Weekly Opinion Editorial
VOTERS ARE THE
REAL JURORS!
by Steve Fair
A Fox News poll released on Sunday showed half
of Americans want President Trump impeached and removed from office. Those polled broke along partisan lines with
81% of Democrats favoring removal and 84% of Republicans of those polled saying
he shouldn’t be removed. 53% of
Independents believe he should be removed. Interviews were conducted January 19-22, 2020 among
a random national sample of just 1,005 registered
voters. 75% of those polled were contacted
by cell/25% by land line. Results based
on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of +/- percentage points. The poll was conducted by Beacon Research , a
pollster out of Boston. The irony is the
poll showed 55% of those polled believe America’s economy is doing well and
credit President Trump with that result.
The circus that is called the impeachment
continues in the U.S. Senate with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle working
cross word puzzles, falling asleep and communicating on smartwatches while
Democrats present the articles. Sen.
Richard Burr, R-NC, distributed ‘fidget spinners’ to GOP colleagues on the
Senate floor before Thursday’s proceedings.
Few Americans are watching with less than 9 million tuning in to view
this historical event. For those who
didn’t get to see what went on, here’s a recap:
First,
Democrats spent three days presenting arguments that President Trump abused
power and obstructed Congress. Over
and over they emphasized the POTUS put his own interests over the United
States. “You can trust he will do
what’s right for Donald Trump. He’ll do it now. He’s done it before,” Rep. Adam Schiff, the lead
impeachment manager, said. “He’ll do it
for the next several months. He’ll do it in the election if he’s allowed to.”
Second,
on Saturday the president’s lawyers began their defense by arguing that
Democrats are trying to interfere with the 2020 election by removing Trump from
the ballot for doing ‘absolutely nothing wrong.’ Pat Cipolline, White House Counsel, said there
is no case against the president and the Democrats are damaging democracy by undermining
the will of American voters, who voted for Trump. “For
all their talk about election interference, they're here to perpetrate the most
massive interference in an election in American history,” Cipollone said in
his opening remarks to the Senate.
Third,
the Senate is heading toward a vote on Democrat demands for testimony from top
Trump aides, including acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney and former National
Security Adviser John Bolton. It
would take four Republican senators to join the Democrats to seek witnesses,
and so far it appears the numbers appear lacking.
On
Sunday, Sen. James Lankford, R-OK, criticized the Democrat House impeachment
managers for dragging out the trial and trying to get the Senate to act as a
special counsel and investigate the president.
He also admitted Republicans want to get the trial over as soon as
possible and get back to the people’s business. “They(the Democrats) wanted to move as fast as possible, and now they
want to slow down the trial as much as possible in the Senate. That’s just a
very odd political strategy for them, more than a fact-finding strategy,”
Lankford said. The fact is the
impeachment is a political stunt that has hurt the country. Voters are the real jurors and they will
deliver their verdict in November.
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