there is no way trump can truly be exonerated, even if the senate votes to acquit him, it s a rigged jury, not an acquittal. it s such a great point because it s instructive to the fact that all of this appears to be a blatant power play. you go on hannity to assure everyone. don t worry. there s not even a pretense or a head fake at this being a real process. now, again, whether every republican senator goes along is a different question. but this is the tone mcconnell is setting. it does matter, particularly, not only under the law but people who say they re conservative about the text or care about their dutdies under the constitution. i solemnly swear or afirm in all things pertaining to the trial of this impeachment now pending, i will do impartial justice so help me god. do you see it as important for
impeachment after having mcconnell take this sort of vow is there s no way trump can be truly exonerated. even if they vote to acquit him it s a rigged jury. it s not an acquittal. it s instructive to the point all of this appears to be a blatant power play. you go on hannity to assure everyone don t worry, there s not even a pretense or a head fake at this being a real process. now, again, whether every republican or senator or other senator goes along is a different question. and i want to read because it does matter particularly not only does it matter to the law but people who say they are originalests or care about their duties under the constitution, i want to read this oath for senate trials which says i solemnly swear or affirm in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment now pending i will do justice so help me god.
months we get told by this administration that sometimes by the china statement media that a deal is in the offing. there are final stage. final stage, right and markets go up but it turns out to be a head fake, right? it looks like there s going to be a deal but in the end there isn t one because, look, the kinds of issues we re negotiating with china over, some of which are very substantial are sort of intractable structural issues. things relating to intellectual property, things relating to subsidies for many industries within china and there are major issues american companies care about but not easy to solve. trump can just come to sort of a fake deal he had been talk about the phase one deal where we would get the easier low-hanging fruit but inflicted a lot of pain on ourselves by the way and have five studies showing americans are paying the tariffs that trump has imposed and inflicting pain on ourselves in pursuit of a deal that doesn t seem to be in the offing.
then hold this public hearing, where is president trump on all of this? he had claimed he might take up democrats offer to testify. if you watch this show, you know that head fake is the same tactic he used with mueller. we ve been reporting it as such. talk tough for a few news cycles and then fold when it s time for action, which trump is doing refusing to cooperate or even send his lawyer. trump complain head didn t get a lawyer in earlier hearings. these crooked politicians not giving us due process, not giving us lawyers. why don t you send one of your lawyers to represent your point of view before the house inquiry? because the whole thing is a hoax. everybody knows it. the white house strategy has been pretty muddled. but as we are on the brink of impeachment, i can tell you it s basically boiled down to. this first, stonewall where possible, denying hearing fact witnesses like mick mulvaney. second, when that fails, when
cameras on the wall to do like web streaming of the construction. jared kushner, what people should feel warm and fuzzy about. the mideast is in better shape than ever. he is a stallion of competency. you know, the wall is the ultimate symbol of donald trump, this ongoing thing, this complete fabrication, this complete lie, this absurdity that if it wasn t so sad it d be laughable, is the ultimate symbol of his presidency. a complete head fake. let me show you one other thing. what s ironic about all of this, in fact, is there was this surge. everybody remembers the surge of the immigrants from the so-called northern triangle, guatemala, honduras, and el s salvad salvador. it has actually dropped down to historically you know, to historically lower levels it existed at before. the reason you haven t been reading about the surge lately is because there hasn t been a surge. whether you like it or not, it really is a result of trump