Trump declares it was a ‘great day for the GOP’ — and is mercilessly ridiculed for his absurd claim
President Donald Trump responded to the end of the day’s impeachment hearings by saying that it was a great day for the Republican Party and for the United States. There were many people who disagreed, however.
A great day for Republicans, a great day for our Country!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 20, 2019
Every person who testified before Congress has said that Trump’s obsession with Joe Biden was concerning enough to alert others. Even National Security Council aide Tim Morrison stressed that he didn’t believe there was anything inappropriate about the call between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. But when Rep. Val Demmings (D-FL) asked him why then he felt the need to report it if there was nothing wrong, Morrison struggled to find an answer.
Republicans didn’t have a good day when their own witnesses revealed that they don’t believe Trump’s conspiracy theory about former Vice President Joe Biden.
“I’ve known Joe Biden for 20 years. He is an honorable man and I hold him in the highest regard,” former Ambassador Kurt Volker said, testifying for the GOP.
Former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) similarly had a tough time defending the president’s conduct citing the witnesses that appeared today. Once he was shown to be a fool, he flew off the handle.
To make matters worse, Trump and the GOP started the day off by attacking a decorated Iraq War hero for daring to wear his uniform on The Hill. Members of the military are expected to wear their uniforms when they come to Capitol Hill in an official capacity. Republicans may recall retired Lt. Col. Oliver North appearing before Congress during the Iran-Contra dressed in his full uniform. It wasn’t a good move for a president known as Captain Bone Spurs for dodging the Vietnam draft.
That certainly didn’t go over well:
— Billy D Resist 45* Never Again is Right Now (@EugJHawk) November 20, 2019
You can see the internet’s response to Trump’s tweet below:
I have to laugh at Nunes attempts to paint the hearings as a circus when he is the leader of all the clowns
— Mark Gray (@rich29uk) November 20, 2019
Yes! A truly great day for our country! The evidence against you is mounting and you’ll soon be impeached and removed from office. #Trump #ImpeachmentHearings
— Andy Ostroy (@AndyOstroy) November 20, 2019
The Emperor is wearing no clothes! Still to come: The Gordon Problem. #TheGordonProblem
— Nancy Levine 🌊 (@nancylevine) November 20, 2019
adderall and dementia is a hell of a cocktail
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) November 20, 2019
If the competition was who could shout the most, to least effect, then it has indeed been a banner day for the GOP.
— Michael Marshall Smith (@ememess) November 20, 2019
Wait, you're resigning? That WOULD be a great day for our country!
— Freeze It First (@TofuDance) November 20, 2019
#DonaldTrump must be watching a different reality show. 😳 #ImpeachTrump #ImpeachmentHearings
— Jules Morgan (@glamelegance) November 20, 2019
— Billy D Resist 45* Never Again is Right Now (@EugJHawk) November 20, 2019
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha pic.twitter.com/1F4MQHbIZJ
— Oliver G. Hardley (@oliverg2014) November 20, 2019
If god is involved, it would just be to test the rest of us.
— Darrell Jett (@Photojett) November 20, 2019
Lt. Col. Vindman’s uniform spoke loud. His humanity spoke louder. I believe the guy with the Purple Heart not the guy with the orange face. pic.twitter.com/glZI4lALR6
— Thorsten (@Airvooocht) November 20, 2019
Dude… Were you watching something on Netflix?
On the IMPEACHMENT HEARINGS… better than any OTHER for you, but even THEN you still came off more CROOKED than a (pardon the analogy) SWASTIKA with arthritis
— Byron Ricketts (@BJR3_Boston) November 20, 2019
How can someone be this confidently delusional?
— CHIDI®️ (@ChidiNwatu) November 20, 2019
Omg! I missed it.
You resigned????
This IS a cause for celebration!
Who's decision was this? pic.twitter.com/tB5NurBTW4
— KyivinlyFather 🇺🇲🇨🇦🇲🇼🇸🇿 (@KevinlyFather) November 20, 2019
— Bill Reynolds (@TigerPilot) November 20, 2019
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Mississippi Republican who lost to Democrat by 14 votes files request for state House to void the election and declare her the winner
On Thursday, Mississippi Today reported that state Rep. Ashley Henley, who lost her bid for re-election to Democrat Hester Jackson-McCray by just 14 votes in November, has filed a request for the GOP-controlled state legislature to overturn the results of the election and seat Henley for another term.
Henley cites what she claims are several irregularities in voter signature collection, and "missing" ballots. "There were irregularities that happened, absolutely, documented, very much so that bring into question the legitimacy of the election results," said Henley said. "That is without question."
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Trump’s campaign manager mocked for proudly sharing poll that suggests Dems will keep the House in 2020
On Thursday, President Donald Trump's campaign manager Brad Parscale posted a poll that was meant to warn Democrats off of their impeachment efforts, by showing how it was hurting their prospects in a competitive House race.
Specifically, the "confidential" poll showed freshman Rep. Kendra Horn (R-OK) down seven points against a generic Republican, and impeachment opposed 52 percent to 45 percent:
Nancy Pelosi is marching members of her caucus off the plank and into the abyss.
Impeachment is killing her freshman members and polling proves it.
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Two House Democrats push a clever plan that calls Republicans’ bluff on their Biden attacks
Democratic Reps. Katie Porter of California and Max Rose of New York introduced a clever plan this week that will expose whether Republicans’ criticisms of former Vice President Joe Biden in the Ukraine scandal reflect good faith — or if, as many assume, they are just a shameful distraction and a bluff.
The lawmakers announced a bill on Wednesday called the Transparency in Executive Branch Officials’ Finances Act. It has two key components:
First, it would require all politically appointed executive branch officials, as well as the president and the vice president, to “disclose any positions they or any members of their extended families hold with foreign-owned businesses, any intellectual property they own that is protected or enforced by a foreign country, and whether any members of their families have stakes in companies that engage in significant foreign business dealings.”Second, it will “require the President and Vice President to disclose their tax returns for the previous five taxable years and prohibit political appointees from accepting payments from foreign entities.”What’s clever about the proposal is that it latches on to two important issues, creating a wedge for Republicans. As part of the GOP’s defense of President Donald Trump in the Ukraine scandal, Republicans have argued that the president’s patently corrupt efforts to get a foreign country to investigate Biden, a political rival, were legitimate because the former vice president’s son created a conflict of interest by taking part in business in Ukraine.
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