A Made-For-TV Impeachment Trial
The kangaroo court impeachment trial of Trump will go on, but without Trump.
by David Catron
February 7, 2021, 11:51 PM
The conduct of the Democrats during the first Trump impeachment trial was truly cringe-worthy. Knowing that he would never be removed from office, they produced a piece of embarrassingly bad theater for the benefit of their far-left base. The second Trump impeachment trial, due to begin Tuesday, promises to be even more schmaltzy. Because their claim that Trump is guilty of inciting insurrection is so thoroughly refuted by the video and transcript of his January 6 speech, the Democratic House managers will be forced to rely heavily on a montage of misleading videos edited for the convenience of the broadcast and cable networks. It will be a made-for-television impeachment trial written to manipulate the emotions of the public.
This has been part of the Democratic strategy since well before the House impeachment managers delivered their article of impeachment to the Senate on January 25. Four days prior to that carefully stage-managed event, Greg Sargent of the Washington Post reported, “Democrats gearing up for Donald Trump’s impeachment trial are planning a presentation that relies on a lot of video of the assault on the Capitol, a Democratic aide familiar with the planning tells me. The goal is to dramatize the former president’s incitement role.†To create that illusion, however, they will need to edit the video of Trump’s speech so he isn’t shown telling his supporters to comport themselves “peacefully and patriotically.â€
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