Trump Acquitted (Again), But Trump Hatred Continues
February 16, 2021
Last week’s second impeachment trial of former President Trump should serve as a warning that something is very wrong in US politics. Far from a measured, well-investigated, rock-solid case against the former president, America was again abused with day after day of character assassination, innuendo, false claims, and even falsified “evidence.”
The trial wasn’t intended to win a conviction of Trump for “incitement” because the Democrats already knew that the votes were not there. So, just as with the last impeachment trial, the goal was to fling as much dirt at Donald Trump as they could while the cameras were rolling. Their hatred of Donald Trump is so deep and visceral that probably a psychologist would have been more beneficial to them than yet another impeachment trial.
It would be incorrect to say that the House managers’ case fell
apart, because they had no case to begin with. They never had a case
because they made no effort to develop a case. The Chief Justice of the
Supreme Court saw from the beginning that this was no legitimate
impeachment trial and informed Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer that
he would not preside. Without the Chief Justice, there was no
Constitutional impeachment trial. So they put on a show trial instead.
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As Constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley kept asking, why didn’t the House schedule a single hearing to investigate what really happened up to and on the day of the Capitol melee on January 6th? They had weeks to do so. Professor Turley believes they might even have been able to make a decent case if they had tried.
Why did they not call witnesses? Were there no rioters who could be called to explain under oath how Trump’s speech had inspired them to enter the Capitol building to overturn the election?
Were they afraid that under cross-examination we might have found out
more about Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows’ claim that Trump offered
to deploy 10,000 National Guard troops in Washington before January 6th
but that his offer was rebuked? What about reports that Capitol Hill
Police were left without back-up and unprepared for what happened? House
and Senate leadership is responsible for security at the Capitol and
they obviously failed. Why?
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House and Senate Democrats (and a few Republicans) did not succeed in
their ultimate goal: preventing Trump from ever running again for
political office. But that doesn’t mean they are giving up. They are not
about to give citizen Trump a moment of peace. They are intent on
continuing their witch hunt but it looks less and less like any desire
for justice. It looks like fear. They are afraid if he is allowed to run
again he may be elected. So they cannot allow that vote to happen.
And they accuse Trump of undermining democracy.
There were a number of reasons to impeach and convict President Trump while he was in office. Bombing Syria on bogus grounds without authorization was one of them. But Democrats love war as much as Republicans so they weren’t about to uphold their Constitutional obligations.
Impeachment 2.0 may be over, but those blinded by hatred for Trump are not about to give up. They are irrational and obsessed. They are also dangerous.
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