There’s not much Donald Trump can do on Twitter or at his weird political rallies that raises our eyebrows any more. As dopey as the Cheeto-in-Chief may be, we’ve sort of become immune to his rampant stupidity after a couple years of it.
But this weekend, things are a little bit different — because this marks the first time a major, nationally-known Republican politician has broke rank and file with the GOP faithful and admitted what we all know to be true: Trump’s gotta go.
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The Congressman in question is the Republican Representative from Michigan’s Third District, Justin Amash, who went on an eyebrow-raising tweetstorm on Saturday afternoon after finishing up his read of the Mueller Report in full. And, as Amash points out in his lengthy tweets about the subject, four things are very clear — the most high profile of which is that Trump “has engaged in impeachable conduct.”
Finally, a Republican with some brains?! Hallelujah!!!
Here’s how it all played out; Amash took to Twitter less than 24 hours ago to blast Trump’s hand-picked Attorney General William Barr for being so deceptive in how he released the Mueller Report to the public. Furthermore, Amash openly admits that Trump’s obstruction and collusion behaviors can’t be overlooked, and the actions are undoubtedly impeachable. Ummm, this is big!!
Read the Congressman’s entire thread about it (below):
Here are my principal conclusions:
1. Attorney General Barr has deliberately misrepresented Mueller’s report.
2. President Trump has engaged in impeachable conduct.
3. Partisanship has eroded our system of checks and balances.
4. Few members of Congress have read the report.— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
In comparing Barr’s principal conclusions, congressional testimony, and other statements to Mueller’s report, it is clear that Barr intended to mislead the public about Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s analysis and findings.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
Under our Constitution, the president “shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.” While “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” is not defined, the context implies conduct that violates the public trust.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
In fact, Mueller’s report identifies multiple examples of conduct satisfying all the elements of obstruction of justice, and undoubtedly any person who is not the president of the United States would be indicted based on such evidence.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
While impeachment should be undertaken only in extraordinary circumstances, the risk we face in an environment of extreme partisanship is not that Congress will employ it as a remedy too often but rather that Congress will employ it so rarely that it cannot deter misconduct.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
We’ve witnessed members of Congress from both parties shift their views 180 degrees—on the importance of character, on the principles of obstruction of justice—depending on whether they’re discussing Bill Clinton or Donald Trump.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
America’s institutions depend on officials to uphold both the rules and spirit of our constitutional system even when to do so is personally inconvenient or yields a politically unfavorable outcome. Our Constitution is brilliant and awesome; it deserves a government to match it.
— Justin Amash (@justinamash) May 18, 2019
Wow!!!
It’s one thing to see a Democrat advocate for Trump’s impeachment — it happens so often, and seems so obvious and clear (and, dare we say, repetitive) that it’s not even worth covering. But a REPUBLICAN?! Like, an actual conservative Republican like Amash with real, bona fide popularity within the party???
Like we said… WOW!!!
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Just like clockwork, though, you can count on Trump reacting the next morning to things that happen to him (or are about him), and so very early Sunday morning the big diaper baby our President woke up from his slumber and fired off a few mean tweets about Amash (below):
….he would see that it was nevertheless strong on NO COLLUSION and, ultimately, NO OBSTRUCTION…Anyway, how do you Obstruct when there is no crime and, in fact, the crimes were committed by the other side? Justin is a loser who sadly plays right into our opponents hands!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 19, 2019
Nobody takes criticism worse than the Donald! He’s, uh, the best at it!
Seriously, though, hopefully this moment marks a turning point where at least a few other Republicans will see the light and understand exactly what’s been going on in this White House the past couple years. That may not mean Trump actually gets impeached, of course, but at the very least, let’s pray the GOP goes back to working for the American people again… at least, like, a little bit.
Is that too much to ask???
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