New in PJ Media:
Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), an otherwise completely obscure far-left backbencher, has just made a bid not to slide into total oblivion once he finally skulks out of the Capitol for the last time. He has filed articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, and while many other quixotic leftists have done that, Cohen has distinguished himself in filing no less than 26 articles of impeachment against Trump, which has got to be a record.
Prof. Jonathan Turley remarked drily that Cohen “appears to believe that the problem with past impeachments has been brevity. His 26 articles of impeachment include everything short of ripping a label off a mattress, including the new impeachable offense of ‘self-aggrandizement.’”
Wow. “Self-aggrandizement” is impeachable now? If that sticks, and in light of the fact that the last time the Democrats impeached Trump, he was out of office, Barack Hussein Obama and Old Joe Biden better tread lightly. Few, if any, of the occupants of the White House have been more self-aggrandizing than that pair of unctuous dissemblers, and so if “self-aggrandizement” is impeachable, they better be prepared to get their own articles of impeachment fairly soon.
Newsweek reported Saturday that Cohen’s articles of impeachment, which he introduced last Thursday, accuse Trump of “abuses of power, violations of his oath of office, and a sweeping range of other alleged misconduct.” What they ultimately boil down to, however, is that Trump is not a far-left Democrat, and is, in fact, impeding the advancement of the far-left, Democrat agenda, and so he must be discredited and destroyed.
Cohen, who is, disgracefully enough, a senior member of the House Judiciary Committee, is clearly following the strategy that the Democrats have used with varying levels of success ever since Watergate: accuse Republicans of ethical violations, while posing as being pure and free from corruption. If no genuine ethical violations can be found, fabricate some out of the mere fact that Republicans have a vision and policy recommendations that differ from those of the Democrats. Like any good authoritarian, attempt to make disagreement into a criminal offense.
And so Cohen’s impeachment articles “encompass allegations involving Trump’s immigration policies, the use of military power, federal spending, tariffs, presidential pardons, the federal workforce, universities, law firms, the media, and alleged personal financial benefit from the presidency.” Aside from the alleged financial gain Trump has experienced from the presidency, all of the charges essentially boil down to the fact that if Steve Cohen were president of the United States, which we can be glad will never happen, he would do things differently.
“The first article,” Newsweek reports, “accuses Trump of ‘undermining democracy’ by sowing doubt in elections.” Yes, really. Democrats at the highest levels have sown doubt about the 2000, 2004, 2016 and 2024 elections, and that’s a beautiful and courageous act of patriotism.
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Billy says
Terrific observation! If you are not one of us, you are a criminal. Sounds like ISLAM does it not?
Rarely528 says
Sounds a lot like Trump.
Wellington says
Wrong. The Left wants to cancel you one way or another, including the use of legal maneuvers, to silence opposition while Trump just calls Leftists stupid and leaves it at that.
Rarely528 says
Stupid and traitors. Sent the Justice Dept to investigate his enemies. Fired and/or tried to destroy anyone not 100 PC in his corner. Etc,etc,etc
Wellington says
Rarely 528: Wrong again. Oh, let’s see here. Obama spied on reporters, including those who favored him, and even had reporters’ phones tapped. He also weaponized the IRS and other federal agencies to go after conservatives. Biden pressured social media to can conservatives and one-upped the atrocious Hillary by demonizing one half of Americans in that despicable speech he gave before Independence Hall in Philadelphia on September 1st, 2022..
Trump did none of this freedom-destroying stuff and only told highly biased doofuses to get lost. And you’re clueless here about this. Really, you should quit embarrassing yourself on this site.
As for Trump having the Justice Department to go after those who abused their office (and the examples are legion—from Letitia James to Fanni Willis to the entire Injustice Department under the single worst AG in American history, Merrick Garland—and I state all this as the lawyer I am), he is perfectly in his right to do this. From the 2016 Clinton campaign onwards, with all the fake Russian collusion crap actually paid for by the Clinton campaign, so many (e.g., Comey) have twisted the Constitution into a perverted shape in order “to get Trump.” And you are clueless here. Frankly, you know very little if you know even this much.
You’re so ignorant you think Trump is eviscerating the Constitution when, in fact, he is trying to save it from what the Left intends for America. Get lost, doofus.
James Lincoln says
Rarely528,
If you want to take on Wellington, you better have your ducks in a line…
gravenimage says
Agreed, James!
Rarely528 says
Wellington,
Name calling? Where did that come from? Your hero/leader?
For the record I have no love for Biden or Obama.
Comparing Trump to them is irrelevant as it does not justify his actions.
Polio is a terrible illness but it is not as serious as cancer (unless you have polio).
Trump will be judged by his actions which may or may not be as wrong as his predecessors. In many, many cases those actions are beyond despicable.
If one doesn’t buy into his agenda 100% one is an idiot and a traitor. If any foreign leader doesn’t bow down to him …well, we know how he acts.
Etc, etc and etc.
Billy says
Disagree with Alla? Allah in Qur’an 9:111 says, “Surely Allah has purchased from the believers[Muslims] their souls and their money so that they may have the garden[Heavenly Paradise]. They engage in war for the sake of Allah, so they kill and are killed…”. Allah in Qur’an 9:29 commands, “Engage in war with those who do not believe in Allah nor in the last day[Non-Muslims]. Nor forbid what Allah and his messenger forbid[via Islamic Law], nor believe in the religion of the truth[Islam] among those who have given the book[Jews and Christians] until they pay the jizyah[Extortion Payment] out of hand and they are subdued[disgraced].”
abu taleb says
When or where did Trump say if somebody was not a MAGA, then he or she was a criminal?
Seems like the lefties always accuse their opposition with only words, but no proof.
abu taleb says
Very correct, if you are not a muslim, then you are guilty for being non muslim.
You are the worst of creature.
You are worse than any muslim criminal no matter how good you are and how evil the muslim is.
If you are invited to Islam and reject it, then you are supposed to be killed, or if you are a Jew or a Christian, you have an option of paying jizyah in a humiliating way as a token you submit to muslims.
Emilie Green says
Cohen’s “Violation of Oath” charges are particularly funny coming from a Democrat. Every Democrat, after taking the Article VI oath (& not meaning a word of it), works his/her best to undermine the entire thesis of the Constitution. That thesis is LIMITATION of the created federal government. Democrats, especially since FDR & his D-controlled Congresses super-charged the administrative state in the 1930s, do everything they can to increase the size and cost of fedgov.
Rarely528 says
Sounds a lot like Trump.
gravenimage says
The Latest Attempt to Impeach Trump Criminalizes Not Being a Leftist
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Just absurd…
tgusa says
Cohen is just trying to get back in the good graces of the democrats because right now the democrats really hate Jews. Steve, Steve, Steve, for the love of God, it ain’t gonna change their minds but you keep trying if it makes you feel better.
PRCS USN (ret) says
Remember Cohen’s arrogance during Spencer’s congressional hearing?
Sharia-Free America
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KbDNzhnV8h4
see @ 1:26:15
Huh!?! says
Cohen is the shape of things to come if the Left gets back in power. All functions of government will stop so the Left can work Trump Derangement Syndrome. Their hate is all they have. The Cohen tap dance won’t work on me. I was a Democrat for years. I left after the odd behavior of Hillary got us into the Russia collusion hoax. Hillary, Cohen, Goebbels, Rarely528 are all the same. Conservatives have to vote in force. Do not stay home. As always, praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. Vote! Vote! Vote!
jimjames says
Written in true soviet fashion openly displaying a lack of American historical values and history! This is not grounds for loss of citizenship?