As expected, Democrats in the House of Representatives voted to recommend impeachment of President Donald Trump on two counts of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. While every Republican voted against the proposals, two Democrats voted with the Republicans and Tulsi Gabbard, a Democratic candidate for president in 2020, voted 'Present' on both articles. Democrats have never accepted Hillary Clinton's defeat to Trump in 2016 and have been fishing around for any excuse to try and remove him from office. At first they charged him with colluding with Russia when it was discovered that teenagers in a small town in Macedonia called Veles were generating wild stories supporting Donald Trump. "The young people in Veles may or may not have had much interest in American politics, but because of the money to be made via Facebook advertising, they wanted their fiction to travel on social media." Macedonia is not Russia but under Democrat pressure Special Counsel Robert Mueller was asked to investigate if there was any collusion between Russia and Trump campaign. Mueller did not find any evidence of collusion but said in his report that he could not certify if Trump was innocent of obstruction of justice. Right on cue, a 'whistleblower' emerged who had heard Trump pressuring Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden regarding his business affairs in that country. President Zelensky denied that he has been pressured or that there was any blackmail but the Democrats, itching to impeach Trump any which way, latched on to this as evidence of abuse of power. "But there's a gaping hole in this line of defense, as it leaves out vital context and ignores the fact Zelensky's hands are tied by the necessities of his job." Zelensky must be lying because it does not suit the Democrats. What was Hunter Biden doing in Ukraine and why had his father the former Vice President "successfully gotten a Ukrainian prosecutor removed from office". "The move raised questions about possible conflict of interest and if Biden was trying to shield his son from an investigation into the company, whose founder faced multiple investigations into alleged tax evasion and money laundering." As chief executive it has to be Trump's duty to expose any crime. Chairman of House Intelligence Committee Adam Schiff repeated allegations from rogue FBI agents even though he knew them to be false. Doesn't that make him guilty of abuse of power and obstruction of justice? Trump wants the articles of impeachment sent to the Senate, where Republicans have a 53:47 majority, immediately so that the charges maybe thrown out, but House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has delayed sending the articles, presumably to insult Trump a little longer. All this could actually help Trump win re-election in 2020, wrote Seema Sirohi. "His approval rating hasn't plummeted as might be expected, but stayed in the range of low to mid 40% as before." Democrats must be hoping they have covered up any wrongs that Hunter Biden may have committed so that his father is not tainted if he wins the primary to become the Democratic candidate for president. Or it could become a festering sore if he does become the candidate to take on Trump. Questions remain.
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