Trash-talking Trump aims to weaponize impeachment

[DonViejo]

Since Trump and his team have no say in whether Democrats launch impeachment proceedings, they’re trying instead to bend the chatter around the issue to their advantage.

By DARREN SAMUELSOHN 06/11/2019 05:05 AM EDT

President Donald Trump has no direct control over his impeachment, but that’s not stopping him from trying to weaponize the process.

It’s shaping up to be a classic Trump scheme — counterattack, demean the opposition, predict absolute victory, reduce the argument to a few talking points, and never, ever, cede ground. And it’s a messaging strategy born of necessity. Since Trump and his team have no say in whether Democrats launch impeachment proceedings, they’re trying instead to bend the chatter around the issue to their advantage, knowing the topic will dominate the national conversation as the 2020 election ramps up.

A dozen people around Trump said the approach is rooted in recent history and the president’s own love for a fight. Trump has discussed with aides how a cascading series of investigations helped propel President Bill Clinton to a second term in 1996 and then led to historic setbacks for House Republican in the 1998 midterms when they ran on a platform to impeach the Democratic president. Trump himself is also telling people that anything House Democrats write into impeachment articles against him will fall short of the loosely defined “high crimes and misdemeanors” threshold spelled out in the Constitution, making him confident of an acquittal in the GOP-led Senate.

“Nobody wants to be impeached, but if they do it will benefit the president,” said Trump legal adviser Joseph diGenova. “They’ll be looked at as maniacs.”

Democrats aren’t convinced. Lawmakers pushing for a formal impeachment inquiry in the House Judiciary Committee say special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation has given them all the material they need. The president must be held accountable through televised hearings, they argue.

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[spanone]

1. Of course he will....already is. Impeach Now!

[lark]

2. Wrong. Thats what they want us to think but as usual, not going to happen.

They are terrified the truth will be outed so like Brer Rabbit - ask for the opposite of what they want to happen. They 100% do not want the truth to be highlighted on tv every day, no way. That's why they are obstructing so hard, fear of the truth of his criminality and treachery getting out to the general public.

[Volaris]

3. and not just his...the GOP roll call that took the dirty money. Every single one of them is

potentially, on the hook with his orange ass.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. You just answered

the multi million dollar question. Notice one thing that has not happened. Convening of the House Ethics Committee.

[Volaris]

5. That will happen LAST, after the list of names is revealed

The Senate policing itself tho, is an altogether different animal just now (and I think thats where most of the real dirt is hiding)

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Appears the Speaker is

carrying that card in her purse till the campaign season starts in October.

[Volaris]

9. Oh I wouldn't doubt it.

Madame Speaker isn't somebody to be fucked with lol...she knows what she's doing

[Wellstone ruled]

10. Met a Staffer of hers

two years ago. He was Harris here in Vegas. What a learning lesson,so fun to talk to someone who knows the real story as to how things play in DC. Ponzi Don will be held accountable for his actions as well as several Congress People. We most likely will see Court Action for a decade to come. The Cleansing will begin shortly and the Speaker knows of what she says,and she knows where her votes are at any given second. And expect weak sister dems to have a Primary.

[uponit7771]

8. THANK YOU !!! Scandals have always hurt the incumbent

[ProudLib72]

6. So he is comparing himself to Clinton?

Yeah, right!

[Initech]

11. They're seriously egging it on right now.

Like when the much stronger than you school bully challenges you to a fight. It's a battle they think that you can't win. The only way to beat a troll is to troll back harder. That's what will allow us to win this war. I say bring it on.