Lamar! What Howard Baker would have said:
The 2020 Democratic Ads will write themselves!
Lamar Alexander is NO Howard Baker!
Alexander Statement on Impeachment Witness Vote
Posted on January 30, 2020
“The question then is not whether the president did it, but whether the United States Senate or the American people should decide what to do about what he did. I believe that the Constitution provides that the people should make that decision in the presidential election that begins in Iowa on Monday. …Our founding documents provide for duly elected presidents who serve with ‘the consent of the governed,’ not at the pleasure of the United States Congress. Let the people decide.” – Senator Lamar Alexander“
The People want a FAIR 2020 Election!
“I worked with other senators to make sure that we have the right to ask for more documents and witnesses, but there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven and that does not meet the United States Constitution’s high bar for an impeachable offense. …The Constitution does not give the Senate the power to remove the president from office and ban him from this year’s ballot simply for actions that are inappropriate.“
So Trump is GUILTY, just not THAT Guilty?
Washington, D.C., January 30, 2020 — United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following statement on his vote regarding additional evidence in the impeachment proceedings:
“I worked with other senators to make sure that we have the right to ask for more documents and witnesses, but there is no need for more evidence to prove something that has already been proven and that does not meet the United States Constitution’s high bar for an impeachable offense.”
So the House Democrats PROVED their case? Asking a foreign country to prostitute themselves to help a president win an election using OUR appropriated money to do so is OK as far as you are concerned?
“There is no need for more evidence to prove that the president asked Ukraine to investigate Joe Biden and his son, Hunter; he said this on television on October 3, 2019, and during his July 25, 2019, telephone call with the president of Ukraine. There is no need for more evidence to conclude that the president withheld United States aid, at least in part, to pressure Ukraine to investigate the Bidens; the House managers have proved this with what they call a ‘mountain of overwhelming evidence.’ There is no need to consider further the frivolous second article of impeachment that would remove the president for asserting his constitutional prerogative to protect confidential conversations with his close advisers.”
What keeps Trump from doing this in the future now?
“It was inappropriate for the president to ask a foreign leader to investigate his political opponent and to withhold United States aid to encourage that investigation. When elected officials inappropriately interfere with such investigations, it undermines the principle of equal justice under the law. But the Constitution does not give the Senate the power to remove the president from office and ban him from this year’s ballot simply for actions that are inappropriate.”
This is a FALSE PREMISE Lamar! You DO understand there was NO Term Limits (GOOGLE 22nd Amendment!) when Impeachment was added to the US Constitution. Impeachment was added to KEEP what happened just before an election FROM happening to ensure ALL ELECTIONS would be FAIR!
“The question then is not whether the president did it, but whether the United States Senate or the American people should decide what to do about what he did. I believe that the Constitution provides that the people should make that decision in the presidential election that begins in Iowa on Monday.”
The QUESTION to YOU was should the 2020 Election by on the Up and Up and FAIR? This statement tells us your answer to that is you don’t give a damn!
“The Senate has spent nine long days considering this ‘mountain’ of evidence, the arguments of the House managers and the president’s lawyers, their answers to senators’ questions and the House record. Even if the House charges were true, they do not meet the Constitution’s ‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors’ standard for an impeachable offense.
Troops on our front lines spend far more than 9 days defending our nation and its free and fair elections. You just spit in their face! What DOES rise to ‘treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors if destroying our US Political System is NOT a low enough bar?
“The framers believed that there should never, ever be a partisan impeachment. That is why the Constitution requires a 2/3 vote of the Senate for conviction. Yet not one House Republican voted for these articles. If this shallow, hurried and wholly partisan impeachment were to succeed, it would rip the country apart, pouring gasoline on the fire of cultural divisions that already exist. It would create the weapon of perpetual impeachment to be used against future presidents whenever the House of Representatives is of a different political party.”
The reason this impeachment is partisan is the GOP has put WINNING (MONEY) over Principles and Ethics. It starts with Mitch McConnell, from Merrick Garland to this.
https://limbaugh2020.com/montesquieu-and-madison-are-asking-why-did-we-bother-thanks-to-mitch-mcconnell-scotus-and-the-gop/
This impeachment was partisan because GOP is putting Trump in 2020 over what is RIGHT! Keith Olbermann predicted YOU and the GOP would be prostitutes on January 21, 2010. He was RIGHT! You ARE a Prostitute!
https://limbaugh2020.com/keith-olbermann-nailed-it-citizens-united-v-fec-caused-our-nations-anger-now/
“Our founding documents provide for duly elected presidents who serve with ‘the consent of the governed,’ not at the pleasure of the United States Congress. Let the people decide.””
Our Founding Fathers feared a president that would create an environment of unfair elections. In this statement, you admitted Trump did exactly that. Trump and now you destroyed the people’s ability to decide, both in 2020 and for years to come. This statement will be a primary source for years to come. Your legacy, with this one vote, will be one of embarrassment and shame to us here in Tennessee, especially when all of the facts on Donald Trump are know. Howard Baker and Fred Thompson are rolling over in their graves!
Excuse me Lamar Alexander but FoxNews pours kerosene on the fire every night.
Alexander Says Convicting Trump Would ‘Pour Gasoline on Cultural Fires’
Wait! Lamar Alexander says “Trump Did It” but then turns around and says “Vote For Trump Anyway!”
Alexander supports Trump’s reelection despite ‘inappropriate’ Ukraine call
” “Whatever you think of his behavior,” Alexander told the Times, “With the terrific economy, with conservative judges, with fewer regulations, you add in there an inappropriate call with the president of Ukraine, and you decide if you prefer him or Elizabeth Warren.””
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/480970-alexander-supports-trump-reelection-cites-accomplishments-and-contrasts
Economy Lamar? Obama was better in every positive measurable metric!
https://limbaugh2020.com/how-to-win-an-argument-with-maga-economy/
Judges?
https://limbaugh2020.com/trumps-judges-are-white-male-incompetent-bigots/
Regulations?
https://limbaugh2020.com/there-is-no-protection-in-epa-under-trump/
Ask East Tennessee about Regulations!
Coal’s other dark side: Toxic ash that can poison water and people
Trump was elected to put Donors over Voters!
https://limbaugh2020.com/trumps-cabinet-picks-were-chosen-to-destroy-what-they-were-put-in-charge-of/
“Drain the Swamp!” was a campaign slogan to distract from “Bus Video”
https://limbaugh2020.com/they-were-never-going-to-drain-the-swamp/
https://limbaugh2020.com/541-pm-eastern-time-friday-january-31-2020-the-day-the-gop-officially-died-as-a-party-of-principles-and-ethics/
https://limbaugh2020.com/dear-gop-do-you-realize-the-legacy-you-are-creating-with-your-support-of-donald-trump/
https://limbaugh2020.com/january-16-2020-a-date-that-will-be-written-perpetually-in-primary-sources-trump-impeachment-trial-begins/
You never answer your emails or phone calls Lamar!
https://limbaugh2020.com/my-response-to-senator-lamar-alexander-on-betsy-devoss-confirmation-to-the-u-s-department-of-education-secretary/
Alexander vs. Trump
June 13, 2019
Senate GOP blocks bill to require campaigns report foreign election assistance
January 31, 2020
Lamar Alexander’s craven surrender to Trump leaves our country exposed
I would change this headline:
Lamar Alexander takes a pass on his McCain moment
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