Essential bad faith. The GOP senators do not want to hear the truth about Trump because of fear that the facts condemn them. Cowardly self interest
The facts are these. i.e. each GOP Senator whom acquits Trump will be rewarded by Cash from the Russian Federation. As the Russian Federation bankrolls much of the present GOP, it is an inconvenient but damning truth that the GOP Senators, Lindsey Graham and also Mich McConnell are agents of the Russian Federation
The reason why the GOP senators do not want to convict Trump is due to filthy blackmail where their Russian Governmental and Russian Mafia benefactors will expose them as agents of the Kremlin if they dare to convict Donald Trump
Never in the history of the United States has the majority of the US Senate, let alone the White House, is financed directly by a foreign Power, in this case the Kremlin. But that is what we face today.
American citizens whom look at this carnage need to get it that their president does not work for the American people but for Vladimir Putin and the Russian Mafia. Ditto the same for Mitch McConnell. This situation of abject compromised authority is way beyond the betrayal of America which happened due to Benedict Arnold. I.e. the only analogy which fits this horror would probably be the case of Wang Ching Wei of the puppet Nanjing City state Republic which allied itself with Japan during the Sino-Japanese war of 1937 to 1945.
How do each of these compromised by the Kremlin traitors, i.e. Trump, McConnell, Graham and the rest of the GOP Senators whom will cowardly vote to exonerate Trump of his crimes play out ? See the two articles below for a clue
First for a summary
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A ‘dirty Senate trial’ is the best way for Republicans to ‘limit the exposure of their malpractice’: op-ed
Published 1 min ago on January 23, 2020
By Sky Palma
In his column for The Washington Post today, Michael Gerson writes that Republicans senators saying there’s “nothing new” in the House’s case against President Trump is confirmation of their “barefaced bad faith.”
“In this matter, elected Republicans are mainly serving, not the president, and certainly not the republic, but themselves,” Gerson writes. “Having decided that no amount of evidence would be sufficient for conviction, they realize that the presentation of a full and compelling case would convict them of servility and institutional surrender. So a quick and dirty Senate trial is the best way to limit the exposure of their malpractice.”
According to Gerson, Republicans see impeachment as a tool to raise funds and rally their base — which compounds Trump’s crimes against democracy. “The theory seems to be: If you are going to betray the constitutional order, you might as well profit from it.”
Thanks to Senate Republicans, Trumps acquittal will likely come at any cost. After escaping accountability in the wake of the Mueller report, the appearance of vindication emboldened Trump even more, Gerson contends. “Give Trump an inch and he’ll take Ukraine.”
Gerson writes that according to Trump’s track record, the only mode of accountability for him will be the 2020 election.
“Trump avoided accountability after the Mueller probe. He is likely to avoid accountability for the Ukraine squeeze. That leaves one last source of accountability — the election in November. This will be a test, not of the Republican Party, but of the republic.”
Read his full piece over at The Washington Post.
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Now for a more in dept analysis
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Republicans aren’t serving the country, or even the president. Just themselves.
Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) on Capitol Hill on Dec. 3, 2019. (Alex Brandon/AP)
Columnist
Jan. 23, 2020 at 2:19 p.m. EST
It is another of President Trump’s dubious achievements to turn the ultimate constitutional check on presidential abuses of power into an utter farce. Watching Republican senators complain that there is “nothing new” in the case made by House impeachment managers, while they are actively opposing the introduction of new evidence and new testimony, is confirmation of barefaced bad faith. In this matter, elected Republicans are mainly serving, not the president, and certainly not the republic, but themselves. Having decided that no amount of evidence would be sufficient for conviction, they realize that the presentation of a full and compelling case would convict them of servility and institutional surrender. So a quick and dirty Senate trial is the best way to limit the exposure of their malpractice.
This crime against democracy is compounded by the eagerness of Republicans to use impeachment as a fundraising opportunity and method to energize base voters. The theory seems to be: If you are going to betray the constitutional order, you might as well profit from it.
In the impeachment trial, all the dismal signs point to acquittal at any cost. And it is not the first time the president has skated. Despite compelling evidence of wrongdoing and obstruction of justice in the Mueller report, Trump largely escaped accountability (even as many of his smarmy advisers did not escape jail). The appearance of vindication in this case immediately preceded the president’s decision to squeeze an embattled foreign power for his political benefit. Give Trump an inch and he’ll take Ukraine.
President Trump doesn't have to commit a crime to be impeached, says constitutional law professor Jonathan Turley. (Joy Sharon Yi, Kate Woodsome, Jonathan Turley/The Washington Post)
How has the president largely avoided the consequences of his corruption? By employing the methods of his mentor Roy Cohn. Admit nothing. Stonewall investigators. Defy subpoenas. Viciously attack opponents. Flood the zone with exculpatory lies. Feel no shame. Show no mercy. Claim anything short of prison to be complete exoneration.
In terms that would have gladdened the heart of Richard Nixon in his day, the coverup is working. Senate Republicans seem determined to cover up for Trump’s coverup. What is essentially state-run media — Fox News and conservative talk radio — has created a narrative of establishment persecution that covers up for the Senate’s coverup of the Trump coverup. The president is protected by layer upon layer of obfuscation, misdirection and deception. Gradually at first, but now in a sudden rush, the norms of truthfulness, public service and ethical behavior have given way. And the message has been sent to Trump and future iterations of Trump: Corruption has no consequence.
This is a danger to the country because success breeds replication. Politicians who never dreamed of being anarchic and transgressive now conduct their public business like the Marx Brothers on a caffeine high. Consider Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) responding to a perfectly appropriate question by CNN’s Manu Raju by saying, “You’re a liberal hack.” It is nothing new for a senator to show his or her temper. But McSally then posted her petulance on Twitter and began raising money on the basis of it. It is human to lose your cool; taking pride in it is to lose one’s marbles. But this is normal political behavior in the age of Trump.
There is further danger in the immediate aftermath of Trump’s likely acquittal by the Senate. The president never views a near miss as an opportunity for reflection and reformation. He sees it as permission to indulge his every urge. And his most consistent urge has been to seek unfair advantage in the upcoming presidential election. The months between Senate acquittal and the November vote will be fertile ground for further cheating.
And the election itself presents the greatest danger. Trump avoided accountability after the Mueller probe. He is likely to avoid accountability for the Ukraine squeeze. That leaves one last source of accountability — the election in November. This will be a test, not of the Republican Party, but of the republic.
Every presidential election is important. This one will have an added dimension. It will be more than a referendum on the president. It will be a referendum on the moral and ethical standards we apply to our political life. Will corruption, cruelty and coverups be excused and encouraged? Or will the boundaries of integrity, honesty and public spirit be redrawn?
Congress — with the large exception of the House majority — has largely failed to defend the democratic virtues essential to self-government. American voters had better do better.
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The facts are these. i.e. each GOP Senator whom acquits Trump will be rewarded by Cash from the Russian Federation. As the Russian Federation bankrolls much of the present GOP, it is an inconvenient but damning truth that the GOP Senators, Lindsey Graham and also Mich McConnell are agents of the Russian Federation
Aside from Treason, this is also the modus operandi of the GOP today
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This crime against democracy is compounded by the eagerness of Republicans to use impeachment as a fundraising opportunity and method to energize base voters. The theory seems to be: If you are going to betray the constitutional order, you might as well profit from it.
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Blackmail by the Kremlin, number 1, and then also the profit motive for betraying the Constitutional order
The two together summarize the cowards and traitors in the GOP whom wish to bury and kill the United States today for their own 30 pieces of silver
Andrew Beckwith, PhD