A GOP senator from Missouri says he will introduce legislation to dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump next week because Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has not yet transmitted those articles to the U.S. Senate.
Senator Josh Hawley fired off a series of angry tweets Thursday afternoon in which he alleged that failing to move forward in a criminal trial leads to an immediate dismissal of charges:
Dems said impeachment was URGENT. Now they don’t want to have a trial, because they have no evidence. In real world, if prosecution doesn’t proceed with case, it gets dismissed. So on Monday, I will introduce measure to dismiss this bogus impeachment for lack of prosecution
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 2, 2020
This will expose Dems’ circus for what it is: a fake impeachment, abuse of the Constitution, based on no evidence. If Dems won’t proceed with trial, bogus articles should be dismissed and @realDonaldTrump fully cleared
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 2, 2020
My proposal will take form of motion to update Senate impeachment rules to account for this unprecedented attempt to obstruct Senate trial. Stay tuned
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) January 2, 2020
Senator Hawley conveniently overlooks the fact that an impeachment trial is not the same as a criminal trial in a U.S. court. And the chances of his motion passing the Senate are slim to none. Republicans running for reelection to the Senate in 2020 would be all but guaranteeing their own political demise.
Social media was quick to slam Senator Hawley for his fawning obsequiousness to Trump:
Didn’t think this impulse tweet would go mini-viral but to clarify: Senator Josh Hawley is a fraud who shifted with the political winds to suck up to Trump and win a Senate seat. I know it, he knows it, & anyone who knew him before he ran for office knows I’m right.
— Addisu Demissie (@ASDem) January 2, 2020
You are such a bootlicking hack. Happy New Year.
— Dave Zirin (@EdgeofSports) January 2, 2020
HAHA, Obstruction!
Funny stuff Josh, because one of the articles of impeachment is Obstruction of Congress.
How ironic it is.— JT Ross_2112 (@JTR_2112) January 2, 2020
Perhaps if Senator Hawley would take a moment to extract his nose from Donald Trump’s posterior, he’d be better able to see just how ridiculous he sounds.
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