Jan. 28, 2020
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If the Senate calls Bolton to testify, it must call Trump’s preferred witnesses, too
Democrats had their chance in the House
to call as many impeachment witnesses as they wanted; as the Senate trial
proceeds, it should now be President Trump’s turn to call witnesses. House
Democrats refused to hear from Trump’s witnesses while calling some of those
whom they did wish to hear; but Democrats intentionally skipped John Bolton,
whom they suddenly claim is vital to their case. Having utterly failed to build
a case for impeachment, House Democrats expect the Senate to waste its time
collecting evidence that they themselves could not be bothered to attempt to
collect. To this day, House Democrats still will not release records from one
interview, which Republicans asserted contained exculpatory evidence. If the
Senate is going to hear from any witnesses, then the American people finally deserve
an examination of those who sought the President’s removal and just what were
their motivations.
Cartoon: Holy Impeachment
The White House presents the defense.
The real threat to our republic
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says “to be ethical, if
you’re a billionaire today, the thing that you need to do is give up control
and power. So I don’t want your money as much as we want your power. The
people. Not me.” But let’s be clear, Ocasio-Cortez views herself as the
representative of the people, so she really means she wants more power to
exercise on behalf of “the people.” It is time to take the freshman
congresswoman from New York seriously.
She is campaigning with the front-running candidate for the Democratic
Party nomination Sen. Bernie
Sanders who is a close second in Iowa and leads in New Hampshire.
Breitbart.com: Dean Reuter on 75th Anniversary of Auschwitz Liberation: ‘Wrong to Cheapen’ Holocaust by Comparing to ICE Facilities
Dean Reuter: “I agree with you. … I’ve heard expressions
of what’s happening on the southern border at a concentration camp, and you’re
right, it’s wrong to cheapen and start making comparisons to the Holocaust or
what happened in the Holocaust. That’s not helpful. What is helpful, I think,
is shows like this that will talk about the Holocaust seriously, bring it back
to people’s memories’.”
If the Senate calls Bolton to testify, it must call Trump’s preferred witnesses, too
By Richard McCarty
Democrats had their chance in the House to call as many impeachment witnesses as they wanted; as the Senate trial proceeds, it should now be President Trump’s turn to call witnesses. House Democrats refused to hear from Trump’s witnesses while calling some of those whom they did wish to hear; but Democrats intentionally skipped John Bolton, whom they suddenly claim is vital to their case. Having utterly failed to build a case for impeachment, House Democrats expect the Senate to waste its time collecting evidence that they themselves could not be bothered to attempt to collect. To this day, House Democrats still will not release records from one interview, which Republicans asserted contained exculpatory evidence.
If the Senate is going to hear from any witnesses, then the American people finally deserve an examination of those who sought the President’s removal and just what were their motivations. Here is a list of potential witnesses whom Senate Republicans should consider subpoenaing to help shed light on the Democrats’ witch hunt as well as some of the questions that should be asked under threat of perjury.
The “whistleblower,” which is reported to be Eric Ciaramella (who has been scheming against the President for years): What was his reason for triggering Trump’s impeachment? Was the whistleblower trying to hide his own wrongdoing or the wrongdoing of the Bidens, or was he simply unhappy with Trump’s policies?
Adam Schiff: Why did he lie to the American people about the Russian collusion hoax? What was his knowledge of the “whistleblower”? What are his real reasons for impeaching Trump?
Adam Schiff’s staffers: How exactly did they collude with the “whistleblower,” and why?
Joe Biden: Why, exactly, was he so insistent that the Ukrainian ambassador be fired? Was it appropriate for him to demand a quid pro quo – the firing of the prosecutor – in exchange for U.S. loan guarantees?
Hunter Biden: How did he land his job on the board of the Ukrainian company, Burisma? What qualifications did he have for the well-paying job? What, exactly, did he do for the company?
Alexandra Chalupa: What role did the Ukrainian government play in her dirt-digging efforts against Trump? Did she play any role in the Russian collusion hoax?
Viktor Shokin, the former Prosecutor General of Ukraine who was fired on Biden’s demand: Was he investigating Burisma or Hunter Biden? If so, why, and what did he find?
Maggie Haberman, New York Times reporter: How did she get access to information about Bolton’s book, which has not yet been cleared by the National Security Council?
Nancy Pelosi: After months of dallying, why was there a sudden rush to impeach Trump last fall? After rushing the impeachment hearings and the passage of the articles of impeachment, why did Pelosi stall for weeks before finally sending the articles to the Senate? Is Pelosi working with the Biden campaign to weaken Trump and keep the Democrat Senators who are running against Biden for the Democrat presidential nomination tied up with an impeachment trial?
Of course, this is just a short list; no doubt there are many other witnesses who could be called to bolster the President’s case.
No matter how many witnesses are called, some basic facts about aid for Ukraine will not change. Congress appropriated funds for Ukraine last year; those funds were given to Ukraine before the end of the fiscal year; the Ukrainians were unaware that the aid had been held up; and the Ukrainian president said he did not feel pressured by Trump.
There is a strong case that this Senate trial should be brought to a speedy conclusion so that Congress can get back to the business of the people, including passing a budget, passing trade deals, confirming judges, etc. If, however, Democrats feel that this witch hunt has not gone on long enough and wasted enough of the public’s time and money, then, perhaps, Senate Republicans should give them the longer trial that they seek – just, largely, with witnesses whom Democrats would prefer not testify.
Richard McCarty is the Director of Research at Americans for Limited Government.
Cartoon: Holy Impeachment
By A.F. Branco
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The real threat to our republic
By Rick Manning
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has come out swinging in the past month often appearing with Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) in his bid for the Democratic Party nomination for president. In fact, it could be argued that Ocasio-Cortez is responsible for bringing life to a moribund campaign and helping the 76-year-old Sanders come back from age questions after he suffered a heart attack during the campaign.
Ocasio-Cortez continues to make headlines that would doom past politicians. Her latest screed at a Martin Luther King, Jr. day event reveals the heart of the CheOC philosophy, “And to be ethical, if you’re a billionaire today, the thing that you need to do is give up control and power. So I don’t want your money as much as we want your power. The people. Not me.”
But let’s be clear, she views herself as the representative of the people, so she really means she wants more power to exercise on behalf of “the people.”
It is time to take the freshman congresswoman from New York seriously. She is campaigning with the front-running candidate for the Democratic Party nomination who is a close second in Iowa and leads in New Hampshire. If not for some chicanery by the Democratic National Committee in 2016, many people believe that Sanders would have been the party nominee rather than Hillary Clinton. So Sanders seriously could become President, which means that CheOC would likely be in a position to wield that power.
Ocasio-Cortez’ comments take on new meaning when combined with those of two Sanders field staffers in a pair of Project Veritas videos. Both field staff leaders independently called for those who don’t agree with them to go to re-education camps and gulags, with one wanting to compel billionaires to work twelve hours a day breaking rocks. The videos reveal that Bernie operatives view themselves as being in a revolution and if people fight against them, they have no rights and must be crushed.
There is no peaceful transition of power in the Bernie Sanders campaign world, as at least one promised that cities will burn if Bernie is defeated, and there certainly is no giving up power once it is attained. The collectivist mission to save the planet is too important to be bothered by niceties like voting, and minority rights, which is why they view their fight as a revolution against a system which protects the minority against an avaricious majority.
A revolution where everything bends to their will with no dissent tolerated.
And this isn’t even the scary part. The scary part is that Bernie Sanders did not fire these staffers. The scary part is that Democrat candidates for President did not demand that Sanders disavow their views. The scary part is that Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and her fellow travelers have taken over the Democratic Party and no one in that Party or from their conventional and on-line media allies will stand against them. This is particularly ironic because the Silicon Valley millionaires and billionaires along with those who run Comcast (NBC), Disney (ABC) and Viacom (CBS) will be the first to be targeted for takeover as controlling media is the first step for revolutionaries in consolidating control.
The Democrat primary has exposed the divisions of the Party between the Bolsheviks and the Mensheviks, and it is not looking good for those who propose a slower path to achieving the collectivist revolution. If you have any doubts, just search for national Democrat concerns over
So, when you see the next AOC joke, just remember, that the real AOC is not joking and if she and her followers win, they will be coming for your liberties and they won’t let little things like the Senate filibuster rule or the courts stop them.
Rick Manning is the President of Americans for Limited Government.
Dean Reuter on 75th anniversary of Auschwitz liberation: ‘Wrong to cheapen’ Holocaust by comparing to ICE facilities
By Robert Kraychik
Descriptions of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) migrant detention facilities and concentration camps “cheapen” the Holocaust, said Dean Reuter, author of The Hidden Nazi: The Untold Story of America’s Deal with the Devil and general counsel, vice president, and director of the Practice Groups of the Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy, in an interview on the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz on Monday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.
Marlow noted left-wing and Democrat comparisons between President Donald Trump and tyrants, “We’re bastardizing what it means [to be a Nazi], and we’re cheapening the [term] Nazi at an incredible level. It seems very dangerous to me.”
Reuter concurred, “I agree with you. … I’ve heard expressions of what’s happening on the southern border at a concentration camp, and you’re right, it’s wrong to cheapen and start making comparisons to the Holocaust or what happened in the Holocaust. That’s not helpful. What is helpful, I think, is shows like this that will talk about the Holocaust seriously, bring it back to people’s memories.”
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