faux impeachment proceedings, pointless hearings with John Dean, and other time-wasting exercises do nothing to create jobs, reform immigration laws, fix our healthcare system, or put more money in American families’ pockets.

As August recess draws to a close and Congress returns to Washington, House Democrats have one more chance to prove they can do more than suffocate the will of the American people.

Don’t hold your breath.


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial
KEYWORDS: 116th; declassification; demonrats; fbi; fisa; gaetz; impeachment; jamescomey; lisapage; muellerreport; peterstrzok; robertmueller; russia; trumprussia

1 posted on 08/20/2019 4:44:56 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

What I’d really like to read is an autopsy of commie Mueller and all his commie lawyers.


2 posted on 08/20/2019 4:48:10 AM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: Kaslin

INDICTMENTS NEEDED!...... Obama, Comey, Clapper, Brennan, Strzok, Paige, Weinstein, ....... NOW!!!


3 posted on 08/20/2019 4:58:54 AM PDT by high info voter
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To: high info voter

Indictments? We’re still waiting for the now legendary IG report.


4 posted on 08/20/2019 5:55:16 AM PDT by Avalon Memories (This Deplorable is not fooled by the Marxist-Stalinist totalitarians infesting the Dem Party.)
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To: Kaslin
An autopsy implies that the thing being autopsied is dead.


5 posted on 08/20/2019 6:13:35 AM PDT by Yo-Yo ( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: high info voter

ValJar


6 posted on 08/20/2019 6:16:32 AM PDT by gasport (The dung beetle should be the symbol of the Democrat Party)
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To: Kaslin

When it comes to the Dems being in control of the House, I am glad we are NOT getting all the government we are paying for.


7 posted on 08/20/2019 6:17:08 AM PDT by IAGeezer912 (One out of every 20 people on the face of the earth are Americans. We have won life's lottery.)
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To: Kaslin

The best result of this hoax ending is that Nadler and Schiff ae no longer on TV 24/7. These two personify buffoonery.


8 posted on 08/20/2019 6:21:42 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: 1Old Pro

Brennan is the sacrificial lamb. He will take the fall and will claim patriotism all the way to his federal prison cell.


9 posted on 08/20/2019 7:10:50 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz (Trump is President and CEO of America, Inc.)
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To: IAGeezer912

Excellent point.


10 posted on 08/20/2019 7:15:45 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

WE need to indict, and we need to advertise the Democrats’ abuse of power and their conspiracy.


11 posted on 08/20/2019 7:25:21 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: Kaslin

Democrats believe they’re entitled to power by divine right.


12 posted on 08/20/2019 7:26:07 AM PDT by TBP (Progressives lack compassion and tolerance. Their self-aggrandizement is all that matters.)
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To: high info voter

Sessions batting average: 0.000

Barr batting average: 0.000

The ‘heavy hitter’ is doing no better than his cowardly predecessor. We’re coming up on Labor Day and the one-year mark before the next election and he’s produced jack.

Any indictments will be challenged, of course. Any prosecutions will be delayed, deferred, stonewalled, etc.

There must be at least one slam-dunk case they know of and it should be pursued with the full force of the DOJ. Resolve it in months, not years. Claim a scalp and reap the PR benefit.

Judicial Watch has a half dozen victories per day and it lacks subpoena and prosecutorial power. The DOJ have all of these weapons and more and do less than nothing.


13 posted on 08/20/2019 8:35:53 AM PDT by relictele
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To: Kaslin

If we dont get answers, they get war.


14 posted on 08/20/2019 12:26:18 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Kaslin

15 posted on 09/25/2019 2:34:01 AM PDT by vikingrinn
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