The Democrats in the House are rushing to try to get President Trump impeached based upon a complaint from one (or more) so called whistle blowers who claim that in a phone call with the president of Ukraine, President Trump pressured the Ukrainian to interfere in the US elections by "digging up dirt" on Joe Biden and his son. It's impeachment based upon a phone call.
The Democrats' complaint, however, has been falling apart rather rapidly, something that has forced them to resort to lies.
First, the whistleblower's complaint turned out to come from someone without first hand knowledge of what was said in the phone call. It was all hearsay. That didn't stop the Dems or their media allies. They announced that Trump had pressured the Ukrainian seven or eight times during the phone call to investigate Biden. Trump supposedly had told the Ukrainian that all aid would be cut off unless Ukraine opened an investigation into Biden.
That all fell apart when Trump surprised the Democrats and released the transcript of the call. The entire country got to see what was said. Biden was mentioned only once in passing. Trump never pressured the Ukrainian. Indeed, the subject of aid was never even mentioned.
The Demcorats' and media response was to characterize Trump as a "mob boss" who didn't explicitly mention the aid cut off but used it by implication to get the Ukrainians to open an investigation into Biden.
The President of Ukraine said publically that he never felt pressured during the call. It didn't matter, though. The Dems/media just said "what else would you expect from him?" In essence, they called the Ukrainian leader a liar.
Then it came out that although a decision had been made to hold up release of some of the aid to Ukraine, the Ukrainians didn't know about this at the time of the call. No one had told them. So the Dem's argument about Trump as "mob boss" using proceeding to threaten Ukraine by implication fell apart. Even for delusional Democrats it would be hard to explain how Trump threatened the Ukrainian without mentioning the aid cutoff or letting the Ukrainians know about it in some way.
Still, that didn't stop the Dems. Adam Schiff just lied about it all. He pretended to "read" from the transcript and put words into President Trump's mouth that Trump never said. In fact, Schiff had Trump saying things that weren't even close to reality. When Schiff was called out on this lie, he actually claimed that his lie was just a "parody". Even if it were a parody (which it wasn't), Schiff's lie doesn't change the basic fact that Trump couldn't have threatened the Ukrainians if they never knew about the aid cut off.
But now it has gotten still worse. We have now learned that many months before the phone call, Ukraine had reopened its investigation into Burisma. That's the natural gas company the "hired" Hunter Biden as a director and paid him $600,000 or more even though Biden had no experience or qualifications for that job. It just happened that Hunter got hired a month after Joe Biden was put in charge of Ukrainian policy by then president Obama. About a year later, Old Joe Biden actually threatened Ukraine with the withholding of all US aid to Ukraine unless it fired the prosecutor who was investigating Hunter's employer. The Ukrainians collapsed in the face of Biden's threats. They fired the prosecutor who was looking into Hunter Biden's company, Burisma. Earlier this year, even before the new president took office, the Ukrainians decided to reopen the investigation into Burisma. It is also being reported that the reopening of the Burisma investigation was well known to the Trump administration.
Think about that for a moment. The Dems/whistleblowers say that Trump pressured the Ukrainian president in that phone call in late July to open an investigation into Biden. Trump didn't pressure the Ukrainians during the call. The Ukrainians didn't know about the aid cutoff which was the supposed mechanism for the application of pressure. And now.....Trump already knew that the Ukrainians had reopened the very investigation which the whistleblower says Trump wanted many months earlier. That means THERE WAS NO NEED FOR TRUMP TO PRESSURE THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT for an investigation that already existed.
This entire matter is now beyond silly. The Dems should stop this nonsense right now.
The Democrats' complaint, however, has been falling apart rather rapidly, something that has forced them to resort to lies.
First, the whistleblower's complaint turned out to come from someone without first hand knowledge of what was said in the phone call. It was all hearsay. That didn't stop the Dems or their media allies. They announced that Trump had pressured the Ukrainian seven or eight times during the phone call to investigate Biden. Trump supposedly had told the Ukrainian that all aid would be cut off unless Ukraine opened an investigation into Biden.
That all fell apart when Trump surprised the Democrats and released the transcript of the call. The entire country got to see what was said. Biden was mentioned only once in passing. Trump never pressured the Ukrainian. Indeed, the subject of aid was never even mentioned.
The Demcorats' and media response was to characterize Trump as a "mob boss" who didn't explicitly mention the aid cut off but used it by implication to get the Ukrainians to open an investigation into Biden.
The President of Ukraine said publically that he never felt pressured during the call. It didn't matter, though. The Dems/media just said "what else would you expect from him?" In essence, they called the Ukrainian leader a liar.
Then it came out that although a decision had been made to hold up release of some of the aid to Ukraine, the Ukrainians didn't know about this at the time of the call. No one had told them. So the Dem's argument about Trump as "mob boss" using proceeding to threaten Ukraine by implication fell apart. Even for delusional Democrats it would be hard to explain how Trump threatened the Ukrainian without mentioning the aid cutoff or letting the Ukrainians know about it in some way.
Still, that didn't stop the Dems. Adam Schiff just lied about it all. He pretended to "read" from the transcript and put words into President Trump's mouth that Trump never said. In fact, Schiff had Trump saying things that weren't even close to reality. When Schiff was called out on this lie, he actually claimed that his lie was just a "parody". Even if it were a parody (which it wasn't), Schiff's lie doesn't change the basic fact that Trump couldn't have threatened the Ukrainians if they never knew about the aid cut off.
But now it has gotten still worse. We have now learned that many months before the phone call, Ukraine had reopened its investigation into Burisma. That's the natural gas company the "hired" Hunter Biden as a director and paid him $600,000 or more even though Biden had no experience or qualifications for that job. It just happened that Hunter got hired a month after Joe Biden was put in charge of Ukrainian policy by then president Obama. About a year later, Old Joe Biden actually threatened Ukraine with the withholding of all US aid to Ukraine unless it fired the prosecutor who was investigating Hunter's employer. The Ukrainians collapsed in the face of Biden's threats. They fired the prosecutor who was looking into Hunter Biden's company, Burisma. Earlier this year, even before the new president took office, the Ukrainians decided to reopen the investigation into Burisma. It is also being reported that the reopening of the Burisma investigation was well known to the Trump administration.
Think about that for a moment. The Dems/whistleblowers say that Trump pressured the Ukrainian president in that phone call in late July to open an investigation into Biden. Trump didn't pressure the Ukrainians during the call. The Ukrainians didn't know about the aid cutoff which was the supposed mechanism for the application of pressure. And now.....Trump already knew that the Ukrainians had reopened the very investigation which the whistleblower says Trump wanted many months earlier. That means THERE WAS NO NEED FOR TRUMP TO PRESSURE THE UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT for an investigation that already existed.
This entire matter is now beyond silly. The Dems should stop this nonsense right now.
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