Morning Politocadoes!
Yes, it’s the House Judiciary Impeachment Hearing, alright.And as they did for Bill Clinton’s Impeachment and Richard Nixon’s, the House once again consulted the Constitution, as if we hadn’t been doing that since Day 1 of Hellworld.
Did the Republicans do and say stupid things in blatantly bad faith at the impeachment hearings? Is it a day that ends in ‘y’? Why of course! From Matt Gaetz to Jim Jordan the hearings heard nothing of substance from the GOP congressmen. Perhaps one of the most egregious moments came when Rep. McClintock asked whether the impeachment witnesses had voted for Trump in 2016.
Papers please.. #FascismInAmerica pic.twitter.com/paTBOfhBUl
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) December 4, 2019
These cowards can’t actually debate on whether Trump committed impeachable offenses, they can only cast aspersions along perceived partisan lines. It’s *this close* to accusing them of being The Deep State.
In any case, the witnesses provided thoughtful testimony for the most part. The obvious exception being the Republicans’ witness, Jonathan Turley, tut-tutting the Impeachment inquiry even though he was in favor of impeachment for Bill Clinton when he was brought forward as a witness in 1998. Ah well, he doesn’t matter. Who does matter is Stanford Law Professor and Appellate Attorney Pamela Karlan. Her forceful, fiery testimony said all that needed to be said about whether this President should be impeached.
#RockStar pic.twitter.com/0HYPJL8d3m
— Claude Taylor (@TrueFactsStated) December 5, 2019
Meanwhile, Attorney General Barr’s attempts to investigate the investigators of the Russia inquiry has appeared to have blown up in his face. Ya hate to see it. A corrupt head of the Department of Justice handpicks a prosecutor to look into whether the FBI had adequate reason to open the Russia Investigation; only for the prosecutor to tell the Inspector General that he couldn’t back up the Right Wing hackery he was supposed to.
My SHOCKED FACE –
GLORIOUS 😂👇🏻😂
Barr’s handpicked prosecutor tells inspector general he can’t back right-wing theory that Russia case was U.S. intelligence setup https://t.co/9i1OGoyUxu— File411 (@File411) December 4, 2019
Not that this will really impede anyone or chasten Barr himself enough that he resign or anything. Goodness no. I suspect his next trick will be to start issuing QAnon drops as memorandum.
Also meanwhile, some are making the argument that Kamala Harris’ early exit from the race is a calculated move toward potentially becoming Biden’s running mate.
Re: #Kamala’s abrupt suspension of her campaign, right before the big debate: After sleeping on it & mulling it over with @OPCGhost, I’m convinced that she made a deal, and that what we’re gonna see is #BidenHarris.
[THREAD] pic.twitter.com/NaNeaG6RNH
— Greg Olear (@gregolear) December 4, 2019
This is idle speculation, of course. But there’s a certain sad pragmatic logic to it.
It’s also a really bad idea for both candidates.
Biden’s already doing a fine job of making me not excited about having to support him should it come to that. But now, he’s also potentially bringing on Harris, a candidate that many don’t love. I mean, I can’t think of a combination (of real, serious candidates and not billionaire vanity candidates or Russian plants) that could turn off younger, more liberal voters. So, this combination really maximizes their minuses and minimizes their pluses.
I actually have always liked Kamala Harris, mostly because she’s the only candidate that I could see seriously addressing election security and foreign interference. It’s a real problem, something that will be addressed, regardless of who wins. There’s a toughness to her that I think would be needed in the coming years. Harris as Warren’s Veep or AG is where I’d go.
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