Can 20 U.S. Senators withstand the potentially irresistible temptation to reverse the results of the 2016 election and remove a president a number of them openly or privately dislike?
Since Donald Trump announced his intention to run for the White House on June 16, 2015, many of the entrenched elites across the various power centers of Washington and beyond have spent much of their waking hours trying to stop or unseat him.
The political charade of an impeachment “investigation” is but the latest example. But that impeachment charade could harbor the greatest threat to Trump’s presidency.
Over the past week, I have heard from three seasoned Republicans who fear that President Trump and the West Wing are seriously underestimating the potential danger of a Senate trial. Human nature and common sense dictate that, despite the well-meaning resolution circulated by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) condemning the House impeachment process, it's important for the White House to understand that the weight of history is settling upon the shoulders of these senators — some of them quite weak — and because of that pressure, private conversations are taking place and a trap may be sprung for the president in that trial.
In a speech to the American Enterprise Institute in October, former governor and U.S. ambassador Nikki Haley put her finger on the greater issue, saying in part:
“President Trump is a disruptor. That makes some people very happy, and it makes some people very mad. … When I was in the administration, I served alongside colleagues who believed the best thing to do for America was to undermine and obstruct the president. Some wrote about it anonymously in The New York Times. Others just did it. They sincerely believed they were doing the right thing. I sincerely believed they weren’t. … No policy disagreement with him … justifies undermining the lawful authority that is vested in his office by the Constitution.”
What’s at stake, Haley said, “is not President Trump’s policies. What’s at stake is the Constitution.”
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If these weaklings allow this to happen then the US Constitution in destroyed and will no longer exist. Then you will have 2 levels of income, the RICH and the POOR. That is Communism.
ReplyDeleteThe way it plays out here is not Communism or Socialism it's Classism of which no one speaks because they like to believe they are better off than someone anyone when in actuality many of them are part of the same economic class and then they fall back on their pretencious faith and morals to divide themselves from their same.
ReplyDeleteIt would lead to a quick revolution
ReplyDeleteLindsey Graham is not to be trusted. He and McCain handed the Steele hit piece to fbi bc he was scared
ReplyDeletehas Trump fallen for a trap yet??? hmmmmmm
ReplyDeleteIf so the Supreme Court could rescue him
ReplyDeleteEveryone knows this is a charade to make Trump and conservatives look bad prior to 2020 election. The Democrats are guilty of what they are accusing Trump of doing and more. And they have no good strong candidate running to beat Trump. They are desperate to do something. So they continue to make false claims against Republicans that they are guilty of.
ReplyDeleteExactly!
DeleteYes it is a trap from day one. The latest - Schumer setting rules for the Senate hearing to call witnesses they the Congress did not call so when the Senate declines the Dems can say it was an unfair hearing and charge them with contempt. This is so elementary - please vote Trump 2020.
ReplyDeleteI hope Nikki Haley becomes our President in 2024. I think she is someone the whole country would love.
ReplyDeleteCan't TRAP a man that is INNOCENT & HE IS !!! PERIOD
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