Donald Trump has been swinging between relishing the fight he sees coming with the televised impeachment hearings and rage. He is the first president in a generation to be impeached given that the Democratically-led House has the votes. His morning tweets give us first-hand insight into his state of mind.
The president tweeted that this was a “partisan sham:”
‘“Millions of Americans will see what a partisan sham this whole thing is.” Rush Limbaugh @foxandfriends Also, why is corrupt politician Schiff allowed to hand over cross examination (sic) to a high priced outside lawyer. Did that lawyer ever work for me, which would be a conflict?’
POTUS blamed the Democrats for stacking “the deck” as he spoke in third person:
‘The Democrats have stacked the deck against President Trump and the Republicans. They have leaked out everything. @SteveDoocy @foxandfriends’
‘“Nancy Pelosi cares more about power than she does about principle. She did not want to go down this road. She realizes this is a huge loser for Democrats. The Founders envisioned the worst people being in politics, yet they couldn’t envision this. You have these people taking…’
‘…the most powerful tool the legislative branch has, Impeachment, & they’ve turned it into a political cudgel, which is not at all what the Founders intended. When you hear Schiff use all these words like quid pro quo, it is because they can’t specify that Donald Trump broke..’
‘….any laws or did anything wrong, and they have to move away from quid pro quo because there was no quid, and there was no quo. Ukraine got it’s money (3 weeks early), and there was no investigation.” @CharlesHurt @foxandfriends’
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