Lindsey Graham's Resolution Condemning Trump Impeachment Immediately Falls Apart

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Posted on Thu, Oct 24th, 2019 by Jason Easley
Lindsey Graham’s Resolution Condemning Trump Impeachment Immediately Falls Apart


Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced his resolution condemning Trump’s impeachment, but it was immediately ripped apart as soon as the words left his mouth.

Graham said:

They created a process in the Intel Committee that’s behind closed doors doesn’t provide access to the president’s accuser. Shuts Republicans out for all practical purposes. And is an unworthy substitute for the way you need to do it is at its core un-American…What’s going on is a runaround the impeachment process. Creating a secret proceeding behind closed doors that fundamentally, in my view, denies due process. And when you’re talking about removing the president of the United States, seems to me you’d want to have a process that is consistent with who we are as Americans and consistent with what Bill Clinton was allowed to do, Richard Nixon was allowed to do.”

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The problem is that what Sen. Graham said was not true.

Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) immediately replied, “When he describes it that way, all he does is try to leave the impression that there’s something nefarious going on. Let’s keep in mind you have 25% of the Republican caucus in the U.S. House of representatives is in that room. That’s unprecedented….Let’s say, that a Democratic member has to ask questions and review documents, those exact privileges are available to Republican members and their why is this in closed session? Because much of the information is classified and a lot of it is and this is different from 1973 Nixon and 1998 Clinton because in those cases, they had a special prosecutor or an independent counsel who did what we’re doing now in closed session behind closed doors. So right now, Adam Schiff and the Intelligence Committee are doing what we did not — what we had done in ’73 and 1998 by special prosecutors and independent counsel.”

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more...

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/10/24/graham-impeachment-resolution.html

[NurseJackie]

1. Lawd... I'm sure he just beside himself.

[rickyhall]

13. He's often beside himself, in fact, he's the definition of "beside himself".

[riversedge]

2. Andrew Napolitano: Republicans enacted the Rules -of an investigation!!....

PenTool
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Andrew Napolitano: "As frustrating as it may be to have these hearings going on behind closed doors ... they are consistent with the rules. ... When were the rules written last? In January of 2015. And who signed them? John Boehner. And who enacted them? A Republican majority."


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Andrew Napolitano demolishes Fox's talking point that Dems need transparency: "These are not the impeachment hearings. The impeachment hearings have to be held in public by the House Judiciary Committee. This is the initial interview of witnesses. ... He's following the rules."

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Bobby Lewis
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Minutes after Andrew Napolitano demolished Trump-defending talking points, Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) goes on Fox & Friends to say that Napolitano is "in error." 'Journalist' Ed Henry then pivots to the complementary narrative of Dems' 'secrecy,' suggesting Biggs is on to something.

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[Hermit-The-Prog]

14. Biggs uses typical GOPer tactic -- ignore those facts, listen to this conspiracy!

[Moral Compass]

3. The man is disgusting

[SCVDem]

4. Let's get old Lindsey and new Lindsey side by side

In Times Square!

Testify, Lindsey!!!

[crazytown]

11. Better keep old Lindsey away from 5th Avenue :)

[struggle4progress]

5. As a Senator, he should concentrate on what happens in the Senate

[Corgigal]

6. I hope all of us DU'ers

will see the day of what was actually being held over his head. Whatever it is, he’s terrified.

[Grokenstein]

7. Meanwhile, Gang Boy Gaetz

...is shrieking like he got bit on the tit because everybody be pickin' on him mamaaaaaaaaaa

https://crooksandliars.com/2019/10/matt-gaetz-whines-about-rep-speier-noting

Between this and Puppet Sharpie threatening to unleash his biker buddies on us, I'm...not even remotely afraid. No, this was never going to end peacefully. But this is the most pathetic bunch of Nazi-wannabes to ever attempt a putsch while crying "REGICIDE."

[SunSeeker]

10. Must suck that his rich daddy can't get him out of that like daddy did his DUI.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

8. Poor Lindsey

With today's new fangled technology his old words are remembered.

[SunSeeker]

9. Lindsey has sold his soul to Trumpism.

[Blue_true]

12. Trump and Barr will not appoint a Special Prosecutor to investigate,

so the House is having to do what a Special Prosecutor does.

[Thekaspervote]

15. Poor little lindsey

[kentuck]

16. Trump ordered him to do it...

...as a way to prove his loyalty.

[AllaN01Bear]

17. when repugs keep out dems from most of process, give me a break.