"My
dad suggested that the impeachment managers address the talking point
that Trump hasn’t committed impeachable offenses thus":
We
are not here today to impeach the president for starting the false
rumor that President Barack Obama was born in Kenya – called birtherism.
We
are not here today to impeach the president for ruining the lives of 5
young black men who were falsely accused (by him) of raping women in
Central Park - the Central Park Five.
We are not here today to impeach the president for defrauding students at Trump University.
We are not here today to impeach the president for using Trump (charitable) Foundation for personal gain.
We
are not here today to impeach Donald John Trump for being part of a
slumlord family that was so horrible Woody Guthrie wrote songs about his
dad.
We
are not here today to impeach Donald John Trump for violating the
emoluments clause by refusing to separate himself from his business
interests, cashing in and allowing his children to cash in on the favors
world businessmen are willing to give them in trademarks, real estate
deals, and other business deals worldwide.
We
are not here today to impeach Donald Trump for allowing Don Jr. to
shoot an endangered mountain sheep in Mongolia only to have his father’s
office “fix” the poaching situation for him with the Mongolian
government.
We
are not here today to impeach Donald John Trump for defrauding the
American Public of over $100 million dollars to visit his own golf club
properties spending one in every five days of his presidency.
We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump for putting his children who
could not even pass security clearance in charge of things like Middle
East Peace while eviscerating the State Department.
We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump to call on our adversaries,
like China and Russia to hack the emails of Sec. Clinton and the DNC in
broad daylight.
We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for denigrating the family of a slain Muslim American service member.
We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for mocking a disabled journalist.
We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for engaging in sexual assault and then bragging about it on a hot mic.
We
are not here for impeaching Donald J Trump for dodging the draft by
paying off some slimy doctor that he had bone spurs and have the
temerity to call John McCain a loser.
We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for inciting rally goers to violence.
We are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for calling Nazis very fine people and refugees rapists and murderers.
We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for allowing deadly anti-Semitism
and bigotry flourish by signaling acceptance of White Nationalism,
saying he is a nationalist, embracing David Duke’s support while denying
he knows him- saying virtually nothing to discourage it as people are
mowed down in their places of worship, attacked while in public,
cemeteries desecrated, homes vandalized.
We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for spending 6 hours of “executive
time” a day irresponsibly watching Fox News and tweeting their
propaganda at all hours, conducting foreign policy in 280 characters or
less. A normal president would read news clips from around the world,
stand in front of a microphone to inspire and comfort people after the
many tragedies we have endured, and used complex plans with diplomats.
We
are not here to impeach Donald Trumps for not helping our fellow
Americans in Puerto Rico, humiliating them by throwing them rolls of
paper towel in lieu of real aid after a devastating hurricane or
threatening Californians that they will get no help for devastating
wildfires until basically they rake the leaves there and cutting the
forest service budget.
We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump for arbitrarily banning
people from Muslim countries from coming here and then dropping the
other bigotry shoe by basically ending refugee settlement and referring
to the countries from which people with extra melanin in their skin come
as “shithole countries”.
We
are not here to impeach him for lying about the size of his inaugural
crowd size on his first day in office, and then proceeding to lie about
everything from the paths of hurricanes to how well he knew all his
campaign people from Papadopoulos to Flynn who have been indicted and or
convicted of serious crimes.
We
are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for running the country like one
of his bankrupt casinos with a bunch of unqualified flunkies who are
“interim” cabinet members, or “acting this or that”. Acting Chief of
Staff, Acting Defense Secretary. Who is our Ambassador to the UN now?
Who is the head of the NSA? CIA? Pompeo’s back in for now?
We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for the extrajudicial killing of a
foreign general of a country we are not at war with thereby almost
starting a war, and when that country retaliated against US military
bases by firing rockets at them, causing traumatic brain injury for some
service members he said they just had headaches.
We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump for the everlasting national
shame and human rights violation of separating refugee children,
including infants from their families and leaving them in detention
camps where they sleep on concrete with mylar blankets, are not allowed
human contact, are not allowed crayons, toothbrushes, soap, babies die
alone with no one to hold them, traumatized for life, their emotional
growth stunted – families separated forever after the last attempt to
escape whatever horror they were fleeing in their home countries –
poverty, starvation, gang violence, war. Thousands of those children
remaining in what amount to concentration camps to this day.
We
are not here to impeach Donald J Trump for packing the federal courts
with dozens of judges who have been deemed unqualified to serve on the
bench by the American Bar Association.
We
are not here to impeach Donald John Trump for threatening our free
press and calling journalists the enemy of the people, banning
legitimate news outlets from WH Press Briefings for being critical of
him, and causing so much disruption the press briefings have basically
been suspended because his press secretary can’t explain away the chaos
and lies. So no more briefings and people just forget how bad it is.
We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for turning a blind eye to the
brutal torture and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist by the
Saudi Regime while giving them big defense contracts – to build US
weapons.
We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for threatening and insulting all
of our allies while defending and playing footsie with dictators and our
enemies from Kim Jong Un to Putin. And in the case of Putin, taking his
word that he didn’t interfere with our elections over the word of our
own intelligence agencies.
We
are not here to impeach Donald Trump for surrounding himself with a
criminal element, recently joined by Congressman Chris Collins who was
an early supporter and pleaded guilty to to securities fraud, conspiracy
and making false statements'. According to ABC news last month, 14
Trump aides, donors and advisers have been indicted or imprisoned since
the days when the first-time candidate promised that he would only hire
"the best people." That includes a US General, Michael Flynn, Paul
Manafort - his former campaign manager. You know, fine people.
What
we are here to impeach the president for is the abuse of his august
power by trying to intimidate a new and vulnerable Ukrainian president
to dig up fake dirt on Trump’s opponent in exchange for aid (otherwise
known as quid pro quo) to defend against an invading power and the very
country which did interfere with our elections, Russia, and then
obstructing Congress. To say nothing about having the Ambassador to
Ukraine followed and possibly her safety threatened by his own
associates before being dismissed without reason."
"A foolish faith in authority is the worst enemy of truth."— ALBERT EINSTEIN
