A Bunch of Crybabies
Derek Hunter
Posted: Feb 16, 2021 12:01 AMAs the father of two girls, ages two and three, I’ve gotten used to little kids freaking out over the most basic of things. The announcement of bedtime never fails to elicit complaints and desperate bargaining for staying up longer, for example. Those freak outs are normal and what you’d expect from children, but on Saturday we got the same reaction from adults over the foregone conclusion of the second failed impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.
Why anyone was surprised by the failure is a mystery. It was a long-telegraphed punch; it was like re-watching the Super Bowl on your DVR a week later and betting on Kansas City again. There was no way Trump was guilty of inciting a riot, as Democrats charged, so much so that they barely attempted to make that case. They spent most of their time accusing him of not doing enough to stop it after it started, that he was derelict in his duty as President of the United States, but that wasn’t an article of impeachment.
Maybe Democrats rushing impeachment through the House wasn’t the smartest strategy. Nancy Pelosi wanted to get it done quickly, then took her time. In the time she did take she skipped the part where the House held any hearings whatsoever.
Democrats were in such a hurry, and so full of rage, that they simply didn’t care that they didn’t build a case, they just declared one. Everyone watching could see it. That there wasn’t a case to build didn’t help, but of all the options they could have lined up behind, inciting a riot was the weakest by a long shot. But it was also the easiest to explain to the public, so the took it.
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