The Democrats have a problem. Actually, they have lots of problems, but there is one specific problem I want to discuss. The Democrat problem I wanna talk about is the failure of President Donald J. Trump to commit any impeachable offenses. The reason that this is a problem is that the Democratic leadership in Congress drew up their legislative agenda last winter after the 2016 midterm, aka “The Purging of the RINOs.”
Back then, impeachment was a slam-dunk, or so they thought. Well, it was indeed a slam-dunk that the Democrats were going to impeach Trump. All they had to do was wait until Mueller delivered his report then copy & paste from the report to the draft articles of impeachment.
They could hold televised hearings over the summer or after the summer recess. They could bring in witnesses to methodically uncover all of Trump’s perfidies and abuses of power. When they had public opinion where they wanted it they would call for the vote. Somewhere around Thanksgiving the House would vote to impeach and then around Christmas Trump would be getting convicted and turned out of office. That’s how they laid it out last winter.
Then Spring came in their mouths when Grampaw Mueller delivered his report. Democrats were aghast. They waited 2 years for proof of collusion and they didn’t even get a souvenir T-shirt. How are they supposed to impeach a POTUS without a few high crimes and misdemeanors?
So Adam Schiff-for-brains decided to invent some new ones. I’m pretty sure that he had help because if brains were made of dynamite, he couldn’t blow his nose. When an issue is before a court and there is no precedent, we don’t call it unprecedented, we call it a case of “first impression.” Well, my first impression was: “What a load of crap!”
This was published on a website for an outfit calling themselves the Campaign Legal Center:
President Trump pressed the newly elected Ukrainian president to open an investigation into a candidate challenging Trump in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This is a stunning abuse of power; it also violates campaign finance law.
A now-public whistleblower complaint details reports “from multiple U.S. Government officials that the President of the United States is using the power of his office to solicit interference from a foreign county in the 2020 U.S. election.” The complaint describes a July 25 phone call between President Trump and Ukranian President Volodymyr Zelensky during which Trump pressured the Ukranian president to investigate one of Trump’s political rivals.
The White House has released a summary of the July 25 call that corroborates the whistleblower’s account. In particular, the call summary indicates that, with Congressional aid for Ukraine on hold, Trump told Zelensky that U.S. support for his country has not always been “reciprocal,” and then asked Zelensky for a “favor”: to work with Trump’s personal attorney, as well as the U.S. Attorney General, to investigate Trump’s potential 2020 rival, Joe Biden.
Tweetable quote:These facts not only reflect a startling abuse of executive power; they also unambiguously demonstrate that Trump broke the law by soliciting valuable assistance to his reelection efforts from a foreign government.Tweet this quote.
Trump’s direct request that Ukrainian President Zelensky work with Trump’s personal lawyer and use Ukraine’s government resources to investigate Trump’s political opponent served no apparent purpose other than to benefit Trump’s reelection efforts. In other words, Trump solicited a campaign contribution from President Zelensky.
In the campaign finance world, a “contribution” is any “thing of value” given to affect an election.
There is no doubt that a foreign government’s search for damaging information about a candidate’s political opponent would be valuable to that candidate. As Special Counsel Mueller noted, “[a] foreign entity that engaged in such research and provided resulting information to a campaign could exert a greater effect on an election, and a greater tendency to ingratiate the donor to the candidate, than a gift of money or tangible things of value.”
Tweetable quote: By directly requesting or suggesting that President Zelensky use Ukraine’s resources to help his reelection efforts, Trump violated campaign finance law. Tweet this quote.
(More technically, Trump asked Ukraine to make an “expenditure” by spending resources for the purpose of the influencing the 2020 election. An “expenditure” that is coordinated with a candidate is a campaign contribution; “coordinated” means made at the “request or suggestion” of a candidate. So Trump requesting that Ukraine make an expenditure means that he solicited a contribution.)
The Justice Department initially blocked transmission of the whistleblower complaint to Congressional intelligence committees, apparently based on the department’s own determination, according to a spokesperson, that “there was no campaign finance violation and that no further action was warranted.”
It is unclear whether Attorney General Barr was involved in that determination; such involvement would be highly improper given that Barr was specifically identified by name as a conduit for the illegal solicitation alleged in the complaint.
But even setting aside the question of Barr’s participation, DOJ’s reasons for concluding that no campaign finance violation occurred are murky, and whatever the rationale, the conclusion is wrong.
Some reports indicate the Justice Department concluded that what Trump solicited—a Ukrainian government probe into one of President Trump’s political rivals—did not constitute a “thing of value” for purposes of campaign finance law. This is unsupportable.
The first time I saw someone pushing the legal theory that the Ukrainians investigating the Bidens at Trump’s request was a campaign finance violation, I laughed. Then I did some research.
I’m still laughing.
I’d like to point out that this article does not cite any statutory or case law. That’s kinda strange for a legal argument being made by lawyers. At least one of the two authors of this article is an attorney, and probably the other one is too. You can bet all the money you have stuffed in your mattress that if there was a case on point with this one that supported their position they would have cited it.
I dunno who started or funds the Campaign Legal Center, but I’ll bet the name of one of their major funders rhymes with “Jorge Zoros.” They claim to be non-partisan, but they have to do that to be tax-exempt. These groups advocate for causes and issues, like abortion and gun control. You can pour unlimited amounts of money into these groups. They are not allowed to advocate for any particular party or candidate, nor can they coordinate their messages or activities with partisans. It’s just a coinkydink that the issues and causes they support mirror one particular party’s agenda.
If their argument was correct, that would criminalize and make impeachable just about everything a POTUS could do in diplomacy during his or her first term. For example, what if Trump asked the President of Mexico to post some troops on their side of the border to deter illegal immigration in exchange for lifting tariffs? Use their analysis.
Did Trump “solicit valuable assistance to his reelection efforts from a foreign government?” In that scenario, you betcha.
You cannot criminalize a POTUS using his constitutional powers. Anything a POTUS does to keep his campaign promises in his or her first term would likely help him or her get reelected. Like negotiating a treaty.
Last but not least, the article relies on zombie lies to make its arguments. Trump did not “pressure” Ukraine to do anything. And investigating corruption is a proper and lawful part of Trump’s job. What if a former British Intelligence officer found incriminating information against Trump and gave it to Hillary. Would that be a crime?
Hmmmm?
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/19/justin-amash-hillary-clinton-donald-trump-asset/
THIS WILL SEND HER OVER THE EDGE
https://therightscoop.com/democrats-are-melting-down-over-van-jones-calling-out-hillary-clinton-about-tulsi-gabbard/
think she went one toke over the line
For those of you who missed Woodstock:
do they look like they know what a toke is?
Damn. That’s really something.
All right! A new karaoke duet for me to work on!
Dean Martin said he was spiritual because he drinks spirits.
As we learned in 2008, the Democrat establishment hates the Clintons almost as their radical left base does, and the radical left base despises them. Bill was popular in the black community and among the working-class base (See below) of the former Donkey Party. (It is now the Donkey-Chompers Party)
For any lurking Leftists: Yes, I know there is overlap between the two groups. I was not implying anything. So GFY
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnpence/2019/10/19/twitter-is-president-trumps-version-of-fdrs-fireside-chats-n2555040
I agree with this. I have thought it for a while
I can’t imagine why Kamala wants him thrown off Twitter, Trump Unfiltered is our only pure source of news about him 😀
This hit me when I was reading the book by the Chief Usher through FDR/Truman/Dwight/Kennedy/Johnson a while back. Radio 📻 was in its heyday.
The other thing that hit me vis that the rally circuit is akin to the railroad whistle stops of Truman.
Presidential Candidate (D) Tulsi Gabbard Fan of Domestic Terrorist Group Antifa, Posing With Fascist Activist, Attempted Black-Market Arms Dealer Evan Duke
http://camelotdaily.com/presidential-candidate-d-tulsi-gabbard-fan-of-domestic-terrorist-group-antifa-posing-with-fascist-activist-attempted-black-market-arms-dealer-evan-duke/?fbclid=IwAR2t8yQWStHEJ7rH3nBXEUlBVQDTuyFcdqP_MZ1RA7CCDbVni1InpczK9ko
Could be a photo shop? Island Girl ? What say you 😉
I don’t really know, but if it is, it won’t be the first time I was fooled. 🙂
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/cia-analysts-lawyer-brennan-clapper-ensnared-expanding-russiagate-probe
rolling , rolling alone
FFS x 100, this is a thing today? It’s currently trending on twitter….
Ok.
Not quite sure this is some kind of joke from the Onion or others like it.
Nursing a hangover so I’ve gotten a very late start to the day, don’t know what’s going on or what’s happened today.
I’m betting that this in-f’kng-sanity is true sooooo a few 🍸🍸🍸🍸to tide me over till tomorrow.
If this kind of shit is going on, why face it sober.?
Ok.
Not quite sure this is some kind of joke from the Onion or others like it.
Nursing a hangover so I’ve gotten a very late start to the day, don’t know what’s going on or what’s happened today.
I’m betting that this in-f’kng-sanity is true sooooo a few 🍸🍸🍸🍸to tide me over till tomorrow.
If this kind of shit is going on, why face it sober.?
This thing fits right in.
Well I’m certain this f’kng knob isn’t going to be taking anyone’s AR.
That is one helluva vagina he’s packing…
Oct 19th was my Mom’s birthday. I believe it. I’d believe it more ifbit were renamed to “Perpetual Menopause Day”
Nesting error. Was supposed to be under National Period Day
October 19th was my Aunt’s birthday too, but she was sweet. Tall, beautiful, southern belle.
She needs to be fired for being such a bitch idiot. 😛
She apologized on Kait’s page, but too little too late. She probably is worried about being fired.
https://www.oann.com/house-republicans-call-for-rep-schiff-to-resign/
do not think this will happen. He never got this much attention the whole time he was in office. He is getting off on it.
https://truepundit.com/clinton-foundation-linked-fraudsters-arrested-shady-duo-poised-to-rat-out-bill-hillary/
hope they have life insurance, they will need it
Breaking news!
Both were killed in a mysterious hit and run auto accident,
Apologies, I was reading Monday’s headlines😏
😀
Nice one. 😉
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/10/breaking-convoy-of-trucks-seen-emptying-obama-linked-former-ukrainian-president-poroschenkos-palace-confidants-arrested-and-flee/
biden should start worrying
https://scontent-mia3-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/14656309_10157598749115494_6161243881020853036_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_oc=AQko2fiOUrIzmkfEM8j9BNCfUV7kfbwIJq7trTXo5xZIIuCNDBurOTox-6i65gQTD-bCYz2BkIueWChRaNalBICx&_nc_ht=scontent-mia3-2.xx&oh=a8f17db8f7891412d05a8271736f7d5a&oe=5E63FCC3
had to share this
Oct 19th the day the revolutionary war ended
on the Greg Gutfield show they are doing adam schiff character again. It is so funny. That comic has him down pat
They do look alike, but when he does bug eyes, he nails it 😀
Trump announced that the G7 will not be at the Dorel. check out his tweet he is brutal towards the msm and dems on the reason for the change
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-doral-resort-out-2020-g7-summit
I hope he picks some place that is basic with a crappy press room where the media have to travel 2 hours in a school bus to and from the meetings. Haaaa!
my bad self says pick a dem city where the trash has not been picked up yet. embarrass the hell out of them. but that would only hurt the country and they are too stupid to be embarrassed.
It would not cost the USA any money for them to use the Doral, now any where they go the US has to pick up the tab
Do Camp David. Where ever they go Trump is the President and he will have the best accommodations. I do like the idea of a grand old hotel in a Progressive run city with homeless and crap in the streets. Maybe Seattle, we have the traffic from hell and they just lost the lease on the city/county drunk detox center.
I think a Motel 6 would be nice. Or maybe something that rents by the hour? Trump could stay at a separate location.
San Francisco. Send all delegations the poop and needle maps.
Chicago would be great too – but I’d hate for a diplomat to actually get shot.
Detroit? Baltimore?
My thoughts as well. Chicago doesn’t have the dirt and the huge homeless problems of Seattle and SF. But the crime is bigger than ever here. You’re not safe anywhere.
https://lauraloomer.us/2019/10/19/photos-hollywood-producer-buys-300-tickets-to-nba-game-invitees-protest-on-behalf-of-hong-kong/
punked the NBA over china
That’s cool!
If true, it’s brilliant!
https://www.foxnews.com/world/pelosi-other-us-lawmakers-arrive-in-jordan-for-meetings-on-syria
WTH is this?????
where is a rocket when you need one
No kidding! President Pelosi, in her own mind!
Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton thinks she’s running for re-election lmao
She took Schiff with her. Guess they are still looking for a reason to impeach our President. All Dems except for one republican who is retiring next year. So she calls it a bipartisan delegation.
Dion Cini does a flag drop over the Bernie/AOC rally from the Queensboro (59th Street) Bridge, more photos at the Operation Flag Drop page …..