Posted on 01/18/2021 7:35:15 AM PST by Red Badger
Republican Party establishment strategist Karl Rove is informing President Donald Trump that he will likely be impeached unless he stops talking about electoral fraud.
Rove is trying to use the president’s precarious position following the Jan. 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol to pressure him into folding. He appeared on “Fox News Sunday” with Chris Wallace to deliver the threat.
Wallace asked: “Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell says that he is keeping an open mind about the second impeachment trial of Donald Trump, a big difference, sharp difference, from his clear opposition from the very start of the first impeachment trial just a year ago. What do you think, Karl, are the chances that 17 Senate Republicans, and that’s what it would take if all of the Democrats vote for conviction, 17 Senate Republicans would vote to convict Donald Trump and to keep them from running again?”
Rove responded: “Normally we say not much chance, but I think Leader McConnell’s statement is a sign that every Republican Senator needs to take this seriously. I think it’s all going to boil down what’s the president’s defense. Rudy Giuliani charted a very bad course for the president in the morning papers when he suggested that the argument was going to be in there couldn’t have been incitement because all the charges of widespread voter fraud are true. Well, those charges and the so-called experts that the campaign has mustered to advocate them have been rejected by over 50 courts with judges appointed by President Trump, President Obama, Present Bush, President Clinton, and I think even one Reagan justice. So if it’s the Rudy Giuliani defense, there is a strong likelihood that more than 17 Republicans will because essentially that argument is this was justified, the attack on the Capital and the attempt to end the congressional hearing on certifying the election was justified because all these charges are true and frankly they aren’t. They have been given every opportunity to prove them in a court of law and have failed to do so. I think it really boils down to what’s the defense that the president is going to make, and if it is Rudy Giuliani’s defense, I think it raises the likelihood of more than 17 Republicans voting for conviction.”
Big League Politics has reported on how the Republican establishment is joining the Democrats to railroad the president:
Mitch McConnell is reportedly “pleased” about the possibility of Trump’s second impeachment, viewing it as an opportunity to purge Trump from the Republican Party and whatever else Conservative Inc. deems “toxic.”
In a New York Times report published Monday afternoon, Jonathan Martin and Maggie Haberman write that the outgoing Senate Majority Leader believes Trump committed “impeachable offenses.” McConnell also welcomes impeachment in order to justify dumping Trump and shedding his influence over the GOP.
“Mr. McConnell, Republican of Kentucky, has indicated that he wants to see the specific article of impeachment that the House is set to approve on Wednesday, which is expected to draw support from as many as a dozen Republicans, potentially including Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming, the party’s No. 3 in the House,” the report reads. “But he has made clear in private discussions that he believes now is the moment to move on the weakened lame duck, whom he blames for causing Republicans to lose the Senate.”
The Times also claims that House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, although personally opposed to impeachment, has decided along with “other party leaders” to not formally lobby Republicans to vote “no” and is open to censuring the president. McCarthy discussed with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer a plan to get Republicans on board with a formal censure, but only if Democrats “backed off” from impeachment.
The GOP establishment may destroy their entire party because they hate President Trump’s America First agenda so much.
Well he swerved into the truth about one thing - Giuliani is probably not going to help Trump much and failed to win in the courts.
If the Republicans really want to spark CWII and become victims of it themselves, they'll proceed ahead and impeach President Trump along with the Dimbocrats.
We'll be keeping score of who's with the President and who isn't. Just sayin' ...
IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO ‘WIN IN THE COURTS’ WHEN THE COURTS WON’T EVEN HEAR YOUR ARGUMENTS......................
If I were President Trump, I would tell them all to go “bleep” themselves and start my own party!!!
GOP should be very careful else many many Trump followers may just join him is a MAGA party.
Republican party is crappola.
George Wallace was right about them........................
The Steal could not have happened without the collusion of the Establishment and their poll watchers.
Skin that smoke wagon and see what happens.
I, among others, would never vote for a Republican again. Much in the same way as we already never vote for a Democrat.
Of course, if the voter fraud is so reliable now, you guys won’t need to care if I vote for you or not. The Democrats will occasionally allow a token Republican to be elected. Just for show, of course.
Exactly so. They will never allow another (R) majority or POTuS..............................
Misleading article.
Please do
So, this article is just based on what two NY Times claim to be Mitch is thinking, so who is their source, since for some reason it does not appear to be Mitch?
Maybe their source is whoever wants Mitch damaged so they can take his position? Who wants his job? Maybe Liz Cheney?
Enough with the Rudy bashing, no lawyer had a chance when EVERY court refused to recognize any evidence!
Trump’s impeachment should serve as a badge of courage for him as it illustrates the despicable hate from the democRATS AND never trumpers, f ‘em all
Wow. The blackmail continues.
Now you aren’t even allowed to remain silent.
So very Juche Kim Il Sung would be proud.
Never fall for this BS again.
The GOP just called asking for a donation, I told them in no uncertain terms that I’m out and will never donate again because they abandoned the best President in American history.
The GOP tanked the election. THey are 100% respsonsible for the horror that’s coming to us all.
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