But Trump really seems to think “treason” means disloyalty to him.
Imagine Bill Clinton, W. Bush or Obama accusing even the lowest piece of shit in the House — like Adam Schiff — of “treason” for daring to investigate him (or for deliberately misquoting them on the House floor). Nuts.
Rep. Adam Schiff illegally made up a FAKE & terrible statement, pretended it to be mine as the most important part of my call to the Ukrainian President, and read it aloud to Congress and the American people. It bore NO relationship to what I said on the call. Arrest for Treason?
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 30, 2019
To be perfectly clear, the Constitution itself explicitly protects members of congress from such retribution by the executive.
They shall in all Cases, except Treason, Felony and Breach of the Peace, be privileged from Arrest during their Attendance at the Session of their respective Houses, and in going to and returning from the same; and for any Speech or Debate in either House, they shall not be questioned in any other Place.
Oh good, and here he quotes a rightwing minister threatening civil war if he’s removed. I fear the same result. But imagine the president himself invoking the threat of mass violence to protect himself in this way. Son of Russiagate is a bunch of horseshit too. Seems like there must be 100 ways to beat the rap before resorting to this shit.
PS: May God damn for eternity all the liberals who pretended to believe Trump today was who Ron Paul was in 2008 and 2012, so they didn’t have to cross party lines to vote for a man who would have ended all of the wars, abolished the American empire, ended the war on drugs, ended the boom-bust economic crises, etc. etc. ad infinitem. Hope you really enjoyed your black-faced George W. Bush, who expanded on every wrong thing Bush and Cheney did and set the stage for a scumbag like Trump to take his place. Made you really feel like part of the winning team there for a minute. That must have been nice.
