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Five Times Golden Boy Obama Obstructed Congress and Democrats Didn’t Impeach
PJ Media ^ | December 18, 2019 | Matt Margolis

Posted on 12/18/2019 10:00:33 AM PST by jazusamo

With the full House of Representatives expected to vote on impeachment Wednesday, it seems appropriate to point out—again—how if Democrats’ public sentiments about impeachment were sincere, and not purely partisan, they’d have impeached Obama for the very same things… many, many, many times.

In addition to “abuse of power,” Democrats have charged President Trump with “obstruction of Congress” over the refusal of the White House to simply allow individuals to testify. The Trump White House, like his predecessors’, is very much aware of the separation of powers, and hasn't given Democrats open season to call any witness they want to be grilled for hours without some pushback. This is technically how the system is supposed to work. Congress can subpoena witnesses and documents from the executive branch, but the executive branch can fight those in the courts. Democrats, not wanting to prolong impeachment and risk severe public blowback, have essentially argued that such refusals to comply with the first request merit “obstruction of Congress.”

So, let’s take a look at just a few examples of their golden boy Obama doing the exact same thing, and then we can ask ourselves “Why didn’t Congress impeach Obama over this?” If the same standard they’re applying to Trump today were applied to Obama, the latter would have been kicked to the curb.

5. Refusing to let the White House social secretary testify on party-crashers scandal

In 2009, two party-crashers got past the Secret Service during a state dinner, and managed to meet and shake hands with Barack Obama. How does such a breach in security happen? Congress wanted to know and opened up an investigation. For some reason, though, the White House wasn’t equally interested in investigating the breach, and when White House Social Secretary Desirée Rogers was asked to testify before Congress,...

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 0bama; democrats; impeachment; obama; obstructingcongress
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1 posted on 12/18/2019 10:00:33 AM PST by jazusamo
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To: jazusamo

Obama was never eligible.

No child of a foreign national is NATURALLY an American as they are also born something else.


2 posted on 12/18/2019 10:01:45 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: jazusamo

Obstructing justice was the least of sht-stain Hussein’s criminality.


3 posted on 12/18/2019 10:04:46 AM PST by MountainWalker
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To: jazusamo

The president has asked for prayers
Time to let him hear from us. Please encourage other to send their support in prayers AND to him at the WH

https://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/


4 posted on 12/18/2019 10:08:09 AM PST by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: jazusamo

Dems say that was all in the past; now Trump ......


5 posted on 12/18/2019 10:08:19 AM PST by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Give it a rest. Whoever complained about seeing this 1000s of times recently nailed it.


6 posted on 12/18/2019 10:08:56 AM PST by CatOwner
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To: CatOwner

Sod off, swampy.

This is not “he faked his birth certificate” : this is, “by what he openly admits, he was Constitutionally ineligible and Pelosi KNEW” (so did the GOP-e)


7 posted on 12/18/2019 10:10:45 AM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: CatOwner

Forfeit part of the Constitution, lose it all.


8 posted on 12/18/2019 10:11:41 AM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: hoosiermama

Amen!

Thank you, hoosiermama.


9 posted on 12/18/2019 10:13:33 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Pelosi also thought impeaching Bush for the Iraq war was a “Waste of time” but a freakin PHONE CALL is a reason to impeach Trump..Obama can use the IRS to target Conservative groups, give guns to cartels who used them to murder a border patrol agent..give Iran MILLIONS of OUR money in the middle of the night, let our Ambassador DIE in Benghazi and LIE about it, and NOTHING happens to him..NOTHING


10 posted on 12/18/2019 10:15:01 AM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: CatOwner; Lurkinanloomin
Obama was never eligible.

No child of a foreign national is NATURALLY an American as they are also born something else.

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Give it a rest. Whoever complained about seeing this 1000s of times recently nailed it.

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..... Whoever complained about seeing your (C.O.)ignorant comments 1000's of times recently nailed it.

11 posted on 12/18/2019 10:15:46 AM PST by a little elbow grease (... to err is human, to admit it divine ...)
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MAGA!

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12 posted on 12/18/2019 10:17:30 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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It takes some criminals to raze a republic. OK...specific names

OBAMA, Obama, Biden, Clinton, Clinton, Holder, Lerner, Kerry, Lynch, Brennan, Comey, Clapper, Page, Strzok, etc., etc.,...not counting the propagandists, the indoctrinators, the robed mullahs and other ancillary liars/criminals Gruber, etc., etc..

The most EVIL administration in the history of this fabulous republic.

Ok a song for the rest of you GUTLESS LOOTERS...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAEppFUWLfc

Nice paychecks and pensions, eh?

Thanks for helping out your fellow citizens.

Take that duct tape off your mouths.

Punks.

“Bitter clingers”, “charter of negative liberties”, etc.,etc. How cool is that POS?

FUBO


13 posted on 12/18/2019 10:19:19 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: PGalt

BUMP!


14 posted on 12/18/2019 10:21:32 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo
Once the RATs lose the House they should impeach Obama for his various crimes. Why? To strip him of secret service protection and any immunity from lawsuits. Lawsuits which he will have to pay for out of his own pocket.
15 posted on 12/18/2019 10:26:22 AM PST by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong ...and Epstein did not kill himself.)
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50 IMPEACHABLE OFFENSES COMMITTED BY PRESIDENT OBAMA, FOR STARTERS..
16 posted on 12/18/2019 10:28:05 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: jazusamo

This list of charges is lame. That SOB weaponized the Federal government against his opposition, routinely violating their Constitutional protections and this list cannot even bother to mention that?


17 posted on 12/18/2019 10:30:58 AM PST by Nateman (If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong ...and Epstein did not kill himself.)
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To: CivilWarBrewing

That’s more like it and like it says, “for starters”.


18 posted on 12/18/2019 10:32:23 AM PST by jazusamo (Have You Donated to Keep Free Republic Up and Running?)
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To: jazusamo

Yes, I should’ve ‘sourced’ all of the items I listed. If my fellow FReepers wish to edit my editorial post to include sourcing and adding additional impeachable offenses, I welcome it! GO FOR IT!!


19 posted on 12/18/2019 10:36:59 AM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: hoosiermama

Just did. He needs our support now more than ever.

I believe we will prevail, just by virtue of the fact that the man is where he is, despite the horrific forces arrayed against him.


20 posted on 12/18/2019 10:54:39 AM PST by cld51860 (Volo pro veritas)
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