Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) is the Democratic impeachment playmaker. The left has taken the Trump-Ukraine story from start to finish. It’s even worse than the myth of Russia collusion. The whistleblower alleged that Trump pressured Ukrainian political leadership to investigate Hunter Biden’s position on the board of a Ukrainian energy company or risk having military aid withheld. The so-called whistleblower did not eavesdrop on the call; it’s all second-hand information, and Ukraine received aid. That wasn’t even brought up in the call, according to a transcript released by the Trump White House. Furthermore, there was no quid pro quo in testimony today before the House Intelligence Committee by State Department officials Bill Taylor and George Kent.
Truly extraordinary. Rep. Mike Turner, a moderate and defense/foreign policy guru, tells both witnesses that their testimony is hearsay and would not be admissible in court.
People, Republicans will NOT vote for impeachment…
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) November 13, 2019
Wow. Democrats really have nothing.
— Jason Chaffetz (@jasoninthehouse) November 13, 2019
This so-called whistleblower is a CIA agent, a registered Democrat, and worked with a Democratic candidate in the 2020 election. His complaint was reviewed by Adam Schiff’s staff before it was filed. The first phase of this impeachment process was conducted in secret. Democrats didn’t want open hearings. Open hearings exposed the collusion narrative as a fraud. They tried to keep it in the bunker as long as they could, giving Republicans on the committee only brief summaries based on hours of testimony that could only be read in the presence of a Democratic staffer. Schiff even ordered witnesses to ignore GOP questions while the process was shrouded in secrecy (via Fox News):
House Republican leaders, in a heated news conference … said House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., prevented a witness at the latest impeachment hearing from answering certain questions from House Republicans.
Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., and Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, told reporters that Schiff shut down Republican lines of questioning during a hearing with Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, the last current or former Trump administration official to appear before Congress in connection with the impeachment inquiry.
“When we asked [Vindman] spoke to after the big events in July — Adam Schiff said, ‘No, no, no, we’re not going to let him answer that question,'” Jordan said.
Jordan added that Schiff appeared to be breaking his own rules regarding hearings, suggesting the chairman was acting almost as a “lawyer” for Vindman.
This is key:
The whole premise of this scam is that President Trump was “arm twisting” President Zelensky (regarding aid they didn’t know was being withheld)
Taylor held THREE meetings with Zelensky, and Biden or Burisma were never mentionedphoto:twitter.com/EZ8KQ8HKoL
— Elizabeth Harrington (@LizRNC) November 13, 2019
.@Jim_Jordan: You didn’t eavesdrop on the conversation between President Trump and Zelensky?
Taylor: I didn’t do it.
Jordan: You never spoke to Chief of Staff Mulvaney?
Taylor: I never did.
Jordan: You’ve never met the president?
Taylor: That’s true.
Jordan: And you’re their main witness. photo:twitter.com/ebZ6jsEjeB
— Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) November 13, 2019
Both of the Democrats’ top witnesses in the case #ImpeachmentHearings I just confirmed that they were not involved in the conversation…
So they have nothing to offer?#DemocratsHaveNothing #NoEvidencephoto:twitter.com/N2DPyKD5vF
— Jenny Beth Martin (@jennybethm) November 13, 2019
To sum up what happened:
Bill Taylor, the Democratic chief witness, admitted today that he got almost all of his second-hand information from Gordon Sondland.
We have Sondland, who admitted in writing that he did not really know what happened to the Ukrainian aid
This is a farce.
— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) November 13, 2019
Now the vote has taken place. This investigation is official. It’s been released, but Schiff is still a very senior impeachment candidate. Taylor and Kent are poking holes in the quid pro quo allegations, so you can understand why Schiff interrupted Republican question time during these proceedings.
??Oh my god, WOW??
Congressman Adam Schiff blocks/interrupts GOP questions while instructing witnesses on how to respond.
Republican Party asks about Ukraine trying to aid Hillary win election.
Schiff interrupts and tells witnesses they do not have to answer Republican questions.
This is a coup in a third world country! photo:twitter.com/Hklsrph2Cw
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) November 13, 2019
It took Schiff less than 20 minutes to interrupt and try to limit Republicans’ questions! He can’t aid himself.
and for the Triggered Left Twitterverse, I tweet and pay attention. Proud and effective multitasker!
You know who else tweeted during that hearing? Adam Schiff.
— Elise Stefanik (@EliseStefanik) November 13, 2019
Adam Schiff Accuses GOP Question Interruption: ‘Are You Really Interrupting Our Time?’ #StopMadness photo:twitter.com/K8mjS6tBp6
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) November 13, 2019
This is a scam, people. Like the Russian collusion, it is pure garbage. This is and always has been about getting Trump out for any reason they could find before the 2020 election. Time is running out. Time is up — and this quid pro quo nonsense remains. This is not about upholding institutional integrity or enforcing the rule of law. This is about the Democratic Party’s inability to accept that it has been utterly and completely defeated.
As the Roman general said at the beginning of the movie Gladiator, “A people should know when they’ve been conquered.”
I’m no expert, nor am I the smartest person in the room (obviously), but my amateur analysis is as follows:
So far, the impeachment testimony has been a huge flop for Democrats and has helped @realDonaldTrump.
I also assume that not many people have changed.
Comments? Disagreement?—Sharyl Attkisson?????? (@SharylAttkisson) November 13, 2019
