Posted on 05/13/2019 5:09:41 AM PDT by RoosterRedux
It seems a crazy idea that any president would actually want to be impeached.
But Donald Trump has so subverted Washington logic with his wild, norm-crushing presidency that there is now a serious conversation -- at least among Democrats -- about whether he views the ultimate constitutional crisis as a weapon in his re-election campaign.
The possibility is shaping the strategies of Democratic leaders as they weigh the political risks of impeachment and their duty to defend principles of American governance.
Many Democrats fear that Trump may be laying an impeachment trap that could consume the House majority, distract them from key issues like health care and alienate persuadable voters.
But it's also possible their leaders could be talking up the idea that Trump wants to be impeached as a way to quell discontent among some base activists that Washington Democrats are not doing more to constrain the President. READ: Pelosi the pragmatist aims her party toward the middle The question is not going away, given Trump's staggeringly broad effort to subvert investigations of his presidency, campaign, personal finances and business career.
"The President is almost self-impeaching because he is, every day, demonstrating more obstruction of justice and disrespect for Congress' legitimate role to subpoena," Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Friday. One of Pelosi's top lieutenants, House Intelligence Committee chairman Adam Schiff, is, like Pelosi, wary of the risks of impeachment. But he acknowledged Trump's own actions might be propelling Washington toward a precipice.
"Part of our reluctance is we are already a bitterly divided country and an impeachment process will divide us further," Schiff said Sunday on "This Week" on ABC News.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
The Democrats plan includes flooding the system with so many subpoenas, censures, and impeachments that the President will have his hands tied and unable to bring forth his conservative agenda.
Have the Democrats had their “Pogo Moment” yet?
“We have met the enemy, and he is us.”
Constitutional Crisis = Democrat Party
He's being Trump. Anything he does is obstructing THEIR justice.
Trump could be pure as driven snow from here on out and the democRATS would still say he colluded with the Russians and obstructed the investigation into it.
You see, facts don't matter to them. They make it up, as does the fake news, just to keep furthering their agenda and their Trump-is-bad narrative.
“Just by suggesting Barr look into Biden/Ukraine, Trump got every Democrat on the planet to say investigating political opponents is bad.”.
Genius!!!
CNN finally reports a story that is 100% true.
And, that makes no sense, but serves as another example of CNN's regurgitation of DNC talking points. "Donald Trump has been forcing us to hold a two-year witch hunt, violate due process, commit perjury and entrapment, piss on the Constitution and Bill of Rights... Thanks RoosterRedux.
Trump's already done this ... when dems decide to run on 'healthcare' (again) we'll be pointing out that that's what they ran on LAST TIME and they didn't do crap for the people on health care because all their effort was on taking down Trump. Then we'll show the people what we've actually DONE... Parts of the trap are already working.
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