2aguy
Diamond Member
- Jul 19, 2014
- 112,235
- 52,459
He didn't quite put it that way...but it is the same anyway....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...by-trump-they-risk-losing-their-base-forever/
Third, if a quid pro quo involving Trump is established, and the agreement it refers to was the leveraging of military or civilian aid to Ukraine for assistance in the investigation of the attack on the 2016 presidential election, that would not be illegitimate. It would be of a piece with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation, which involved least a dozen requests for assistance from foreign governments by Mueller and his staff. If the aim of a negotiation was to lever information on the operations run against the United States in 2016, it’s a legitimate ask.
-----------
Finally, if the impeachment process moves toward a Senate trial, House Republicans had better offer loud and sustained denunciations of the outrageous Star Chamber tactics of Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) during the inquiry, or they will almost certainly face primary challenges. Likewise, Senate Republicans will need to stand up against the left’s campaign of insinuations and trafficking in unnamed sources, or they may well get the boot.
Members of the public know that the impeachment effort so far has been pure political theater. They know that Schiff couldn’t care less about the precedents of the impeachment process. They know that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusation about Trump — “All roads lead to Putin” — is rank McCarthyism. They know that the media is stacking the deck with Trump haters at every opportunity, with some urging the blacklisting of anyone not calling for Trump’s head. They know these things, and they won’t forgive surrendering to these left-wing elites because it is uncomfortable to confront them at Nats games
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...by-trump-they-risk-losing-their-base-forever/
Third, if a quid pro quo involving Trump is established, and the agreement it refers to was the leveraging of military or civilian aid to Ukraine for assistance in the investigation of the attack on the 2016 presidential election, that would not be illegitimate. It would be of a piece with special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation, which involved least a dozen requests for assistance from foreign governments by Mueller and his staff. If the aim of a negotiation was to lever information on the operations run against the United States in 2016, it’s a legitimate ask.
-----------
Finally, if the impeachment process moves toward a Senate trial, House Republicans had better offer loud and sustained denunciations of the outrageous Star Chamber tactics of Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.) during the inquiry, or they will almost certainly face primary challenges. Likewise, Senate Republicans will need to stand up against the left’s campaign of insinuations and trafficking in unnamed sources, or they may well get the boot.
Members of the public know that the impeachment effort so far has been pure political theater. They know that Schiff couldn’t care less about the precedents of the impeachment process. They know that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s accusation about Trump — “All roads lead to Putin” — is rank McCarthyism. They know that the media is stacking the deck with Trump haters at every opportunity, with some urging the blacklisting of anyone not calling for Trump’s head. They know these things, and they won’t forgive surrendering to these left-wing elites because it is uncomfortable to confront them at Nats games
