Posted on 12/01/2019 1:52:19 PM PST by jazusamo
On ABC's "This Week" on Sunday, Rep. Tom McClintock (R-CA) defended President Trump's July 25 phone call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky and said he believes it to be in the president's advantage for the president's attorneys to participate in the upcoming impeachment hearing in the House Judiciary Committee.
Host Martha Raddatz asked the California conservative if there was anything in his mind regarding the president's involvement with Ukraine that he considers wrong or that concerns him in any way.
"Well he didn't use the delicate language of diplomacy in that conversation," McClintock told Raddatz. "He also doesn't use the smarmy talk of politicians. What you hear from Donald J. Trump is the blunt talk of a Manhattan businessman. He says what he means. He means what he says. That's the only thing that's remarkable about that conversation, but he was entirely within his constitutional authority and was following the statute that Congress adopted in granting aid to the Ukraine."
The National Defense Authorization Act that was passed in 2018 requires the president to certify that a country is rooting out corruption before the president can send that country taxpayer money.
. @martharaddatz : Does anything that Trump did involving Ukraine concern you?
GOP Rep. McClintock says Trump didn't use "delicate language of diplomacy" in Ukraine call but "what you hear from Donald J. Trump is the blunt talk of a Manhattan businessman." https://abcn.ws/2R6v971
Rep. McClintock is a member of the House Judiciary Committee. On Monday, the House Intelligence Committee panel is expected to release their final report on their investigation of Trump's handling of foreign aid to Ukraine. After a 24-hour review period, the report is expected to be approved by a vote along party lines and make its way to the House Judiciary Committee for further consideration.
House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler has given the president a deadline of 5 p.m. EST on December 6th to inform the committee on whether or not the president's attorneys plan on participating in the committee's hearings.
Nadler also wrote a letter to House Judiciary Committee Ranking Republican Doug Collins, similarly giving Collins a deadline to submit any request for presenting evidence and issuing subpoenas. Under House rules, the chair of the Judiciary Committee must approve any such requests made by minority members on the committee. The House Judiciary Committee is holding its first hearing on the constitutional basis for impeachment on Dec. 4.
Rep. McClintock told Martha Raddatz that he did not know whether the president's lawyers plan on participating in the Judiciary Committee hearing scheduled this week, but did say that he thinks "it would be to the president's advantage to have his attorneys there."
"That is his right," McClintock said. "But I can also understand how he is upset with the illegitimate process that we saw unfold in the Intelligence Committee. The big question is going to be whether Jerry Nadler continues that into the Judiciary Committee's hearings or whether he respects the due process rights of the president, not only to be represented by counsel but also to have the unrestricted right to call witnesses in his defense and to confront his accuser."
"So you think they should bring in lawyers," Raddatz asked?
Rep McClintock said, "I think it's to his advantage. Yes."
GOP Rep. Tom McClintock says "it would be to the president's advantage to have his attorneys" at the December 4 impeachment hearing.
"I can also understand how he is upset at the illegitimate process that we saw unfold in the Intelligence Committee." https://abcn.ws/2R6v971
I am not a doctor, but bug eyed martha has full blown hysterical TDS
Still remember Martha crying on Election Night. Just loved it.
That’s why some of us voted for him to replace Davis but others here knew better and put Arnold in Sacramento! He wasn’t my congressman but I always admired him. We had Chris Cox for years and after that Rohrabacher and no complaint there either! I guess the pukes left in Southern CA put Rohrabacher out to pasture! Some people just shouldn’t be allowed to vote!
Why does she look like she terrorizes little kids and puppies?
That’s right.
The “f’n” is optional, but is a NYC adjective that almost always modifies shovels or any other nouns under certain common circumstances, including
“Give me the f’n ...” and:
Where did I put the f’n ...
Are you done with that f’n ...
You think I’m gonna use that f’n ...
It’s about time I had a f’n ...
No one’s gonna pay that much for a f’n ...
Yeah sure, I need that like I need a f’n
That’s a nice f’n ...
In fact it’s the best f’n ... I ever had!
etc etc ... et f’n cetera!
f’n - just use it place of a comma.
LOL! I agree and first impressions are usually right.
PDJT talks like a foreman on a construction site.
Which is sort of what he was before becoming president
Some years ago, our pastor’s son got a summer job as a laborer on a construction crew. After his first day at work, he told his Dad, “The names of all the tools start with an F”.
THIS needs to become the main “talking point” the Pubbies use to defend our President.
They passed the law, so hoist the Demonrats on their own petard!
He says what he means. He means what he says...
Yes, he does.
First someone from my horribly blue state (NY) goes to bat for Trump and now someone from another horribly blue state (CA) sticks up for Trump.
No, there’s no hope to be found there for those states but it’s nice to see :)
You nailed it!
Dems, from Obama down, colluded with Russia (Steele dossier), Ukraine, other foreigners, MSM to stop Trump becoming President & to oust him once he became President.
why did Americans put up with the Mueller farce and now the Ukraine/impeachment farces?
if the Dems want to keep this nonsense going, let them do so on their own.
I’m not sure the common people are like Manhattan businessmen.
I am not a doctor, but bug eyed martha has full blown hysterical TDSThat sick bi7ch cried tears election night.
OH? And just what are the common people like then?
Pretty much sticks a large hatpin right into their over inflated balloon!
You up for some BLUNT TALK? Here ya go!
The most DERANGED president ever: DONALD TRUMP or LYNDON JOHNSON?
Answer: Lyndon Johnson by a country mile.
You can read the entire sordid story of this “man” at the link.
Please pass this along to any of the ladies you know who refused to support Donald Trump due to what they saw as vulgar language and behavior. LBJ could have given Trump lessons in that area.
LANGUAGE WARNING: THE “F” word (and the act itself) and others were LBJ’s normal speech pattern.
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/the-most-vulgar-american-president-ever-it-sure-as-isnt-donald-trump ;
What an idiot question. But I love the understated reply:
Rep McClintock said, "I think it's to his advantage. Yes."
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