I am watching the House debate on impeachment, and the mute is on. I have become deaf to the arguments on both the Left and the Right due to the sheer redundancy.

I knew before the 2016 election that Trump would make a horrible and dangerous President, and he has. Many of the Republicans that 3 years ago called him a kook, a bully, not fit to be President and destructive to our country and the GOP, are now his strongest supporters. I missed the “transformation of character” that Trump went through in order to get them to drink the Kool-Aid.  My fear is that they also have connections to the dark side. If not, their standards for President are way below the bar.

To become the King of America, Trump must prove his loyalty to the man who wants to become King of the World, better known as Vlad.  When you consider that Russia is our #1 enemy, you might question some of Trump’s actions as President.  Under his leadership he has degraded and undermined our relationships with NATO and the EU, pushed for all out trade wars with Europe, stated that Crimea is part of Russia, pushed to relieve US sanctions against Russia and he has divided and destabilized the US by attacking or ignoring US institutions and eroding democratic norms. Hmmm. Who benefits from all of this?

Now, add to that the Ukrainian fiasco. Trump essentially was kicking the Ukraine in the head while Russia had them on the ground trying to pound the crap out of them. Which brings me back to the hearings.

As I stated, the arguments are the same. If I was in the chamber, my responses to 5 of the GOP’s arguments would be as follows.

1. Procedure issues?? You didn’t seem to have a problem with the reconfiguration that Grassley performed on the Kavanaugh hearings.  Nor did McConnell’s refusal to follow “procedure” when ignoring Obama’s right to select a Supreme Court judge seem to bother you. And what can we expect if this impeachment goes to Mitch’s court? I’m thinkin’ there’s gonna be some new “rules” that come out of that!
2. The President said “Do US” a favor… Of course, he did. Trump believes he speaks for everyone, He usually says “Everyone knows blah blah blah”. If it’s good for Don, nothing else matters. If you don’t agree, you’re scum.
3. We can’t get witnesses or transcript’s…Tell ya what, once every witness and piece of information that the White House has been subpoenaed for is received, we’ll call the whistleblower and Hunter Biden.
4. People have wanted to impeach Trump since his election…you’re correct, but it was up to Trump to give them a reason…and he did.
5. Ukraine got what they were asking for, and the Biden investigation was never announced so there’s no quid pro quo…First, there is still #35 million being held back so they haven’t received everything they’ve asked for. And if only successful crimes are acknowledged, why are attempted murder and attempted bribery crimes prosecuted?

 But I’m not there, and the obvious isn’t enough. I believe that this is truly a time for prayer.