{"id":37946,"date":"2020-01-10T17:09:17","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T22:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37946"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:09:17","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T22:09:17","slug":"this-is-a-perfect-example-of-spin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=37946","title":{"rendered":"This Is A Perfect Example Of Spin"},"content":{"rendered":"

CNS News<\/a> posted a transcript of the letter Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell regarding impeachment.<\/p>\n

Here is the letter:<\/p>\n

Dear Colleague on Next Steps on Impeachment<\/strong><\/p>\n

January 10, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Press Release<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear Democratic Colleague,<\/strong><\/p>\n

For weeks now, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has been engaged in tactics of delay in presenting transparency, disregard for the American people\u2019s interest for a fair trial and dismissal of the facts.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yesterday, he showed his true colors and made his intentions to stonewall a fair trial even clearer by signing on to a resolution that would dismiss the charges.\u00a0 A dismissal is a cover-up and deprives the American people of the truth.\u00a0 Leader McConnell\u2019s tactics are a clear indication of the fear that he and President Trump have regarding the facts of the President\u2019s violations for which he was impeached.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The American people have clearly expressed their view that we should have a fair trial with witnesses and documents, with more than 70 percent of the public stating that the President should allow his top aides to testify.\u00a0\u00a0Clearly, Leader McConnell does not want to present witnesses and documents to Senators and the American people so they can make an independent judgment about the President\u2019s actions.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Honoring our Constitution, the House passed two articles of impeachment against the President \u2013 abuse of power and obstruction of Congress \u2013 to hold the President accountable for asking a foreign government to interfere in the 2020 elections for his own political and personal gain.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

While the House was able to obtain compelling evidence of impeachable conduct, which is enough for removal, new information has emerged, which includes:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On December 20, new emails showed that 91 minutes after Trump\u2019s phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky, a top Office of Management and Budget (OMB) aide asked the Department of Defense to \u201chold off\u201d on sending military aid to Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On December 29, revelations emerged about OMB Director and Acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney\u2019s role in the delay of aid, the effort by lawyers at the OMB, the Department of Justice and the White House to justify the delay, and the\u00a0alarm that the delay caused within the Administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On January 2, newly-unredacted Pentagon emails, which we had subpoenaed and the President had blocked, raised serious concerns by Trump Administration officials about the\u00a0legality of the President\u2019s hold on aid to Ukraine.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 And on January 6, just this week, former Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton announced he would comply with a subpoena compelling his testimony. \u00a0His lawyers have stated\u00a0he has new relevant information.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am very proud of the courage and patriotism exhibited by our House Democratic Caucus as we support and defend the Constitution.\u00a0\u00a0I have asked Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler to be prepared to bring to the Floor next week a resolution to\u00a0appoint managers and\u00a0transmit articles of impeachment to the Senate.\u00a0\u00a0I will be consulting with you at our Tuesday House Democratic Caucus meeting on how we proceed further.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

In an impeachment trial, every Senator takes an oath to \u201cdo impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0Every Senator now faces a choice: to be loyal to the President or the Constitution.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

No one is above the law, not even the President.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thank you for your leadership For The People.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wow. It is my sincere hope that American voters are smart enough to see this for the sham that it is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CNS News posted a transcript of the letter Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi wrote to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell regarding impeachment. Here is the letter: Dear Colleague on Next Steps on Impeachment January 10, 2020 Press Release Dear … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[12463,2436,7857,12431,2582,10710,734,294,10589,11539,11867,7920,5339,11002,7146],"class_list":["post-37946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-articles-of-impeachment","tag-cns-news","tag-impeachment","tag-jerry-nadler","tag-john-bolton","tag-mick-mulvaney","tag-mitch-mcconnell","tag-nancy-pelosi","tag-president-trump","tag-senate-majority-leader","tag-speaker-of-the-house","tag-subpoena","tag-testimony","tag-trump-administration","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=37946"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37946\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37947,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37946\/revisions\/37947"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=37946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=37946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=37946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}