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The Democrats’ worst witness was Stanford professor Pamela Karlan. Karlan reportedly was considered for a Supreme Court appointment by Barack Obama, but rejected as too radical. She also was reported to be on Hillary Clinton’s list of potential Supreme Court nominees.
Karlan came across as an obsessive Trump-hater.
But her worst moment came when she dragged the Trumps’ 13-year-old son Barron into a prepared “joke.”
But her worst moment came when she dragged the Trumps’ 13-year-old son Barron into a prepared “joke.”
Karlan’s classless and fundamentally stupid attack is probably the one thing that most people will remember about today’s hearing. Karlan has already apologized for dragging Barron Trump into her testimony, but the damage is done.
It is remarkable how often, when Democrats criticize President Trump, they attack him for things he hasn’t done. Karlan’s diatribe is a case in point. Trump obviously has not taken the absurd position, as she claims, that Article II gives him the power to do anything he wants.
On the contrary, he has been scrupulous (unlike Barack Obama) in confining his actions to his clear constitutional powers.
The silliness of Karlan’s argument is confirmed by her reference to the Constitution’s “no title of nobility” clause. What’s the point?
The silliness of Karlan’s argument is confirmed by her reference to the Constitution’s “no title of nobility” clause. What’s the point?
Her “joke” would have made sense if Trump had tried to make someone a count, or a prince, or a baron. But obviously he has not done, or contemplated, any such thing.
If Donald Trump is such a terrible president, why do the Democrats so often have to make up things he hasn’t done, about which to attack him?
