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Quixote1818

(28,959 posts)
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 02:13 PM Dec 2019

Senior Editor of Conservative *National Review* Calls for Impeachment and Removal

Ramesh Ponnuru says Congress needs to prove 4 things to impeach a POTUS:

That the facts of the case are true.
That the facts amount to an abuse of power.
That the abuse is impeachable
That is prudent to remove the president.
Read his recent piece at The National Review to see how he responds to these four points. A taste:

On October 3, Trump was asked to clarify what he had wanted the Ukrainian government to do. “They’d start a major investigation into the Bidens,” he answered. Representative Debbie Lesko (R., Ariz.) nonetheless told a CNN reporter on December 13 that Trump had not asked “a foreign power to investigate a political rival.” Her office later “clarified” that she meant to deny only that Trump had wanted the investigation because Biden is a political rival. The fact that they both want to be president in 2021 was, on her view, just a coincidence.

Take the clarification seriously, and what Representative Lesko was trying to do was to defend that second wall. Sure, the president sought an investigation of Biden, but only as a means of making sure that U.S. aid was not going to a corrupt state. Senator John Kennedy (R., La.) has said that the possibility that Trump was concerned about corruption means that he cannot be proved to have had a corrupt intent.

More: https://thewayofimprovement.com/2019/12/20/senior-editor-of-conservative-national-review-calls-for-impeachment-and-removal/?fbclid=IwAR2pQCV8cooMUPkd2L4YE7-OQ8DkIRMrIJfzQ3zBwEw-zjVdYxgiDkb9ISI

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Senior Editor of Conservative *National Review* Calls for Impeachment and Removal (Original Post) Quixote1818 Dec 2019 OP
Senator Kennedy seems to forget that Trumpy Eyeball_Kid Dec 2019 #1
Holy crap - this, coming from that fascist twerp Ponnuru, makes me wonder The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2019 #2
You mean the "radical left leaning" National Review? Caliman73 Dec 2019 #3
Should show up in a tweet Wellstone ruled Dec 2019 #4
Just wait for it... smirkymonkey Dec 2019 #5
" *National Review* Calls for Removal" Evangelicals call for his removal.... mitch96 Dec 2019 #6
Well, well. Seems there are a few breaks in the ranks here and there. nt crickets Dec 2019 #7
The writer has always been a "Never Trumper". former9thward Dec 2019 #9
It's not that surprising Shrek Dec 2019 #8

Eyeball_Kid

(7,434 posts)
1. Senator Kennedy seems to forget that Trumpy
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 02:23 PM
Dec 2019

has to his credit over 13,000 LIES since inauguration. Trumpy is a living, breathing lie machine, and Kennedy is taking Trumpy at his word!??

Kennedy is lying and he knows it. He is beyond shame, but then he's taking cues from the Master Liar, Trumpy himself, and the Puppetmaster, Uncle Vlad.

Disgusting. Kennedy doesn't deserve to be Senator. He deserves being a bag man for a mob boss.

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,829 posts)
2. Holy crap - this, coming from that fascist twerp Ponnuru, makes me wonder
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 02:46 PM
Dec 2019

whether Satan isn't firing up the Zamboni in Hell.

Caliman73

(11,744 posts)
3. You mean the "radical left leaning" National Review?
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 02:51 PM
Dec 2019

I hear it is doing very poorly. I hear that no one cares. I don't think anyone reads JB anymore.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
5. Just wait for it...
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 03:13 PM
Dec 2019

It's amazing how many "failing" (according to Trump) organizations and publications still seem to be going strong. It's almost like Trump is living in his own little fantasy world.

mitch96

(13,924 posts)
6. " *National Review* Calls for Removal" Evangelicals call for his removal....
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 03:58 PM
Dec 2019

Pope says he is not a christian...
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Just a matter of time..
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former9thward

(32,068 posts)
9. The writer has always been a "Never Trumper".
Sat Dec 21, 2019, 07:25 PM
Dec 2019

He has frequently appeared on PBS criticizing Trump before he was even elected. So not really surprising.

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