House Democrats took bold action by moving closer and closer toward impeaching President Trump on Wednesday, if one could describe kicking and screaming for three years as “bold.”
While the impeachment process continues on its predictable outcome of the Senate acquitting Trump of any wrongdoing, individuals on both sides of the aisle decided to remove all mental filters and make it clear to their audience that they need their phone taken away.
Here are the top five worst takes about impeachment.
1) Jennifer Rubin, “conservative” blogger at the Washington Post
We should make Dec 18 a holiday (like Flag Day): Impeachment Day, in which we honor the heroes and read in every public square the articles of impeachment.
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 18, 2019
Rubin makes a strong case that Twitter shouldn’t exist. Declaring the day that Trump gets impeached by the House a “holiday” not only reeks of desperation, but the thought of suggesting it should make anyone question if Rubin is a serious person. Think what you want about Trump, but motioning to remove a president from office of the most powerful nation in the world is not something to celebrate. It’s shameful and embarrassing for the country and diminishes the seriousness of the whole process.
2) Tom Nichols, “Expert”
Listening to this debate on the radio rather than watching it on TV really brings out the similar speech patterns and accents of the Trump defenders. Make of that what you will. Seems to me the GOP is headed for becoming a rump regional party of the South and the mountains.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) December 18, 2019
The author of The Death of Expertise truly lives up to his billing in generalizing the elected representatives of the Republican Party. Nichols suggests that Trump supporters are uncultured swine who live in the forsaken pockets of the country and deserve the scorn and mockery that comes with it. His post oozes with coastal elitism that, if anything, serves as bulletin board material to galvanize Trump’s base. It’s a political gift to Trump, and it’s difficult to envision the president not capitalizing on it.
3) Jennifer Rubin (again)
and the non-college educated
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) December 18, 2019
It only makes sense to put Rubin back on the list because she scores the own goal on Nichols’s assist. Rather than just letting Nichols’s pretentious tweet stand alone in isolation, Rubin felt the need to spell it out: Trump supporters are inept troglodytes.
4) Neera Tanden, president of the liberal think tank Center for American Progress
MoveOn was born from Clinton’s impeachment. Today, there are no protests defending Trump. There are only protests supporting impeachment and the Constitution. That’s important.
— Neera Tanden (@neeratanden) December 18, 2019
It’s difficult to imagine that a president of a think tank does anything but think. Yet, here we are. Neera Tanden, the Hillary Clinton inner-circle alum, is of the impression that a lack of protesters gathering to defend Trump is an indictment of him. While President Bill Clinton faced impeachment for lying under oath about having an extramarital affair with a White House intern, Trump is charged with the measly articles of “abuse of power” and “obstruction of Congress.” Even though there are many similarities between Trump’s and Clinton’s respective impeachments, there’s a lot more gray area when it comes to Trump’s conduct. Anyone with a functional brain can understand that.
5) Rep. Barry Loudermilk, Republican from Georgia
Politics and hyperbole are conjoined twins. Constantly pontificating with lines such as “people are dying” might work for someone such as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, but, after awhile, it just becomes another line in their arsenal that loses its punch. But sometimes a politician comes along and takes that hyperbole to unprecedented heights.
Enter the Milkman.
“…When Jesus was falsely accused of Treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus, than Democrats have afforded this president in this process.” #ShamImpeachment pic.twitter.com/n8FZRe64eo
— Barry Loudermilk (@RepLoudermilk) December 18, 2019
Loudermilk really compared Trump’s impeachment to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Regardless of your religious beliefs or thoughts about impeachment, creating a moral equivalence between the sitting president of the United States with someone who Christians believe died for the sins of mankind might qualify as the most patently absurd statement made in Congress ever.
Loudermilk is awarded no points, and may God have mercy on his soul.
