BREAKING: Sen. Joni Ernst Admits GOP is Using Impeachment Trial to Do Trump's Dirty Work!
PFAW Member,
The 'defense' being presented by Trump's legal team in his Senate impeachment trial is nothing short of a complete farce.
But not according to Trump's Republican mouthpieces in the Senate...
Exhibit A: Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa.
|
Ernst – who is up for re-election this year in a state where Trump's approval ratings are under water – asserts, "The White House has done a brilliant job of shredding the House managers' case."
And she even just went a step farther than most others in her party by giving away the GOP's true motivations. Yesterday, Ernst grabbed onto Team Trump’s heavy focus on the Ukraine conspiracy theories put out by Trump and Rudy Giuliani regarding Joe Biden and his son:
"Iowa caucuses are this next Monday evening. And I'm really interested to see how this discussion today informs and influences the Iowa caucus voters … those Democratic caucus goers. Will they be supporting Vice President Biden at this point?"
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) correctly pointed out that it's become "crystal clear" that "Trump is trying to use the trial to do what Ukraine wouldn't – destroy his political rivals."
And now Joni Ernst is gleefully carrying Trump’s water and, as Kaili Joy Gray of The American Independent put it, is "screaming the quiet part into a bullhorn!"
Sen. Ernst is clearly not doing her job and taking this process seriously. And she is showing incredible disdain for the voters in her state by echoing these false narratives and hoping that Iowans will be taken in by Team Trump’s circus.
TODAY, Iowa PFAW members joined our organizers for grassroots protests outside of Sen. Ernst’s Des Moines and Cedar Rapids offices to demand that she vote to hear witnesses and support a fair trial – NOT a cover up.
A Common Dreams headline this morning read, “Sen. Joni Ernst Admits GOP Using Impeachment Trial to Damage Biden in 2020.”
The local politics website Iowa Starting Line said of Ernst, "Not only is she giving away their party’s cynical game on impeachment, she’s making herself look like a fool in the process."
We’re not going to let her – or them – get away with it.
A crucial vote will happen late this week to determine whether or not the Senate will allow witness testimony in the Trump impeachment trial … testimony from witnesses like John Bolton, who, the New York Times reports, has written that Trump told him the hold-up in military aid for Ukraine was tied to a public announcement by the Ukrainian government of an investigation into the Bidens.
And it sure looks like Joni Ernst is signaling that she has NO intention of upholding her oath of office and supporting a fair trial with witnesses and evidence.
Thank you so much for everything you do!
-- Ben Betz, Digital Director
|
|
Do not reply directly to this e-mail. Please use [email protected]. Trouble viewing the email? THANK YOU for your support of People For the American Way! This email was sent to [email protected]. Reaching you over email is the best way we have to let you know about the ways you can take action to fight the Right Wing and defend our constitutional rights and values. If you have any thoughts, comments, or criticisms, or if there's a better email address at which to reach you, please let us know>> If you'd like to unsubscribe from our list, you can do that here>> Radical Right extremists are trying to turn back the clock on a century of advances in civil rights, women’s rights, workers’ rights, the social safety net and more… With Donald Trump in the White House, they’re waging an all-out assault on the fundamental pillars of our country – democracy, checks and balances, a fair and independent judicial branch, and core values like fairness, equality, and justice for all. PFAW is fighting back every day with: ✔ Grassroots organizing But we can’t do this vital work without the robust grassroots financial support of our members and activists.
|
|||
|
