Trish Regan: Democrats engineering 'hostile takeover' of American government
Dems want to get rid of Trump no matter what
As Democrats wrap up their opening remarks in this impeachment sham, one thing is very clear: This was never about the abuse of power nor obstruction of Congress. This was, and is, a power grab.
The current cast of Democrats doesn’t know how to create a thriving economy. They don’t understand economics. They only understand power. They want it — and intend to get it — even if it means trashing the very Constitution on which our great nation was built.
Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-NY, wants Sen. Mitch McConnell’s job. Schumer wants to be Senate Majority Leader, and he believes this is his opportunity, so, he says things like, “We want witnesses and documents" and “the American people to each of their senators, Democrat and Republican, is asking now and will ask on into the future, why were you so afraid of witnesses and documents?"
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This is posturing. No one is afraid. In fact, I think they’d love to go for it. The leaker whistleblower should be called. Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and his staff should be called. Hunter Biden and former Vice President Joe Biden should be called. But, it’s the principle. Why indulge these politicians when they actually had the opportunity to do it right from the beginning?
Sen. Schumer, you wanna know why you’ve got no good witnesses? Because your buddies Rep. Schiff and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi never did their jobs. They're out there trying to argue obstruction of Congress when there is no requirement that the president turn over anything to Nancy just because she asks for it. No law. In fact, we have the opposite: Separation of powers.
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If the House wasn’t so lazy, or political, they would have taken their requests for witnesses to a judge and then the Democrats might have had a leg to stand on in the obstruction case if the president had refused to comply with the judges' orders. But, they didn’t — and thus, there is no obstruction.
So, now they want a “redo” with new witnesses? Now, after the whole “Schiff Show” in the House? Ain’t gonna happen.
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Meanwhile, Schumer can’t help but insult, insult and insult again the very jury that he’s trying to appeal to. That's how you know he does not care about the actual outcome. He only cares about how he’ll campaign. And, any possible sympathizers he might have had? They all now doubt his motives.
Moderate Republican Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, told Politico, "I don’t think Chuck Schumer is very interested in my opinion ... I don’t think he’s really very interested in doing anything but trying to defeat me by telling lies to the people of Maine. And you can quote me on that.”
It's not only Collins. Other senators also see right through Schumer's ploy.
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Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said, "I think the Democrats make a mistake when they claim outrage time and time again. If everything is an outrage, then nothing is an outrage."
And Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said, "This is an effort by the Democrats to take control of the majority of the United States Senate, it's about the 2020 election. I would say let the voters decide."
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Indeed, it is about an election: Schumer's election. Schumer wants the Senate. Because, if he has the Senate, and if Democrats hold the House, then, it doesn’t matter if the people elect Trump in November 2020 because Pelosi, The Squad, Schiff and Schumer can undo it. They can, and should they, I suspect they will undo every vote for Trump. They’ve already signaled that, courtesy of Schiff who wants you to know he no longer believes in the integrity of our system.
Schiff said on the Senate floor on Friday, "The president schemed to pressure Ukraine to do his political dirty work harmed our national security, undermined our free and fair elections." He goes on to claim that "he is still trying to cheat in the next election."
This is an important moment. The Democrats are engineering a hostile takeover of the American government. They want to get rid of the president someway, somehow and are thus attempting to dictate different paths in order to achieve that outcome. They want control of the country, and they don’t care whose vote they have to throw out to get it.