House Impeaches Trump, NC Pols React

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Well, they’ve done it. After years of seething hatred and bending over backwards to justify removing a president they don’t like, the Democrats in the U.S. House have impeached President Donald Trump. They never quite found the justification, pushed uncontrollably toward this vote by sheer desperate momentum.

Elected officials from around North Carolina reacted to the “historic” Wednesday evening vote.

Today will be remembered as the day your House Democrat majority voted to impeach President @realDonaldTrump for a crime they couldn’t find and a case they couldn’t prove.

You won’t forget. And neither will we.

— Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) December 19, 2019

.@RepMarkMeadows rips Democrats’ impeachment charade: “this has nothing to do with the Constitution” pic.twitter.com/c2EbNOkBUL

— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) December 19, 2019

“When all is said & done, when the history of this impeachment is written, it will be said my Democrat friends couldn’t bring themselves to work w/ @realDonaldTrump so they consoled themselves instead by silencing the will of those who did:the American people.” – @RepMarkMeadows pic.twitter.com/29O3bR8pkQ

— Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) December 18, 2019

I just delivered a speech on the House floor voicing my disappointment in the unprecedented, baseless and partisan impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Here’s a video of my speech: pic.twitter.com/bewH4uEnem

— Greg Murphy (@RepGregMurphy) December 18, 2019

The process, the timing, and the partisanship are all deplorable.

But the heart of the matter is that there is no MERIT in the case against @realdonaldtrump.

See more below. https://t.co/xwVVLk1yqn

— Dan Bishop (@jdanbishop) December 18, 2019

I just cast my vote against both articles of impeachment. With pride.

— Dan Bishop (@jdanbishop) December 19, 2019

Dems solemnity proved fake. Seen CHEERING after trying to upend the 2016 election w/ partisan sham.

Good luck ???? in 2020, fakers!#WitchHunt #CrocodileTears pic.twitter.com/mlzX7XfxUg

— Dan Bishop (@jdanbishop) December 19, 2019

Congress just impeached an American president on charges from a whistleblower we’ve never seen.

Roll over James Madison. pic.twitter.com/36Gm2ZZCb5

— Rep. Mark Walker (@RepMarkWalker) December 19, 2019

Congratulations Speaker Pelosi. You did it.

Now turn around and look at the scorched Earth you left behind. It will never have been worth it. pic.twitter.com/75J018HovQ

— Rep. Mark Walker (@RepMarkWalker) December 19, 2019

I’m voting against impeaching President @realDonaldTrump today for a very simple reason: House Democrats didn’t prove their case.

They didn’t even come close. pic.twitter.com/vAaYT7xDca

— Ted Budd (@RepTedBudd) December 18, 2019

But, of course, there were the select Democrats cheering the news. There will be more empty, misguided references to the Constitution and our Founding Fathers from Democrats during this impeachment process than the entire rest of their political tenures.

Yesterday, I voted in favor of both articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump. In doing so, I fulfilled my oath of office to defend the constitution of the United States. https://t.co/PiIvkrAu8O

— David E. Price (@RepDavidEPrice) December 19, 2019

PRESS RELEASE: Butterfield Votes for the Impeachment of President Trump pic.twitter.com/Le1H3JD4nV

— G. K. Butterfield (@GKButterfield) December 19, 2019

#Passed #NoOneIsAboveTheLaw pic.twitter.com/QLIfw82333

— G. K. Butterfield (@GKButterfield) December 19, 2019

Just to clarify, President Trump was not charged with, nor impeached based upon ANY CRIME whatsoever. No one is above the law, says Congressman Butterffield, but he and the Democrats seem to think following it is beneath them.

Trump was impeached purely for partisan reasons, on zero evidence of wrongdoing, and in a way that imperils the stability of our counterbalanced federal system from here on out.

Now the impeachment goes to the Senate, where Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will set the course for a trial, or mere votes on acquittal. The action kicked off Thursday with speeches on the Senate Floor frm McConnell and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY). With different directors, it will be a different show, but it will remain a shame.