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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,757 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:45 PM Jan 2020

The GOP's Attempts to Spin and Deny on Impeachment Have Hit Pathetic New Lows

WASHINGTON — Over the past several days, the president’s legal team and his allies in the Senate mounted a feeble and fact-challenged defense as part of the third impeachment trial in history. They pushed the ahistorical and widely mocked view that Trump shouldn’t be convicted because he committed no actual crimes. They then insisted the first of the two impeachment articles, abuse of power, was bogus because there was no connection between Trump’s decision to freeze congressionally-approved military aid for Ukraine and his demand that Ukraine announce investigations into the Biden family.

That argument, of course, suffered a major setback when The New York Times reported that former National Security Advisor John Bolton wrote in a forthcoming book that Trump conditioned the aid money on Ukraine pledging to go after the Bidens. The Bolton revelation provided a dramatic twist in what had felt like a low-stakes drama destined to end with Trump’s acquittal. Before the Bolton news, it was likely the Senate would not call any new witnesses to testify as part of the trial; now, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has reportedly said it’s likely a majority of senators will vote to call new witnesses.

For President Trump’s most loyal backers in the Senate, Bolton’s assertion has sent them into an overdrive of denial, deflection, and spinning. Here are the most absurd, desperate, and nonsensical efforts by Senate Republicans to defend Trump and ensure the impeachment trial ends with an acquittal.

The president can do basically anything he wants to get reelected if it’s in the “public interest”

Alan Dershowitz, the legal scholar and cable-news talking head who once defended Jeffrey Epstein, pushed perhaps the most expansive view imaginable of executive power during an appearance at the impeachment trial on Wednesday.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-impeachment-trial-senate-republican-bolton-ukraine-hannity-fox-944868/

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The GOP's Attempts to Spin and Deny on Impeachment Have Hit Pathetic New Lows (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2020 OP

I didn't hear much today but I heard that and agree it was an outrageous, ridiculous argument. nt UniteFightBack Jan 2020 #1

Actually, Dersh mostly danced and waved his hands. No audio needed. Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2020 #7

Trump's reelection is opposite of the public's interest lame54 Jan 2020 #2

This argument would excuse him shooting someone on 5th avenue unblock Jan 2020 #3

Bring on the backlash. K&R crickets Jan 2020 #4

It's up to the PUBLIC to decide what's in the "public interest" - that's why we have elections. scarletwoman Jan 2020 #5

Now he can shoot people in the back on 5th Avenue for target practice dalton99a Jan 2020 #6

Everything he feels like doing, wants to do, he thinks is 'in the public interest', he says. Mc Mike Jan 2020 #8

UniteFightBack

(8,231 posts)

1. I didn't hear much today but I heard that and agree it was an outrageous, ridiculous argument. nt

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:47 PM

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Hermit-The-Prog

(33,259 posts)

7. Actually, Dersh mostly danced and waved his hands. No audio needed.

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 03:33 AM

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lame54

(35,267 posts)

2. Trump's reelection is opposite of the public's interest

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 09:47 PM

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unblock

(52,126 posts)

3. This argument would excuse him shooting someone on 5th avenue

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Wed Jan 29, 2020, 10:45 PM

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I mean, if it helps him get re-elected, right? Every politician thinks getting re-elected is in the national interest, or at least in the interest of their constituency.

Would derpowitz excuse donnie shooting a political opponent? If it helps Donnie get re-elected, right?

Note that this isn't an indication of how ridiculous derpowitz is. He's a bright and capable lawyer. It's an indication of how incredibly guilty donnie is that this is the best argument a skilled lawyer could come up with.

crickets

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4. Bring on the backlash. K&R

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 12:32 AM

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scarletwoman

(31,893 posts)

5. It's up to the PUBLIC to decide what's in the "public interest" - that's why we have elections.

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 01:33 AM

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That has to be one of the most absurd arguments anyone has ever tried to pull off.

dalton99a

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6. Now he can shoot people in the back on 5th Avenue for target practice

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 02:24 AM

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since it is in the nation's best interest for the president to improve his shooting skills

Mc Mike

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8. Everything he feels like doing, wants to do, he thinks is 'in the public interest', he says.

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Thu Jan 30, 2020, 06:59 AM

Jan 2020

If he says he thinks it's in the public interest, that's good enough for the repugs. After all, he never says anything that isn't true.

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