It’s Wednesday.
85 days ago the Speaker of the House announced a formal Impeachment Inquiry into President Donald Trump, on this day, the House of Reps., meets to debate the Two Articles of Impeachment sent to them by the House Judiciary Committee.
For #ImpeachmentDay the President has tweeted 19 times and retweeted 27 times.
.@foxandfriends “My hope is that impeachment will never become this trivial again.” @kilmeade Well said Brian!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
Left, Fox & Friends, 6:49 a.m.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 18, 2019
Right, Trump, 7:11 a.m. pic.twitter.com/ZeDZvpFBzt
Can you believe that I will be impeached today by the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, AND I DID NOTHING WRONG! A terrible Thing. Read the Transcripts. This should never happen to another President again. Say a PRAYER!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
I can believe it.
He did do wrong, it is wrong that a sitting President hold up foreign aid, in order to benefit his political campaign.
The transcripts =’s the April 21st and the July 25th Memorandums of the phone calls he had with Ukrainian President Zelensky.
Both Memorandums include a warning that the TELCON Memorandum is not a transcript.
“They just wanted to get at the President. They had no intention of having a proper investigation. They couldn’t find any crimes so they did a vague abuse of power and abuse of Congress, which every administration from the beginning has done.” @RepDougCollins @foxandfriends
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:08 a.m.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 18, 2019
Right, Trump, 8:18 a.m. pic.twitter.com/qo9xvrPRbD
But wait there’s more…
“It’s sad. Here’s a gentleman who came to the White House and all they had was never to let him have an easy breath. All they wanted to do is impeach him. They started the day after he was elected, even the day after he was sworn in. But this President came to Washington and….
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
….said, “I’m going to clean up Washington, I’m going to help people.” He gave big tax cuts, he’s made our military strong. They’re mad at him because he actually did what he said he was going to do. History will record we’re experiencing some of the best times we’ve ever…..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
….had, while the Democrats are just looking out for elections. This President should just continue to fight like he’s always fought, for himself & for this Country. Continue to put forth policies like prescription drugs & trade policies. That’s what makes this President stand..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
….out, and he’s been amazing at it. The Democrsts have no message, they have no hope for 2020.” @RepDougCollins @foxandfriends Thank you Doug!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
Left, Fox & Friends, 7:08 a.m.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 18, 2019
Right, Trump, 8:18 a.m. pic.twitter.com/qo9xvrPRbD
Yeah, thank you Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), the Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee, for kissing President Trump’s ass this morning on live TV.
As a reminder until 2018, Republicans held the majority in the House.
Sean is a great patriot and will do a fantastic job. Has my total and complete endorsement! https://t.co/GxLuWGjKYX
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
Sean P is a much stronger candidate! https://t.co/LPGqDiVi1J
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
According to Sean P’s, Twitter Bio he is a “Decorated Combat Veteran, NYT Best Selling Author, Father, Leader, Republican Candidate for the 17th Congressional District of Pennsylvania.”
Thank you! https://t.co/3gTPOd33Io
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
Yep, thanks Tanvi Sharma, for feeding the President’s delusional behavior, case in point is his next tweet where he thanks himself.
Thank you! https://t.co/UWMjeqdue4
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
“This is all about convicting a President based on innuendo, not on the facts. Even the Ukrainian President said there was no pressure!” @RepMarkMeadows
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
A rare non-Fox live-tweet, this Meadows comment is from a CBS News special report.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 18, 2019
Left, CBS, 10:03 a.m.
Right, Trump, 10:11 a.m. pic.twitter.com/sTduHcTGcX
“Impeachment is a terrible idea for the Country. The more people learn about impeachment, the less people want impeachment.” @TuckerCarlson
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
His switching away from Fox News, didn’t last long.
Now tweeting from last night's Tucker.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 18, 2019
Left, Fox's Tucker Carlson Tonight, 8:01 p.m.
Right, Trump, 10:33 a.m. pic.twitter.com/k4iseg0zVH
Yeah, it’s a totally terrible idea to give our President limits on their power as set forth by our Constitution. I’m sure the Founding Fathers would be so proud.
Thank you! https://t.co/YewSlzHxBM
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
Prior to thanking Father Frank Pavone he retweeted the same tweet.
Will go down in history as worst Speaker. Already thrown out once! https://t.co/Q6N2EVlp9j
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) was not “thrown out” she was replaced when Republicans retook the House, she was still a House of Representatives member.
*Flashback*
Check out this exchange I had with then private citizen @realDonaldTrump on Oct. 15, 2008. We spoke about House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and he then offered his thoughts about impeachment. pic.twitter.com/mXlsG9SjbB
— Wolf Blitzer (@wolfblitzer) December 18, 2019
“The evidence has to be overwhelming, and it is not. It’s not even close.” Ken Starr, Former Independent Counsel
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
Left, Fox's America's Newsroom, 9:35 a.m.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 18, 2019
Right, Trump, 11:14 a.m. pic.twitter.com/WLpj0WczYK
Let’s review.
We have the Whistleblower complaint, that an Inspector General appointed by President Trump, found urgent and credible only for that complaint to be squashed by Acting DNI Director Joseph Maguire who testified that he was told it wasn’t urgent or concerning according to the DOJ. We have the Memorandum of the President asking in exchange for defense weapons President Zelensky to investigate the Biden’s. We have the President’s own words, just days after the Impeachment inquiry was launched where he added that likewise China should investigate the Biden’s.
President Trump: "China should start an investigation into the Bidens because what happened in China is just about as bad as what happened with Ukraine. So, I would say that President Zelensky, if it were me, I would recommend that they start an investigation into the Bidens." pic.twitter.com/Xia8vLUVT2
— CSPAN (@cspan) October 3, 2019
We also have the President’s Chief of Staff, who held a rare press briefing to announce that the G7 Summit for 2020 would be held at a President Trump property admit that it was a quid pro quo, it’s done all the time. He later walked back his statement.
"President Trump is not a big fan of foreign aid, never has been, still isn't .. especially when it's poorly spent and that is exactly what drove this decision," Mick Mulvaney tells @jonkarl, defending decision to withhold funds to Ukraine https://t.co/WFolNYZlBl pic.twitter.com/4dv3KzEsRX
— Deena Zeina Zaru 👩🏻💻 (@Deena_Zaru) October 17, 2019
On top of the direct evidence we have, we also have the testimony of a dozen witnesses that spell out the military aid and announcement publicly of an investigation into President Trump’s political rival former VP Joe Biden was known by both the “three amigo’s” and the Ukrainian’s.
For all information regarding the testimony offered you can find it @ Just Security.
But yeah, we need more overwhelming evidence…
In the end here, nothing happened. We don’t approach anything like the egregious conduct that should be necessary before a President should be removed from office. I believe that a President can’t be removed from office if there is no reasonable possibility that the Senate..
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
….won’t convict and remove the President – Then the House should not be Impeaching the President in the first place. If this is the new standard, every President from here on out is impeachable.” Andy McCarthy @FoxNews So well stated. Thank you!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
I wonder if Andy McCarthy had that same view when the House impeached former President Bill Clinton? I highly doubt it.
Left, Fox's America's Newsroom, 9:42 a.m.
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) December 18, 2019
Right, Trump, 11:38 a.m. pic.twitter.com/B0LR7ux9Un
SUCH ATROCIOUS LIES BY THE RADICAL LEFT, DO NOTHING DEMOCRATS. THIS IS AN ASSAULT ON AMERICA, AND AN ASSAULT ON THE REPUBLICAN PARTY!!!!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
AP White House reporter Jonathan Lemire tweeted @ 12:36 p.m. that according to our overpaid Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham the President would be working all day and he might catch some of the House debate.
Per White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham, how President Trump is spending the day as the impeachment hearings continue:
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) December 18, 2019
"The President will be working all day. He will be briefed by staff throughout that day, and could catch some of the proceedings between meetings.”
President Trump sent his all caps tweet 8 minutes later.
But never fear that our President is worried about Impeachment or anything.
….They want to Impeach me (I’m not worried!), and yet they were all breaking the law in so many ways. How can they do that and yet impeach a very successful (Economy Plus) President of the United States, who has done nothing wrong? These people are Crazy!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2019
To watch the debate in the House, you can do so here.
For editorial thoughts regarding Impeachment day, you can find those here.
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This post will be updated within reason.
