Republicans Embarrass Themselves During First Impeachment Hearing

Republicans walked away from Wednesday’s impeachment hearing believing that they had won the day. The truth is that they didn’t corner any witnesses, they didn’t contradict any testimony with facts, they just sat there monologuing the entire time about how stupid the whole thing is. Ring of Fire’s Farron Cousins explains how Republicans struck out on day one, and why that sets the stage for even more failure down the road.

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One of the most fun things that happened yesterday during the impeachment hearings is that Republicans left those hearings thinking that they actually won. Conservatives on Twitter we're hailing people like Jim Jordan saying, you crushed it bro. You did it. Heck yeah, man. Fox news was saying it looked good for Republicans. Then you had other Republicans saying, Oh, the whole thing was a snooze Fest, which is actually the word that I think Eric Trump used to describe it. But nonetheless, Republicans walked away thinking they won the day and nothing could be further from the truth. I mean, we got the testimony from Taylor saying that Sawnland's account of things has revised account of things, does mesh with what everybody else had to say. And even though Taylor and Kent did not have firsthand knowledge of the things that had happened, their accounts of things had been corroborated by previous closed door witnesses in the other hearings. So I know Jim Jordan wanted to hammer on this, so you didn't know. You didn't hear this. You got it from a friend who got it from a friend who heard it from another, that there was quid pro quo, but Taylor's testimony had already been corroborated as had Kentz and Jim Jordan knows that what Jim Jordan and the other Republicans were trying to do was to put on a show for the American public. They know that these people are not lying. They know that the men yesterday did not lie to them, but they have to make the public think that they did think that they're not trustworthy. Think that maybe they don't know what they're talking about because if they can convince the public that these men are not trustworthy or maybe they're confused, then they have a little bit of an edge. Right. You know, they can say, Hey, well listen, this guy wasn't actually there, so how can we believe what he had to say. Well, because he worked around the other people who were there and those other people also said the same thing. And he talked to them, not just because he's their buddy and he walked up to their desk and said, Hey, what are you guys doing for lunch today? You heard any quid pro quo before the morning knows? No, because they talk about these things because it's part of their job. They knew what each other were doing. They were all a part of this. But Jim Jordan doesn't want you to know that Jim Jordan wants you to think that this is some guy who was just walking down the hall and maybe he overheard something that he got construed or misconstrued in his head and now he's here trying to impeach the president. How dare he. Right. And that's why Jim Jordan was put on the intelligence committee at the end of last week because he doesn't mind making a fool of himself. I mean, that's pretty much been his entire life. And that's also why Jim Jordan is facing some legal problems of his own right now because he is a, because he doesn't like to see the truth and he likes to cover things up and pretend like nothing is happening around him. He did it at Ohio state and now he's doing it during these impeachment hearings, and this is just the beginning folks, and I know Jordan wanted to paint Taylor as the star witness, but no Taylor's not the star witness. I think the star witness is going to be Gordon Sunland or perhaps Mike Bolton or perhaps Mick Mulvaney or you Bonovitch who's coming up on Friday. Yesterday was just the beginning and Republicans looked confused.

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