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Ron Paul See other Ron Paul Articles Title: Ted Cruz Rips Impeachment Case to Shreds: Obama Actually Did What Trump Was Impeached For Ted Cruz Rips Impeachment Case to Shreds: Obama Actually Did What Trump Was Impeached For 1 day ago Rushmore Daily The following story is brought to you courtesy of PJ Media. Click the link to visit their page and see more stories On Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) ripped up the House Democrats’ impeachment case against President Donald Trump, showing how former President Barack Obama’s administration committed both of the acts Democrats impeached Trump for — and did far worse. Cruz argued that acquitting Trump “comports with both the facts and the law.” “These impeachment proceedings began in the House of Representatives in a thoroughly partisan affair, driven by House Democrats without allowing the president to participate in cross-examining witnesses and calling defense witnesses,” the senator recalled. “The Senate has done much better. We had an obligation under the constitution to conduct a fair trial and that is what the Senate has done.” He mentioned that the House heard from 18 different witnesses, that the Senate showed 193 video clips of witness testimony, and that Senators asked 180 separate questions to House managers or the White House defense team. Despite all this, “the House managers failed to prove their case.” Cruz argued that the Democrats failed to demonstrate how Trump’s actions rise to the level of “high crimes and misdemeanors,” and he claimed that the articles of impeachment “don’t allege any crime whatsoever.” “What was this all about? If you examine the substance, there were two things that the House Managers alleged the president did wrong. One, they alleged that the president wrongfully delayed aid to Ukraine, and two, they alleged that the president wrongfully asked for an investigation into a political rival,” the senator explained. “There is a deep irony in the argument of the House managers,” he added. “Both of those objectives are consistent with law, are permissible and legal, and both of those objectives have been done, by any measure substantially worse, by the preceding administration, by the Obama administration.” Cruz declared his firm support for Ukraine, mentioning his trip to Kyiv’s Maidan Square to support anti-Russian protesters in 2014. He recalled having called on Obama to give aid to Ukraine and going to the House of Representatives to hear a speech from Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. “It is true that the Trump administration temporarily delayed aid to Ukraine. That is their right to do so,” the senator argued. He noted that many administrations hold up foreign aid. “Here’s the irony, Madame President, if you support aid to Ukraine as I do, military aid to Ukraine as they stand up to Russia, there is no dispute whatsoever that for the entirety of his presidency, President Obama refused to give lethal military aid, defensive aid, to Ukraine.” Schiff Squirms as Cruz and Graham Ask if Obama Could Have Investigated Romney Corruption Post Comment Private Reply Ignore Thread
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