Posted on 12/19/2019 3:31:46 AM PST by Kaslin
Well, the final vote in the House of Representatives was not a shocker. House Democrats' lust to impeach President Trump on some shoddy quid pro quo allegation over military aid to Ukraine passed after nearly 12 hours of debate. As Katie wrote, the vote was 229-198-1. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), a 2020 Democratic candidate, voted present, while Reps. Jeff Van Drew (D-NJ) and Collin Peterson (D-MN) voted with Republicans against this witch-hunt.
Today was truly a clown show, with scores of Democrats trying to make the case that Trump is an existential threat to the United States. There was a lot of hot air. The evidence against Trump is the very definition of weak sauce. It’s so thin and so nakedly partisan that swing-state voters are sour on impeachment. This move by Democrats has increased the president’s popularity. It hasn’t moved the needle. In fact, the approval numbers for impeachment are now underwater. It has done the exact opposite of what Democrats had hoped, and this could be one massive in-kind contribution to the 2020 Trump campaign. Maybe within the leadership, they know this too, but they’re at the point of no return. They promised their base impeachment and it very well could allow Trump to cruise to re-election.
Knowing that the Republican Senate will dispense of their so-called evidence for impeachment, Speaker Nancy Pelosi has threatened to withhold transmitting the articles to the upper chamber. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has already rejected Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer’s (D-NY) parameters for the trial. McConnell slapped them down, along with cutting through the nonsense about his role in this Democrat-manufactured fantasy. He’s not going to be impartial.
“I'm not an impartial juror. This is a political process. There's not anything judicial about it,” he said on Tuesday.
Knowing these articles face certain death with Senate Republicans, Pelosi and House Democrats now appear to be engaging in political extortion. Just watch. This is all about Senate Republicans rejecting Democratic calls for witnesses. That’s not how this works, lady. You folks, the House Democrats, decided what’s impeachable. The Senate holds a trial based on your work. And your work is total and complete nonsense.
Nancy Pelosi won't commit to sending the House Democrats' sham articles of impeachment over to the Senate.
Basically confirming what we've known all along this impeachment is a WITCH HUNT & A SHAM! pic.twitter.com/2KGQBkIsSE— Francis Brennan (@FrancisBrennan) December 19, 2019
Pelosi indicates the House may hold the articles of impeachment and not send then to the Senate until it’s understood the Senate will conduct a fair trial— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) December 19, 2019
If Trump is so dangerous to the country and the world, why wait?!?!?! https://t.co/lMzqp3bw5R— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) December 19, 2019
“We’ll decide what that dynamic is,” Pelosi told reporters after the vote. Politico has more:
Speaker Nancy Pelosi warned the House may not immediately transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate out of concerns Republicans won't conduct impartial proceedings at a trial.
Pelosi refused to commit to any timeline for sending the articles, which is required to begin the impeachment trial.
"So far, we haven't seen anything that looks fair to us," Pelosi told reporters shortly after the House approved two articles of impeachment against Trump. "But right now, the president is impeached."
Well, that’s not your call, Nancy. Your party is not the majority in the senate. We’re the majority. And we’re going to end this clown show. The longer you hang onto this the more popular Trump becomes and the more key swing states Democrats need to win in 2020 fall further out of reach. So, please, keep playing this game. Oh, and removing Trump from office requires 67 Senators. This just isn’t in the works.
The irony is thick. Democrats think Trump is dangerous and must be removed because he abuses his power, and we have Democrats abusing their power to try and get Trump removed from the Oval Office, possibly sending us into a constitutional crisis with these games. To save the Constitution, we have to destroy the Constitution. We have to shred parts and go around others. That’s quite the formula there for salvation, though one that could only come from the mind of a historically illiterate and petulant Democrat. They’re just giving us this election.
Question:
Is it possible that the SCOTUS could step in and declare that the impeachment is void because it was not accomplished according to the Law?
Sounds good. Why should we care if Pelosi sends them to the Senate, or not? If she does this, it shows they never were serious about removing Trump. It was all a sham.
Mitch should tell her to shove them up her arse.
First I have to say I was wrong. I never believed that the Democrats would vote on impeachment. On one level it just does not make sense that they would continue down this path when it is clear that some individuals as well as the party will be hurt by this action. My only defense is that there must be something in play that we (the public) do not know yet.
But that does not change the fact I was wrong in my prediction.
The irony of course is that in Nancy’s attempt to make this seem serious and damaging, she’s actually made impeachment trivial and useless.
Kind of like how Obama made the Nobel Peace Prize irrelevant.
In other words, she fears that the Senate will adhere to law and the Constitution.
Exactly! Good point.
Pelosi refused to commit to any timeline for sending the articles, which is required to begin the impeachment trial.
Is it?
Does Politico have this right, or are they trying to set the narrative once again, and claim rules and laws that simply do not exist?
The Constitution is mute on what happens after the Impeachment vote, except that the "Senate shall have SOLE responsibility to conduct the trial".
Pelosi's role is done.
I found a word that perfectly describes Nancy, Shifty Schiff and other Dems:
traitor
noun
noun: traitor; plural noun: traitors
a person who betrays a friend, country, principle, etc.
“they see me as a traitor, a sellout to the enemy”
h
Similar:
betrayer
back-stabber
double-crosser
double-dealer
Drag it out some more, Trumps numbers have gone up since you started, keep dragging and watch them go even higher.
I guess McConnell could reply to fully recess the Senate until middle or late January, whatever is the norm. Bet those several senators running for president will just love that. Besides, that would give President Trump the unfettered opportunity and invite to then ask for resignation of all leftover appointees and make recess appointments, at least temporarily, for all of those open appointee positions throughout the government. This time, without Never Trumper recommendations. Good appointments for all open positions to carry the administration through the election year would free up resources and allow focus on the agenda and re-election. Let the Democrats stew on that.
Don’t kid yourself. The civil war has already started. The first shooting battle hasn’t commenced but they are already at war against America and if they take out our President they will come after us and try to kill us. Prep.
Call her bluff. Let it sit on her desk until next year.
Where does it say that the Articles from the House have to actually be referred to the Senate in order for them to hold a trial?
We all know they voted and passed the 2 articles.
The rules of the trial belong to Mitch.
Why couldn’t he just convene the Senate and hold the trial...Pelosi be damned?
Saw a CIWS demonstration once. The rate of fire was unbelievable.
Pelosi is de facto nullifying the impeachment by not sending it on to the Senate.
She is pretending to weild power she does not have.
Democrat friends and relatives have declared themselves enemies of America and must be ostracized whereever you encounter them
Can Mitch just refuse to accept them until he feels ready?
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