Impeachment About Ideology, Not the Constitution

[Billiejeens]

Two American women of color.


Two diametrically opposed views about America.

This clash of worldviews helps us to understand that what is going on in our nation is not a legitimate impeachment process but an attempt to wipe out a sitting president for personal and ideological reasons.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib was sworn in as a freshman Democratic congresswoman for Michigan on Jan. 3, 2019.

At a reception following the event, Tlaib, speaking about the president of the United States, said, "We're gonna impeach the (expletive)."

It had to be unprecedented that a newly elected representative publicly used that kind of language about the nation's president and expressed intent to impeach him, with no support from leadership of her own party.

Were there grounds for impeachment? No. The alleged basis was the Mueller investigation, which subsequently found that allegations that President Trump and his campaign conspired with Russia to interfere with the presidential election were false.

Impeachment About Ideology, Not the Constitution

 

[Billiejeens]

Let's now turn to another American woman of color, former South Carolina governor and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley.

She recently spoke at a dinner at Washington's American Enterprise Institute.

Haley, who as Republican governor of South Carolina had the Confederate flag removed from the grounds of the state Capitol, said at AEI: "when we retreat into identity and grievance politics, we make the choice for victimhood over citizenship. By constantly blaming others, we reject personal responsibility for ourselves, our families and our communities."

Are you listening, Congresswoman Tlaib?

Haley spoke about her parents, who immigrated to the U.S. from India: "We were different. We stood out. And my family felt the pain of being judged by our difference. ... But my parents refused to let it define them. They chose citizenship over victimhood."

 

[Billiejeens]

Luckily we are a country of Nikki Haleys not a country of Tlaibs.