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Adam Schiff calls Donald Trump a DESPOT as he begins Democrats' case to remove the president - telling senators he is a 'a man who believes he is above the law' and the Founding Fathers' worse fear

• Adam Schiff said during his opening remarks during the second day of the Senate impeachment trial that Donald Trump is a 'despot' 
• He also said that a president like Trump is one that the framers feared, which is why they created the capabilities to remove him
• 'They knew what it was like to live under a despot and risked their lives to be free of it,' Schiff who is leading the team prosecuting Trump in the Senate, said
• Schiff is the lead Democratic impeachment manager for the Senate trial
• Democrats began presenting their opening arguments on the second day of the impeachment trial Wednesday 
• Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said earlier in the day that Democrats will continue to push for the ability to call witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial 
• He ruled out the potential of allowing Republicans to call Joe or Hunter Biden '[They] have nothing to do with this,' he asserted to reporters Wednesday 
• Democrats have floated calling both acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney and former national security adviser John Bolton as new witnesses Republicans want to hear from both Joe and hunter if witnesses are permitted 
• Trump has said he wants to hear from the anonymous whistle-blower whose report led to the launch of the impeachment inquiry in the first place  
• The seven managers will argue, in part, that witnesses should be called  
• The prosecution and defense debated on Tuesday the rules set forth by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnel

 

Adam Schiff likened Donald Trump to a despot during his opening statements on the second day of the Senate impeachment trial, claiming that the current president is exactly what the framers of the Constitution were trying to prevent.

When referencing the Founding Fathers, Schiff said they knew what it was like to live under a monarchical rule, and said they created impeachment to make sure that never happened in America.

'We should not imagine for one moment that they lacked basic common sense,' Schiff said of the framers. 'Or refuse to apply it ourselves. They knew what it was like to live under a despot and risked their lives to be free of it.'

'They knew they were creating a powerful executive and needed to constrain it,' he continued. 'They did not intend for the power of impeachment to be used frequently or over mere matters of policy but they put it in the constitution for a reason.'

 

The Senate convened Wednesday afternoon for the second day of the impeachment trial against Donald Trump where Democrats were able to argue the case for removing the president from office for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.

 

Adam Schiff said during his opening remarks during the second day of the Senate impeachment trial that Donald Trump is a 'despot'

 

While speaking from the Senate Floor, Schiff, who is leading the Democratic prosecution team, said that Trump is what the Founding Fathers fear most, which is why, he says, the included the provision of impeachment and removal

 

The Democrats then put on-screen a portion of a letter Alexander Hamilton sent to George Washington detailing a sort of president that they might want to be removed from office

 

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Retired Navy Chaplain Barry Black (right) also called for 'civility' in his prayer on the Senate floor after Chief Justice John Roberts (left) had to reprimand Senators for verbally sparring. Roberts reminded members on Tuesday to 'avoid speaking in a manner and using language that is not conducive to civil discourse'

Schiff said Trump is what the founding fathers feared most. He detailed what sort of president for which they imagined impeachment would be used.

'For a man who would subvert the interests of the nation to pursue his own interests, a man who would perpetuate to seek office by cheating at an election,' Schiff detailed. 'A man who would seek constitutional limit and defeating branches of government in their co-equal powers and the man who thought it gave him the right to do anything he wanted and practice in the art of deception. A man believed he was above the law and beholden to no one.'

'A man in short would be a king,' Schiff said. 'We are here today in this hallowed chamber, undertaking this solemn action for only the third time in history because Donald J. Trump, the 43rd president of the United States, has acted precisely as Hamilton and his contemporaries feared.'

Schiff, who is leading the House Democrats team of prosecutors, read the Constitutional Remedy, which Alexander Hamilton wrote in a letter to George Washington, to describe Trump.

'When a man unprincipled in private life desperate in his fortune, bold in his temper, possessed of considerable talents, having the advantage of military habits, despotic in his ordinary demeanor, known to have scoffed in private at the principles of liberty, when such a man is seen to mount the hobbyhorse of popularity, to join in the cry of danger to liberty, to take every opportunity of embarrassing the general government and bringing it under suspicion, to flatter and fall in with all the nonsense of the zealots of the day, it may be justly be suspected his object is to throw things into confusion, that he might ride the storm and direct the while wind,' Schiff quoted at the start of his remarks Wednesday.

Right before heading into the Senate chamber, the House Intelligence chairman said the president was 'bragging' about hiding relevant information to the impeachment trial.

'The President, late last night or early this morning – depending on where you are in the world – bragged that he thought things were going well because they had all the materials. Well, indeed they do have the material hidden from the American people. That is nothing to brag about,' Schiff hit at Trump.

Before Schiff's remarks, retired Navy Chaplain Barry Black, 71, called for 'civility' in his prayer before the senators, prosecution, defense and presiding Chief Justice John Roberts.

'Sovereign god, author of liberty, we gather in this historic chamber for the solemn responsibility of these impeachment proceedings. Give wisdom to the distinguished chief justice John Roberts, as he presides,' he prayed. 'Lord, you are all powerful and know our thoughts before we form them.'

'As our lawmakers have become jurors, remind them of your admonition in first corinthians 10:31, that whatever they do should be done for your glory,' he continued. 'Help them remember that patriots reside on both sides of the aisle, that words have consequences and that how something is said can be as important as what is said. Give them a civility built upon integrity that brings consistency in their beliefs and actions. We pray in your powerful name. Amen.'

Chuck Schumer said just hours before the hearing kicked-off that Senate Democrats would continue to push for witnesses in Donald Trump's impeachment trial but ruled out the potential of Hunter Biden being one of those individuals called.

'Look the bottom line is that the witnesses should have something to do with and direct knowledge of the charges against the president,' The Senate minority leader told reporters gathered in the Capitol Wednesday morning.

'You know, we don't need to have witnesses that have nothing to do with this that are trying to distract Americans from the truth,' he said, suggesting that witnesses the president and Republicans have pushed for, including Hunter Biden, are not relevant to the case.

Schumer comments came just hours before the Senate is set to begin the second day of the impeachment trial against Donald Trump for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.   

When asked if he would cut a deal with Republicans to allow former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter to testify in exchange for witnesses Democrats want, like former national security adviser John Bolton and acting Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney, Schumer deflected.

The New York Democrat said instead, that they were focused on first obtaining the ability to call witnesses in the first place.

 

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7917413/Democrats-start-prosecuting-House-impeachment-managers-tell-senators-want-Trump-removed.html

[bigwave]

PROMISES KEPT: Trump Admin Reveals New Rule to Deter “Birth Tourism”

There are some 33,000 births in the US to foreign nationals each year.
Another 39,000 babies are born to foreign students, guest workers and other long-term temporary visa holders.
And, an additional 300,000 babies are born to illegal aliens each year in the United States.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/promises-kept-trump-admin-reveals-new-rule-to-deter-birth-tourism/

[bigwave]

Trump Soars To Highest Job Approval Rating Of Presidency Despite Impeachment Trial

56% of those surveyed approve of Trump’s handling of the economy, up 10 percentage points from September and his highest mark since he took office on January 20, 2017.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-soars-to-highest-job-approval-rating-of-presidency-despite-impeachment-trial

[bigwave]

Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to Enforce Rule Barring Green Cards For Migrants Using Taxpayer-Funded Social Programs

The Supreme Court on Monday ruled in favor of Trump and allowed his administration to implement a “public charge” immigration restriction in a 5-4 vote.

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/breaking-supreme-court-allows-trump-admin-to-enforce-rule-barring-green-cards-for-migrants-using-taxpayer-funded-social-programs/

[bigwave]

Supreme Court OK’s Donald Trump Rule Favoring Skilled, Healthier Migrants

The January 27, 5:4 decision is a big win for President Donald Trump and his populist advisers, partly because the court also slammed lower-court judges who impose nationwide rules in lawsuits that involve a few local plaintiffs.

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/27/supreme-court-allows-rule-excluding-poor-old-migrants/

 

[bigwave]

Race relations and ‘position’ of minorities better under Trump than Obama

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/race-relations-position-of-minorities-better-under-trump-than-obama

[bigwave]

Dr. Nicole Saphier: Trump’s ‘Strict Border Control’ Helped Reduce Opioid Overdose Deaths

https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/01/31/dr-nicole-saphier-trumps-strict-border-control-helped-reduce-opioid-overdose-deaths/

[bigwave]

POLITICAL SHOCKWAVES — Total Black Voter Approval for President Trump Doubles to 42%

 

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/01/political-shockwaves-total-black-voter-approval-for-president-trump-doubles-to-42/

[Pitcher]

Positive for Trump, negative for Dems

[Pitcher]

Positive on the Opioid Story.  

[bigwave]

Trump Takes Out Another Top Terrorist In The Middle East

President Donald Trump appears to have added another name to the list of terrorists that his administration has killed as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) reportedly launched a drone strike that killed the leader of Al Qaeda’s affiliate in Yemen.

 

“The officials expressed confidence that the Qaeda leader, Qassim al-Rimi, was killed in a January airstrike in Yemen but were awaiting confirmation before making a public announcement,” 

https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-takes-out-another-top-terrorist-in-the-middle-east

[bigwave]

PRESIDENT TRUMP Hits All-Time High in Gallup Poll After Surviving Sham Impeachment — Economic Numbers 18 Points Higher than Obama!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/president-trump-hits-all-time-high-in-gallup-poll-after-surviving-sham-impeachment-economic-numbers-18-points-higher-than-obama/

[bigwave]

74% of Americans Believe They Will Be Better Off Financially This Year –A RECORD!

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/trump-wins-the-night-74-of-americans-believe-they-will-be-better-off-financially-this-year-a-record/

[bigwave]

Markets Reach New Highs: S-P 500 and Nasdaq Closed at All-Time Highs – DOW Up Nearly 2%

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/02/markets-reach-new-highs-s-p-500-and-nasdaq-closed-at-all-time-highs-dow-up-nearly-2/

[bigwave]

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[bigwave]

Nasdaq and S&P Soar to Record Highs as Impeachment Ends in Acquittal

The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 1.68 percent, 483 points to the nifty level of 29290. The S&P 500 rose 1.13 percent to a new record high. The Nasdaq was the laggard of the big three, rising just fourth-tenths of a percentage point, in part because Tesla shares climbed down from recent stratospheric levels. Nonetheless, this was a new record for the tech-heavy index.

https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/02/05/stocks-new-highs/

[Pitcher]

Both Stories are positive to me.  Thanks bigwave!

[bigwave]

2 minutes ago, Pitcher said:

Both Stories are positive to me.  Thanks bigwave!

[bigwave]

SHOCK POLL! Trump’s Approval Among Blacks SURGES to 42%

https://www.investmentwatchblog.com/shock-poll-trumps-approval-among-blacks-surges-to-42/

[Pitcher]

What’s shocking is the Black population continuing to support Dems that haven’t done squat for them in 50 years. 

[Pitcher]

Positive for Blacks. They are finally trying someone who wants to do something positive for them. 

[bigwave]

US Forces Eliminate Leader Of al-Qaeda In Arabian Peninsula

https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/06/us-forces-eliminate-leader-al-qaida/

[bigwave]

China slashes tariffs on $75 billion worth of US goods including soybeans and cars

https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/china-slashes-tariffs-billions-worth-us-goods-trade-war-soybeans-2020-2-1028881872

[Pitcher]

Positive for farmers, and the people who supply them.  

[Pitcher]

8 hours ago, bigwave said:

US Forces Eliminate Leader Of al-Qaeda In Arabian Peninsula

 

Positive for people who want peace in the ME.