Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) was right about one thing in her morning press conference: "Our democracy is at stake." The liberal leader, who announced the House is officially filing articles of impeachment, proved just how little she understands about the Republic she claims to be saving. "If the House proceeds," constitutional expert Jonathan Turley warned, "this impeachment would stand out... as the shortest proceeding, with the thinnest evidentiary record, and the narrowest grounds ever used to impeach a president." But at this point, most people would agree, it's all the Democrats have.
Donald Trump, like everyone else in America, has seen this coming for three years. "If you are going to impeach me," he fired back, "do it now, fast, so we can have a fair trial in the Senate, and so that our Country can get back to business." Not that America's business was ever something Pelosi worried about. Congressman Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) brought up that glaring failure on "Washington Watch."
"While Democrats will say, 'Well, we passed this [or that], they're passing the most partisan bills in the world -- knowing there's zero chance the Senate is going to take those versions up. They're not even pretending to work... It's all messaging stuff, and it's all positioning to try to win the big race in 2020. That's all this is about for Democrats -- and it's all that the House floor is about as well. There is not a serious effort to legislate or solve problems. And it's frustrating, frankly, to some of my Democratic colleagues, but that doesn't change how they're voting."
The average American, he pointed out -- especially in swing states like his -- are fed up with the whole thing. "And I think probably ratings say that... They want to know: when is the country going to move forward and get on with governing?" Not for awhile, it seems. That's bad news for the Left's 2020 chances, Davidson warns. While they pursue this obsession, "think of all that's failing to get done! Fund and equip our military, fix our broken immigration system, make healthcare more affordable, [and] balance the budget," he urged.
As for the prospects of actually removing Trump, Davidson and his colleagues aren't overly concerned. "We have the facts on our side," Rep. Doug Collins (R-Ga.) insisted. "All they have is hatred of President Trump. All they have is not liking a man who came to office to do what he said he was going to do, and he's actually doing it. When you got facts on your side, truths on your side, it will win every time."
