The article of impeachment will be delivered to the Senate Monday. Sen. Schumer states the impeachment trial will begin the week of Feb. 8 – just in time to distract the country from the hellish effects of Biden’s executive orders and other actions that will start being felt by everyday Americans around then (e.g. pausing the lowered prescription drug pricing put into effect by President Trump; or the tens of thousands of American jobs lost by canceling Keystone and resulting from many of his other early day actions; or releasing all illegally present immigrants into our populace, whether or not charged with crimes, and untested during a pandemic while requiring Americans to follow even more restrictive guidelines).
But, aside from its service as cover (assuming the mainstream media would even report any negative effects of Biden acts), the impeachment itself is a ridiculous and divisive act that can do nothing but damage this country.
First, the Constitution (Art. II, section 4) provides the
following regarding Impeachment:
The President, Vice President and all civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.
Note that the punishment for an impeachment conviction is removal from office. The fact that President Trump is no longer in office, having been removed by the vote of the people, makes the entire impeachment process moot.
But wait, many Democrats now state that the whole reason for this impeachment is to prevent Donald Trump from ever running for or holding office again. I understand that many who have spent the last 4 years hating Donald Trump think that is a good idea. But keep thinking. In this country we are not told by the state or others in power whom we can vote for. In America, the people make that decision. As suggested by Marco Rubio, for those in political power to think they have the right to make that decision for us is the epitome of arrogance.
The other alleged justification for impeachment is “to hold the President accountable.” This sham excuse has more holes than Swiss cheese. First, as noted above, the “accountability” of impeachment is removal from office. That is done. If it is the alleged “incitement” for which accountability is sought, there are other legal avenues that are far better suited (as opposed to this political revenge of impeachment). The actual rioters are being arrested, charged, and will face legal accountability for their crimes if proven. If Donald Trump performed some illegal act, he too can be held legally accountable (and don’t assume that the Democrats won’t try every legal avenue to do so).
Of course, there is the ridiculous nature of the accusation itself. As explained more thoroughly in an earlier post (HERE), Trump’s actions and words on January 6 come nowhere close to inciteful or violent language as defined by our laws; they instead demonstrate nothing more that a man exercising (however unwisely) a First Amendment right to free speech to which everyone, even the President of the United States, is entitled.
This also sets a horrible example and precedent for our nation. This becomes a way to essentially overturn the results of future elections by allowing politicians, not the people, to determine who will and who will not be allowed to run for office. This becomes too close to other forms of government, especially dictatorships, where predecessors are routinely attacked or otherwise punished for holding views contrary to the current power regime. We should note that such punishments in one party regimes include imprisonment and death, things that many on the Left have actually and often called for against Donald Trump.
Think where this could lead. Rand Paul asked if we would now impeach Bernie Sanders for using the “inciteful language” that prompted his supporter to shoot and almost kill Republican Congressman Steve Scalise. There are many other “inciteful” speeches we could turn to given by Democrats prior to the assaults on our police officers, police and other government building during the many Leftist protests over the past year. Should we impeach all of them? What about our US Embassy in Russia that yesterday was tweeting and otherwise publicizing where and when to meet in a number of cities for protests and marches in support of Russian opposition leader Alexi Navalny? Were these inciteful attempts to incite insurrection against the current Russian leader and government? And if so, what does that mean for our foreign relationships?
Beyond its objective ridiculosity and its long term potential to deeply wound our Constitution and our Republic, this impeachment will deepen the current divisions in our country that our President has claimed he will heal. But, then, we are regularly learning that while we may have seen his call for “unity” to mean some sort of unification that included tolerance of diverse views, what it really means is a uniformity of thought that banishes any and all who speak in opposition to the current Administration’s approved views.
This impeachment is an act of revenge and fear of the sort one expects to see in totalitarian regimes, but not in America. The Democrats and the Left have hated Trump for 4 years and have attacked him 24/7 during that time. This is one of their final opportunities for revenge, and they do not intend to let it go to waste.
It reveals the fear that complements the Left and Democrats’ lust for total (and totalitarian) power. They fear the will of the people. They fear one man because he was elected by the people and because he spoke out in everyday language about what he saw. He was not one of their kind – the two-faced, back-stabbing politicians who use the people to gain power, but care nothing for those they use.
Donald Trump spoke for the people, and half the country voted for him. And that makes the Left afraid. Because if the people are not subdued into complacency, they are a threat to a power structure that is not really for the people. And the Democrats fear Donald Trump because he might keep the people awake.
This impeachment is really about arrogance and cover. The arrogance of the Left that they can ignore our Republic, its Constitution, and its people, in order to silence what or whomever they see as a possible threat to their power. And cover, because its timing will serve as a perfect distraction to the havoc that the Biden policies will be almost immediately effecting upon us.
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