Adam Schiff: Case against Trump 'cannot be decided at the ballot box'

washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 1/22/20 | Zachary Halaschak

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House Judiciary Chairman Adam Schiff said that President Trump’s alleged misconduct can’t be proven at the ballot box but only through his impeachment. The California Democrat is one of the House’s impeachment managers and made the remarks during his opening statement on Wednesday.

“If not remedied by his conviction in the Senate and removal from office, President Trump’s abuse of his office and obstruction of Congress will permanently alter the balance of power among the branches of government,” the 59-year-old congressman said.

Schiff accused Trump of attempting to “use the powers of the presidency to cheat in an election.”

“For precisely this reason, the president’s misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box, for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won,” he said. “The president has shown he believes he is above the law and scornful of constraint,” Schiff added.

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" ....the president’s misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box, for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won,” he said.

THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.

[PIF]

will permanently alter the balance of power among the branches

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He’s talking about judges, especially SCOTUS

[Political Junkie Too]

I think he is talking about the lower courts, where Trump is currently being blocked. The Supreme Court only gets a handful of cases, but everything starts at the lower court.

-PJ

[SanchoP]

“For precisely this reason, the president’s misconduct cannot be decided at the ballot box, for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won,”

Translation: They're gonna steal it,one way or another.

[Gene Eric]

>> THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS.

It is. But the asshat has the right to say it.

But he doesn’t have the right to enforce it, and he knows that. The prick is going for maximum shock value.

[wastedyears]

FUAS you communist.

[PIF]

That also ... but RBG and others on SCOTUS are old and will retire or die in the coming years. Don’t forget, abortion is the number one issue for the dems in the courts.

A change to fully conservative court will in his words “will permanently alter the balance of power among the branches”. Lower courts not so much.

[sauropod]

If he’s not careful, it will be decided with an ammo box.

Not a good situation for anyone.

[blackdog]

When will a Democrat with integrity walk this guy out and finish beating his eyes out of his head?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Fairly won ? Like elections in California ? The magical place where in hundreds of elections since after 1994, no Republican has ever unseated a Democrat incumbent for Congress, and every close race has miraculously been “won” by the Dems (Including Schiff’s when he “defeated” the excellent Conservative incumbent Jim Rogan in 2000) ?

[fieldmarshaldj]

They left the party, or they wouldn’t be a Demonrat.

[Robwin]

Was Schiffty just making an argument for voter ID laws?

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FUAS you communist.

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Schiff: “For precisely this reason, the president’s misconduct CANNOT BE DECIDED AT THE BALLOT BOX, for we cannot be assured that the vote will be fairly won,” he said.

Schiff is deeply mentally ill. This is sick talk!

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If he’s not careful, it will be decided with an ammo box. Not a good situation for anyone.

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He may end up hanging in some small closet.

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When will a Democrat with integrity walk this guy out and finish beating his eyes out of his head?

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..... not soon enough, although I saw two Democrat mouth pieces on tv shows last night actually criticize Schiff.

The sleazy Chris Wallace (believe it or not) was one of them who came down on Schiff for his foul, unproven, ignorant words!

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Was Schiffty just making an argument for voter ID laws?

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For God's sake .......NO.

He was arguing for the evil Trump to never run again.

[DarthVader]

How about in public on National TV?

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"Fairly won ? Like elections in California ? The magical place where in hundreds of elections since after 1994, no Republican has ever unseated a Democrat incumbent for Congress, and every close race has miraculously been “won” by the Dems (Including Schiff’s when he “defeated” the excellent Conservative incumbent Jim Rogan in 2000)?

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I hear you.

By the way: "Former Rep. Darrell Issa, a once powerful chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee who retired last year, says he wants to return to Washington.

And he is seeking to unseat a fellow Republican to do so.

"I will be the next congressman from the 50th Congressional District," Issa proclaimed at a news conference Thursday in El Cajon, Calif."

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[fieldmarshaldj]

Fun fact: We had 26 Republicans (to 26 Dems) going into the 1996 elections in California. They have systematically stolen 19 of those seats (and others) since (and 7 alone just in 2018), leaving just 7 Republicans (to 46 Dems + 2 Senators)... and now 6 with Duncan Hunter, Jr’s resignation. It is Hunter’s seat Issa is running for. The execrable Governor Newsom will not call a special election and this seat will remain empty for an entire year.

The Demonrat corruption in this state makes Banana Republics blush with embarrassment (ah, and let’s not forget that thanks to this “top two finisher” bullcrap, Republicans can be completely shut out of races altogether, including a recent Senate race). How convenient to have an all-Stalinist “runoff.”

[Fireone]

More democrat projection. He knows how they have cheated in elections in the past.
He’s just making the extent of it known. He’s afraid the good guys will out cheat them.