Trump’s Redefining Of Reality Is On Trial During His Senate Impeachment Hearings

The Supremacy Clause of the Constitution of the United States (Article VI, Clause 2), establishes that the Constitution, federal laws made pursuant to it, and treaties made under its authority, constitute the ‘supreme Law of the Land’…….

 I find it baffling how Trump has gotten away with redefining the House Impeachment process as merely a ‘witch hunt’ and nothing more than a political exercise in gamesmanship, on the part of the Democrats’ who have ‘wanted to Impeach Trump since his election.’ What is missing, is Trump’s acknowledgment that his very words, behavior and emotional  reactions are what raised a red flag on the part of many, including members of both the Democratic party and Republican Party. Even conservatives like William Kristol and Michael Garson, both of whom have solid conservative credentials voiced their concerns about Trump’s fitness for the Presidency. Trump is only a victim of his own words and behavior.  

In addition, for many concerned citizens, Trump’s often incoherent rambling speech and demeaning treatment of his national security agencies; his assertion that he knows more than the generals and that he knew that Russia did not interfere with the United States Presidential Elections during 2016 because Putin told him so; his statement his is a ‘love affair’ with Kim Jong-Un, all reinforce the belief, on the part of many, that he is delusional and unfit for office.

What is missing in Trump’s redefinition of reality, is that the Articles of Impeachment that the House has drawn up stipulate that Trump did break the law and that he is being charged with having committed criminal acts or high crimes and misdemeanors that violate the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the Land. The Articles of Impeachment stipulate:

·       He has abused his power, by withholding Congressionally mandated monies which were to go to the Ukraine, until he got ‘dirt’ on Biden;

·       He has obstructed Congress by not allowing administrative personnel to be interviewed or documents to be reviewed by the House;

·       He has disregarded the House Oversight responsibility and has attempted to dismantle the separate but equal components of the three branches of government are each breaking the Constitutionally mandated demands of the law;

in addition, his using his office to financially profit by using his properties for financial gain, is another breach of the legal mandates of the Constitution.

·    Another bizarre display of behavior in this Impeachment drama is Mitch McConnell’s assertion that he is not an impartial member of the Senate, when he is to swear an oath that says that he will be impartial in the Senate Impeachment proceedings. His assertion of not being impartial goes against the Senate’s mandated role in an Impeachment process, and should cause McDonnell to recluse himself from the proceedings, to avoid his committing perjury.

It is my hope, that during the Senate Impeachment Trial, the Ted Cruz, Lindsey Graham, John Kennedy types will give way to the adults in the Senate Body, those who take their oaths as Senators and as members of the Senate during an Impeachment process seriously. I trust that they will and that sanity will be restored to our Senate Chamber so that the three branches of government will be restored to their proper role of being co-equal branches of government and provide checks and balances to one another.