If anyone in America understands the way impeachment is supposed to work, it’s former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
He played a central role in the impeachment of Bill Clinton.
When it comes to what the Democrats are doing now, Newt says Democrats are doing something very different.
The Washington Examiner reports:
Newt Gingrich: Democratic impeachment push is a ‘legislative coup d’etat’
Former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich said the Democrats’ impeachment drive against President Trump is motivated by “hate” without a factual basis.
Gingrich, a Republican, led the House impeachment drive against President Bill Clinton in 1998 for perjury and obstruction of justice. Gingrich appeared on Fox News on Monday morning to give analysis on impeachment proceedings currently going on in the House led by Democratic Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
The former House speaker compared the impeachment investigation into Trump’s dealings with Ukraine to the allegations that Trump colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election. The allegations concerning Russia were the subject of special counsel Robert Mueller’s two year investigation that failed to turn up evidence of collusion.
“What you are watching is a legislative coup d’etat,” Gringrich said. “They tried for two years to get rid of Donald Trump using the Russian deal, and when that collapsed on them, and they looked like they were stupid when Mueller reported, they had to find a new gimmick. This is the new gimmick.”
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Gingrich recently made the same point on his Twitter feed:
What we're seeing is not an impeachment. It's a legislative coup d'etat — an effort by the hard left, the news media, and the deep state to destroy the President chosen by the American people. https://t.co/2P3nPLLt7a pic.twitter.com/HYwqMi0GrB
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) September 30, 2019
Pelosi is not leading an impeachment process. This is a legislative coup d’etat of a kind we have not seen in America. The left in the news media and the House want to destroy President Trump.They have been trying to destroy him since election night 2016.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) September 30, 2019
No one should be confused by the current phony, one sided, partisan impeachment. I led a serious impeachment effort with a special counsel who said President Clinton was guilty on count fter count. Look at our rules for fairness and the lynch mob approach of Schiff and Pelosi.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) September 30, 2019
Newt is absolutely correct on this.
And he should know.
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