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Levin's histrionic hyperbole is laughable, but I'm not surprised that some folks eat it up.
Yep. Words apparently have no meaning any more.
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Levin's histrionic hyperbole is laughable, but I'm not surprised that some folks eat it up.
Straw man.
Wait, what investigations are being conducted on the president? We know his campaign is being investigated and now his inaugural committee. He was mentioned as Individual 1 in one of the indictments of his underlings...And, of course, his defunct "charity" foundation is also under investigation in New York, but that's not him. Of course, now that we have a Democratic House, we may get an investigation into money-laundering via real estate, but probably not before 2020.
If he simply paid them, no, it would not be illegal, but we know he lied about it, a lot, and tried to cover his trail with fake corporations and false names and got other people to front the money which amounted to felony illegal campaign contributions and coverups. (Source: Vox- "What’s illegal about Trump’s hush payments to women, briefly explained" )
On the contrary, if you've been following the indictments, you'll have noticed that they are leading closer and closer. Roger Stone seems particularly close to the president and Russian collusion, sorry to say.
No, not everyone is corrupt anyway. And so much for the Great Swamp Drainer story, eh?
It's true no one cares, except perhaps Melanie and her young son, but this is about corruption, self-dealing and possibly mental decline to the point of incapacity (25thA and criminal defense).
It's an opinion piece by Levin however they try and dress it up.
Using the 25th amendment path to remove a president is 100% legal and constitutional, and does not involve force. That’s not a coup. Even the desire to record Trump demonstrates this, Rosenstein wanted evidence before acting.
Secretly recording the President in hopes of steering a conversation in such a way as to imply he is not capable of rational thought is not legal.
Rosenstein is not one of the people tasked by the Amendment with making that determination and a difference in political opinion is not what constitutes irrationality.
Levin's histrionic hyperbole is laughable, but I'm not surprised that some folks eat it up.
Cops wear wires and go undercover to catch criminals all the time.
As a Deputy Attorney General, he reports directly to one of the people who is tasked by the amendment... perhaps he was looking to impress his boss?
...or perhaps he was under orders?
Perhaps the words warrant and probable cause and espionage had all slipped Rosenstein's mind.
Did Rosenstein wear a wire? Talking about it is not illegal. Doing it without proper authority would be illegal, but there is no evidence that this was done.
Much ado about nothing. Typical of Mark Levin’s rants.
I didn’t claim recording trump would have been legal. I said that using the 25th amendment is a legal, constitutional method of removing a president and therefore not a coup. While recording the president may not have been legal, it certainly would not have constituted a coup either.Secretly recording the President in hopes of steering a conversation in such a way as to imply he is not capable of rational thought is not legal. Rosenstein is not one of the people tasked by the Amendment with making that determination and a difference in political opinion is not what constitutes irrationality.
While that is true, there has to be a valid reason, being opposed to his policies, or, not liking him at a personal level does not reach that standard. All the investigations currently being conducted on the president will continue until the election is decided on 2020. In the end, I really believe the only thing that can be pinned on President Trump is that he paid to aging strippers, in order to secure a non disclosure agreement, which, BTW, are not illegal. The longer these investigations go on, the less likely they have anything on the President. Besides, Everyone in DC has criminal knowledge on each other, hidden off shore accounts, mistrisses, bribes, and the list goes on, and on. If the economy keeps booming, and unemployment/interest rates stay low, the President will be re-elected without much difficulty. Most people I have spoken to could care less about his affairs with the strippers a decade before he was elected to office.
Do Trump’s words carry the same weight?I am skeptical that discussions to invoke a legally established procedure to have the VP serve as "Acting President" constitutes as an attempted coup. Words do have meaning, the meaning of words being indispensable to effective communication, and the meaning of coup is inapplicable to these facts.
Which is why Rosey and company didn’t move forward. It’s a tall standard.Doesn't the 25th Amendment impose such a "valid reason"?
principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit...that the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office, the Vice President shall immediately assume the powers and duties of the office as Acting President.