A few weeks back House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced that she would move forward on impeachment. She made this decision before she had even read the transcript of the President's call with the Ukrainian President Zalensky.
Well, wanting to be the first to join the parade Lewis quickly praised Nancy's fine decision. In a column in the left wing Daily Beast, Lewis writes “I am a conservative and Nancy Pelosi is right On Here.”
But impeachment is in trouble. Since it began, Fox News ratings are up, Trump's fundraising is up. There is no sign of High Crimes and Misdemeanors. Pelosi in desperation has even floated an idea that Trump may have committed Bribery.
The framers were concerned that a President might be bribed by a King or foreign government, so it became an impeachable crime. But, Pelosi is not claiming that Trump was being bribed, she is claiming that he tried to bribe another country!
I doubt the framers considered, or were even concerned about, the President bribing a foreign government. Why would they? But Pelosi needs to find something impeachable.
She probably won't be able to find an impeachable crime. But she has an ally in Matt Lewis. So that is a nice consolation..
No comments:
Post a Comment