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babylonsister

(170,958 posts)
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 04:52 PM Oct 2019

Republicans Embarrass Themselves With Resolution To Censure Adam Schiff

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/10/16/censure-adam-schiff-resolution.html


Posted on Wed, Oct 16th, 2019 by Jason Easley
Republicans Embarrass Themselves With Resolution To Censure Adam Schiff


Republicans have released a resolution to censure Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff that is an embarrassment to the House of Representatives.

House Minority Leader Rep. Kevin McCarthy has taken every Trump complaint about Adam Schiff and put in a goofy resolution that is part Fox News and part Trump pander.

McCarthy made it clear on the House floor that his goals were to smear Schiff and the impeachment process, “But this resolution is about more than the actions of any one individual. When false evidence is entered into the official record or communicated directly to the American people, the People’s House loses the credibility it needs to function properly. If that credibility is not restored—if the American people cannot trust that the process will be fair and that information will be honestly shared—they will lose trust in the soundness of our system of government.”

Rep. McCarthy also suggested that impeaching a president who has confessed to his offenses is unfair, “That is what this resolution is all about: To protect the integrity of our proceedings, which censure is designed to do. To restore a process that is fair, objective, and fact-based. And to reassure the American people that the stakes and intensity of our current debate will not overwhelm their government.”

Read the full resolution @ link:

House Republicans are abusing the censure process to smear a colleague in a bid to save a corrupt president. The resolution is a laundry list of Trump conspiracies and Fox News gripes. Gambits like the one McCarthy is trying to pull off highlight the fact that Republicans can’t dispute the impeachment evidence, so they are trying to discredit the investigation.

There is no core to the Republican Party. The GOP’s backbone is non-existant. When scarecrow Trump gets swept into the dustbin of history, all that will remain is a Putin sized hole where the memories of Lincoln and Reagan used to be.
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Republicans Embarrass Themselves With Resolution To Censure Adam Schiff (Original Post) babylonsister Oct 2019 OP
WTH? Looks like the entire Republican clown show, as well as the top clown, is in meltdown mode! Frustratedlady Oct 2019 #1
which censure is designed to do. UpInArms Oct 2019 #2
Getting depositions in closed meetings is brilliant Midnightwalk Oct 2019 #3

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)
1. WTH? Looks like the entire Republican clown show, as well as the top clown, is in meltdown mode!
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 04:59 PM
Oct 2019

Too bad we don't have a good method of tracking the amount of money these clowns have been receiving since Trump took office. We might have censures of our own. I have a feeling McCarthy and McConnell would be on that list. And, we can't forget Paul Ryan, either. He got out just in time.

It's beginning to look like there may be a Civil War in Congress and the White House. Did you ever?

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
3. Getting depositions in closed meetings is brilliant
Wed Oct 16, 2019, 05:16 PM
Oct 2019

Enough comes out so there are articles every day and discussion on tv and online.

Having a couple of bozos like Jordan come out every day with nothing more substantial than cries of “it’s not fair” is weak. In both the argument sense and visually. I think we win that.

We will get to the public phases. Evidence from testimony in these hearings will be important and we’ll have it all by then.

But that’s just this lay persons opinion. Are these accurately described as depositions?

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