Short thread compiling my responses to the disingenuous, mimeographed Republican arguments against impeachment:
#1 "Impeachment Shouldn't Be Political!"
Hamilton: dude, it's INEVITABLY political. We've designed that in.
#1 "Impeachment Shouldn't Be Political!"
Hamilton: dude, it's INEVITABLY political. We've designed that in.
My responses to the disingenuous, mimeographed Republican arguments against impeachment:
#2: "But the Framers warned us against partisan impeachments!"
Hamilton again: my dude, you're the ones doing that. Cowboy up:
#2: "But the Framers warned us against partisan impeachments!"
Hamilton again: my dude, you're the ones doing that. Cowboy up:
My responses to the disingenuous, mimeographed Republican arguments against impeachment:
#3: But these articles of impeachment don't even accuse him of a crime!
Response: they don't have to.
#3: But these articles of impeachment don't even accuse him of a crime!
Response: they don't have to.
My responses to the disingenuous, mimeographed Republican arguments against impeachment:
#4: "Abuse of power? WTF is abuse of power?"
#4: "Abuse of power? WTF is abuse of power?"
My responses to the disingenuous, mimeographed Republican arguments against impeachment:
#5: "You can't have obstruction of Congress until the courts have ruled!"
#5: "You can't have obstruction of Congress until the courts have ruled!"
My responses to the disingenuous, mimeographed Republican arguments against impeachment:
#6: "The call was perfect because Trump himself didn't directly ask for a quid pro quo!"
Response: you don't seem to understand what a 'bagman' is.
#6: "The call was perfect because Trump himself didn't directly ask for a quid pro quo!"
Response: you don't seem to understand what a 'bagman' is.
My responses to the disingenuous, mimeographed Republican arguments against impeachment:
(#6b: no, Trump/Godfather references aren't just me being mean. Compare the video above with this one of an actual mafioso:)
(#6b: no, Trump/Godfather references aren't just me being mean. Compare the video above with this one of an actual mafioso:)
My responses to the disingenuous, mimeographed Republican arguments against impeachment:
#5b: Congress should go to the courts before invoking impeachment:
Not according to "Father of the Constitution" James Madison OR to the courts themselves:
#5b: Congress should go to the courts before invoking impeachment:
Not according to "Father of the Constitution" James Madison OR to the courts themselves:
My responses to the disingenuous, mimeographed Republican arguments against impeachment:
#7: "The evidence here doesn't meet the (reasonable doubt)(preponderance) standard!"
No. There's no such rule. The only test is whether Trump's fit to keep serving.
#7: "The evidence here doesn't meet the (reasonable doubt)(preponderance) standard!"
No. There's no such rule. The only test is whether Trump's fit to keep serving.
