Hillary Clinton Says GOP Is 'So Cowed, So Terrified' of Removing Trump: 'I Hope This Will Haunt Them
Source: newsweek
Hillary Clinton Says GOP Is 'So Cowed, So Terrified' of Removing Trump: 'I Hope This Will Haunt Them'
By Ewan Palmer On 1/26/20 at 6:54 AM EST
Former presidential candidate Hilary Clinton accused the Republican party of being too scared to remove President Donald Trump from office over his impeachment.
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The former first lady, senator, and secretary of state, who lost to Trump in the 2016 election, was taking part in an audience Q&A on Saturday at the Sundance Festival, where her Hulu docu-series Hillary premiered.
Clinton praised the House managers for their "compelling, excellent" presentation of the evidence to the Senate trial, which began this week.
She said the managers weaved the evidence into a narrative that set the president's alleged behavior into the context of why the Founders had included impeachment in the constitution.
"I'm obviously realistic enough to understand that the House Republicans and the Senate Republicans don't want to hear this," Clinton said, "don't want to think hard about it, don't want to make a decision, and are going to probably default to basically deriding the casethey started that todayand then trying to move as quickly as possible without any more evidence being presented or witnesses called. I hope this will haunt them not only politically, but historically.".............................................................
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Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/hilary-clinton-gop-impeachment-trump-cowed-1484055
samnsara
(17,622 posts)Absolutely, yes we will.
handmade34
(22,756 posts)Fyrefox
(300 posts)Denying that a problem exists or claiming that presentation of it is politically motivated seems to be standard operating procedure for Republicans. The Republicans deserve to be haunted for their defense of the blatantly indefensible...
McKim
(2,412 posts)I am glad she is making a positive contribution.. This is leadership! I wish Obama would speak out more too.
Mike Nelson
(9,953 posts)... very smart woman!
Vogon_Glory
(9,117 posts)The Republicans Party has fallen far below and away from what it was even when Gerry Ford took over from Richard Nixon.
RKP5637
(67,107 posts)paleotn
(17,912 posts)Republicans don't give two shits about the country, democracy, rule of law or any of that stuff. They care only for themselves and their cushy seats in congress. That's just contemporary Republican DNA. From top to bottom, they and their base are the very worst of us.
Maxheader
(4,373 posts)Stumpy sayin bad stuff about them on the tweeter?
Dementia boy refuses to say nice things about them during their election campaigning?
or
Putins boy does a tell all..sings like a canary about duplicity/involvement/cover-ups from
the n. korea debacle to attempts to start a war in the mideast..to cover-ups in the mueller
investigation..how the yellow haired coward dealt with his shoe lickers...
Lots of dirt a billionaire can come up with...and does it care? Fuck no...it didn't want the
job anyway...
Peregrine Took
(7,413 posts)2naSalit
(86,577 posts)gordianot
(15,237 posts)It is fine to be patient, subtle and guarded. No matter who they are today, never trust a current or former Trump supporter.
OneCrazyDiamond
(2,031 posts)As long as judges keep getting confirmed. It is all they do. Justice Ginsburg is their holy appointment.
bucolic_frolic
(43,146 posts)mollie8
(162 posts)The Republicans seem terrified of defying Trump. I think that's why they reacted so strongly to the "head on a pike" statement. But if they got together and removed him from office wouldn't he lose his power over them? Why can't they see that? What is keeping them from removing him? I think I would do it, first to get rid of him, but also for the pleasure of seeing him gone. I think I'd do it even if it meant losing my Senate seat.