What about Democrat fatigue? They know not to begin impeachment, but only to drag this all out till the next election to make us yearn for a less controversial President. They will continue to search for reputable critics of this President to voice their dislike for Mr. Trump such as - for one - General Mattis (conveniently egged on by Trump's impulsive tweets), and expect the CNN-enhanced cumulative toll to have the desired result. Pandora's Box is open now and future conservative Republicans can expect to face these same attacks and perhaps nobody but President Pierre Delecto can give us a conflict-free administration. I deeply fear today's Democrat Party, but being eighty years old, I may have to be content with passing this affliction on to our descendents. The Tunnel Dweller.
Adam Schiff’s Intelligence Committee chairmanship is Pelosi’s big mistake "Voltaire wrote that "It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong." This is precisely what has brought the intent to destroy Donald Trump upon his head. He won the 2016 election by speaking to the American people, not the jaded, constrained political class. His assessment of the public's frustration with the DC establishment was wise and correct. Hillary Clinton was, and remains, just another authoritarian pol who has nothing but contempt for said people so it should have been no surprise that she lost. But a huge shock it was, and the Left has yet to accept that electoral outcome. So, they are still trying to undo those results. Trump's many successes as president only serve to incite their wrath." . . .
The Republicans should have been pushing back against Schiff's ridiculous "impeachment inquiry" from day one. Appointing Schiff to head the intel committee was a huge mistake on Pelosi's part. This is not Kafka's The Trial! It is the leadership of the Democrat party that should be putting a stop to Schiff's fruitless search for a crime with which to impeach Trump. . . .
Gaetz vs. Schiff, The Sequel "Following the attacks that Matt Gaetz endured last week over his attempt to shed some sunlight on Adam Schiff’s “secret” impeachment hearings, the ordinary Republican would have meekly subsided into shamefaced, timid silence.
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"But Matt Gaetz is no ordinary Republican. So when Schiff scheduled yet another “impeachment” stunt yesterday, Gaetz gathered together a posse of fellow Republican reps and set out to raid Schiff’s sideshow act.
. . . "Schiff immediately ran like a rabbit. Gaetz and his team attempted to take a look at the “evidence” that Schiff was about to present, but his staffers seized it before they could examine it.
We can be sure that this exercise would not meet with the approval of Pierre Delecto and other GOP worthies. But turnabout is fair play. Schiff and Pelosi set the parameters for this episode by refusing to go with the time-honored, legally solid route of a formal impeachment in favor of Impeachment by PR stunt. They created the situation, now they can suffer the consequences." . . .
Why the secrecy, Rep. Schiff? "House Minority Whip Steve Scalise asks an excellent question: “What is Adam Schiff trying to hide?” Schiff — the point man for impeachment — could at least try to explain why he’s holding all his hearings behind closed doors, with the public getting only leaked, and likely biased, accounts of the testimony. To dramatize the problem Wednesday, 30 House Republicans stormed into the room that was to host Schiff’s next secret hearing. The chairman responded by leaving, postponing the testimony of Defense Department official Laura Cooper."As President Trump says, 'where's the whistleblower?' . . . "As the so-called impeachment inquiry gathers information that contradicts the employee's allegations, we ask that you arrange for the Committees to receive public testimony from the employee and all individuals he or she relied upon in formulating the complaint." . . .
. . . "the Committee ought to fully access the sources and credibility of the employee,” Republican Reps. Jim Jordan, Devin Nunes, and Michael McCaul wrote to Schiff".
House GOPers Cross Schiff’s Star Chamber Borders . . . "Dozens of angry Republicans breached the border of House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff’s (D-Calif.) secret tribunal on Wednesday. Schiff who is taking pretend security steps to conceal his pretend impeachment inquiry from public scrutiny has prohibited Republicans from attending his publicity stunt hearing." . . .
Schiff: Hearings Are Private To Keep Trump And His Minions In The Dark