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He should have been impeached after firing the head of a federal investigation. Last time I checked that was obstruction. He should have been impeached after throwing Israel under the bus and leaked classified information to Russia. He should have been impeached when it was clear Trump was violating the emoluments clause of the constitution. All of this occurred before 2018 and let's be honest; if a fraction of this crap was done by a democrat, we all know what angelo's reaction would be.
So Rashida Tlaib saying "we're going to impeach the motherfucker" isn't provocative, it's just pointing out the motherfucking obvious. All Trump had to do was colour between the lines, but unfortunately the cunt is as bent as a paperclip.
Let's apply the same standards to the two term Obuma presidency shall we?
Under the New Trump Standard, Why Wasn't Obama Impeached?
.By Larry ElderJanuary 18, 2018
Under the New Trump Standard, Why Wasn't Obama Impeached?AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File
In the era of President Donald Trump, Democrats think presidents should be impeached over policy differences.
In Trump's case, the Democrats accuse him of winning the election by "colluding" with Russia to win. After nearly a year of investigations, there does not appear to be any evidence. Yet many Democrats have already called for impeachment.
In truth, Democrats want this President out because they don't like him or his policies. One of Trump's major campaign promises was to build a "wall" to protect our southern border. Never mind that, in 2006, 26 Democratic senators -- including Hillary Clinton, then-Sen. Barack Obama and Chuck Schumer -- voted for hundreds of miles of barriers and fencing. And every Senate Democrat voted for 2013's Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act, which again called for hundreds of miles of barriers
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/a...tandard_why_wasnt_obama_impeached_136029.html
Policy disagreement isn't the new standard for impeachment. Your link, and your summary did not even address the point I made. But Larry Elder is notorious for obfuscation and deflection arguments.
When did Obama impede a federal investigation and fire the head of the FBI because of personal reasons? Show me your proof.
When did Obama throw Israel under a bus and leak classified documents to Russia or any other country? Show me your proof.
When did Obama break the emoluments clause of the constitution? Show me your proof.
You can't.
Bottom line. If Obama was held to the same standard as Trump, he would have been fine. Hell, Merrick Garland would be Chief Justice and there wouldn't be a sad senior Matt Damon clone who gets offended when asked if he likes beer on the bench. And if Obama did 5% of the shit Trump has done, Republicans would have sent Obama to the fucking chair.
Man I hope Democrats remember how Republican Joe Wilson acted during Obamas' first State of the Union speech and act accordingly next week. It's no less than what Trump deserves. It's time to give Trump the exact same treatment Republicans gave to Obama.
Agreed. That article was extremely short of impeachable offences. For those who don't want to bother reading Angelo's link, here's the "juicy" part that Elder (I'd call him a libertarian moron but I'd be repeating myself) thinks is impeachable.:
All right, let's apply the Democrats' new standard for impeachment to President Obama and his decision in 2011 to pull all the troops from Iraq against the advice of his national security team. President George W. Bush warned his successor. Bush turned around the Iraq War with his controversial "surge," a troop increase of about 21,500 in 2007. Former Vice President Dick Cheney, in October 2011, two months before Obama pulled out all the troops in Iraq, said that Bush's 2007 agreement envisioned a negotiation for a stay-behind force: "There was another provision in (Bush's status-of-forces agreement) that's very important, seems to have been ignored, which was that we would also reserve the right to negotiate with the Iraqis on some stay-behind forces. ... They're a new democracy; they're not very well-organized yet. I worry that in the rush for the exit here, that we may in fact make it very difficult for them to succeed."
But then-Sen. Barack Obama, who called the Iraq War "dumb," not only opposed Bush's surge but also predicted it would make things worse: "I am not persuaded that 20,000 additional troops in Iraq is going to solve the sectarian violence there. In fact, I think it will do the reverse. ... So I am going to actively oppose the President's proposal."