Nearly two dozen state attorneys general have delivered a letter urging the Senate to “reject” the impeachment articles against President Donald Trump.
In a stinging rebuke of the impeachment for establishing “a dangerous historical precedent,” a letter submitted to the Senate Wednesday morning by the 21 attorneys general called lawmakers’ attention to how the 2020 election “weaponizes” the impeachment process.
“If not expressly repudiated by the Senate, the theories animating both Articles will set a precedent that is entirely contrary to the Framers’ design and ruinous to the most important governmental structure protections contained in our Constitution: the separation of powers,” the letter, obtained by Fox News, stated.
“Even an unsuccessful effort to impeach the President undermines the integrity of the 2020 presidential election because it weaponizes a process that should only be initiated in exceedingly rare circumstances and should never be used for partisan purposes,” it continued.
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Turning the spotlight on the specific impeachment articles, the attorneys general argued that the charge of abuse of power “is based upon a constitutionally-flawed theory” which is “infinitely expansive and subjective,” pointing to how Democrats saw as corrupt the president’s reason for “exercising concededly lawful constitutional authority” (emphasis in original).
“It cannot be a legitimate basis to impeach a President for acting in a legal manner that may also be politically advantageous,” the letter continued. “Such a standard would be cause for the impeachment of virtually every President, past, present, and future.”
Obstruction of Congress, the second article of impeachment against Trump, is “equally flawed,” they argued as it suggests any president invoking executive privilege could be in danger of facing impeachment. Executive privilege would be placed “under unilateral control of the House” and rendered “meaningless,” they said.
Seeking to impose the charge in this impeachment rather than take the issue through the court system “will erode the separation of powers shared by the executive and legislative branches by subjugating future Presidents to the whims of the majority opposition party in the House of Representatives,” the letter stated.
The letter was signed by the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and West Virginia, according to Fox News.
Trump unloaded on House Democrats, the impeachment and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., in a series of tweets Thursday.
He tweeted remarks by former State Department official Robert Charles who appeared Thursday morning on “Fox & Friends First.”
In an Impeachment, you can’t use a work of fiction as the theory for the case, filling in gaps with presumptions against the President. It was a weak presentation, self indulgent, & he didn’t deliver the goods.” Robert Charles, @HeatherChilders @FoxNews
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2020
Ha blasted Democrats for their handling of the impeachment inquiry in the House of Representatives.
The Democrat House would not give us lawyers, or not one witness, but now demand that the Republican Senate produce the witnesses that the House never sought, or even asked for? They had their chance, but pretended to rush. Most unfair & corrupt hearing in Congressional history!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2020
“No matter what you give to the Radical Left, Do Nothing Democrats, it will never be enough!” the president added.
The Democrats & Shifty Schiff, whose presentation to the Senate was loaded with lies and misrepresentations, are refusing to state that the Obama Administration withheld aid from many countries including Ukraine, Pakistan, Philippines, Egypt, Honduras, & Mexico. Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2020
Trump noted the letter from the attorneys general in other tweets, accusing Democrats of “trying hard to damage Republicans prior to the Election!”
….OF THE 2020 ELECTION BECSUSE IT WEAPONIZES A PROCESS THAT SHOULD ONLY BE INITIATED IN EXCEEDINGLY RARE CIRCUMSTANCES, AND SHOULD NEVER BE USED FOR PARTISAN PURPOSES.” @HeatherChilders @FoxNews The Democrats are trying hard to damage Republicans prior to the Election!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 23, 2020
And in outrage that seemed to prove his point, Trump’s critics quickly focused all their energies on the misspelling of the word “because” in his early morning tweet, with some even suggesting it was not a typo at all.
Yep. Trump is tweeting again. #BECSUSE pic.twitter.com/AABNgERRjf
— CAT? (@OneCopaceticCAT) January 23, 2020
I saw the hashtag #Becsuse trending and knew it was from #45. https://t.co/2wEPnxU7TP
— Michele C. Hollow (@michelechollow) January 23, 2020
Any time a typo is trending it’s BECSUSE our stable genius of a leader didn’t proofread one of his idiotic rants.
— Drunken Progressive (@JasonWSchaver) January 23, 2020
No need to look, all caps and misspelled, “The Chosen One” has spoken in his unmatched wisdom. #BECSUSE
— Dani (@danivegas2u) January 23, 2020
I typed “becsuse” and autocorrect immediately switched it to “because”.
This indicates he mistyped it so frequently that he doesn’t know how to spell it and autocorrect accepted it as a word.
— ❄?? (@rach_art) January 23, 2020
#BECSUSE it’s easy to know why a mispelled word is trending without even looking
— Flaming Uterus ? (@daisygirImg) January 23, 2020
Every Donald Trump “misspelling” in a tweet is done on purpose as a distraction from whatever other horrible shit he’s done. And Twitter falls for it EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. “BECSUSE” isn’t important. The impeachment and the GOP cover-up is.
— Marc Lombardi (@marclombardi) January 23, 2020
The liberal meltdown was entertaining for many Twitter users.
Only @realDonaldTrump could trigger liberals over a one letter typo becsuse they’re so woke. ??
— Lance Cossey (@ito316) January 23, 2020
Becsuse Trump misspeled a wrd The Left runz to teh Batcave! pic.twitter.com/AsvAwiJB4o
— Philly Talk (@PhillyTalk) January 23, 2020
Imagine being so unhinged that a typo drives you further insane? Autocorrect makes more typos daily and grammar mistakes than almost any person. But hey, attack the @POTUS for thinking faster than his fingers type. Seems logical?#BECSUSE
— Trump’s your President (@bowmaster1975) January 23, 2020
BECSUSE is trending … like clockwork. pic.twitter.com/EceKYgAadV
— The ? FOO (@PolitiBunny) January 23, 2020
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