By: Richard H. Frank
The Democrats led by Nancy Pelosi as “Speaker of the House” have not hesitated to invoke their version of what the Founding Fathers and the Constitution intended as their source for a mandate to impeach Donald J. Trump, the sitting “President of the United States of America.” After conducting a sham Kangaroo Court for over 70 days in search of a crime they have concocted two articles of impeachment that they claim reach the level of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors.” The mantra to impeach Trump started even before he took the oath of office in January of 2017. I guess the thought police within the Democratic Party must have believed he was thinking about committing some sort of crime that would reach the level of impeachment.
The Founders, Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Franklin and Hancock along with others must be spinning in their graves at the specticle of kabuki theatre being orchestrated by the Democrats in the House of Representatives.
Three years have passed since Trump took the oath of office. Three years of a soaring economy, rebuilding of our depleted military, tax relief for millions of Americans and removal of onerous buerocratic regulations keeping our nation from achieving energy independence. A reality of “Promises made and Promises kept” that inflamed the hatred of democrats and “never Trumpers” to a point of hysteria. Moreover his promise to “drain the swamp”consisting of life-long unelected bureaucrats, professional politicians, lobbyists, leeches and permanent governmental agency employees made Trump and his administration the target for destruction at any cost. Enemies within the CIA, FBI and the National Security Agency along with the mainstream media all entered into a silent coup to remove Trump from office and overturn the election of 2016.
To date every contrived effort to discredit the Trump Administration has fallen apart after extensive investigation. Russian Collusion, The Steele dossier, abuse of power, misuse of funds to secure our southern border, restrictions on immigration from certain nations all have either been upheld in the courts or proven to be false. The latest attempt to create a narrative for impeachment is centered around the infamous July 25th phone call with the President of Ukraine.
The so-called “fact witnesses” presented by the Democrats during weeks of secret and staged public hearings were mainly centered around second and third-hand accounts of what these witnesses thought or were told or surmised what had taken place. Such testimony would not be allowed in a court of law, but since impeachment is a political process and not a legal process anything goes and the hell with due process. The Democrats asserted that the President committed numerous crimes during the phone call including bribery, extortion, collusion, seeking a quid pro quo, obstruction of Congress and obstruction of justice. All of the above assertions are based upon assumptions, presumptions, and heresay testimony of witnesses and legal counsel in support of the motivation of the Democrats to impeach the President.
There was a time in the “Old West” when such a proceeding would have been characterized as being orchestrated by a “Hanging Judge” or with the intent to justify a “lynching without due process of law. We the People are bearing witness to exactly how the Democrats think they can defeat Donald J. Trump in 2020 without defeating him at the ballot box. To quote Barack Obama, “Elections have consequences.” Pelosi and the Democrats may have just made a fatal political error and will pay the price in the National election of 2020 and for years to come.
Should impeachment become the norm for any political party that hates a duly elected President as the Democrats hate Donald Trump then no President from any political party will be safe in the future. Moreover as is apparent Congress’ commitment to their oath to uphold the constitution and legislate will be subverted by scurrilous accusations real or imagined for every presidential action they disagree with as cause to invoke impeachment. In the meantime needed legislation on trade, rebuilding the national infrastructure, health care, skyrocketing drug costs, immigration and funding our government remain unaddressed by those elected to represent our interests.
Impeachment used as a tool to overturn the will of “We the People” must be abolished. The only acceptable purpose is that intended by the Founders that rise to a level of “High Crimes and Misdemeanors” perpetrated against the Constitution and security of the Republic. These Crimes must rise to the level of treason against the Nation. All other infractions should be subject to the rule of Law and dealt with under the rules of due process. Should “We the People” demand anything less than that we will ordain the demise of this Republic to become that of a third-rate Banana Republic.
May the Senate see the folly in the actions taken by the Democrats in the House of Representatives for what it is and if impeachment proceeds to trial the Senate must acquit the President of the crimes for which he is accused.
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