The ceremonial Rayburn Room just off the House floor has twin chandeliers, twin fireplaces with twin mantels, twin mirrors and twin sets of candlesticks, and twin urns in twin niches. And it was here that Democrats on Tuesday unveiled their
twin articles of impeachment: Abuse and Obstruction.
Plain and Simple.
No relitigating the Mueller report, no laundry list of grievances against President Trump. Just the known details of wrongdoing in the Ukraine affair. “The facts are not seriously contested,” Schiff said.
“Seriously” was the operative word, for at that very moment, Rep. Doug Collins (Ga.), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, stood nearby, preparing to contest the Democrats’ claims in an unserious way. Outside the room where Democrats made their announcement, Collins gazed into a Fox News camera, listening to a live feed of the event and then giving Fox viewers his hot take.
He
said Schiff is “running a sham process” and committing “complete malpractice.” He said House Judiciary Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-N.Y.) is “obsessed” with violating his oath of office and “he drug (sic) everybody else with him.” He said the Democrats have no “evidence of fact” and “no case.” He claimed “the White House was willing to participate,” its actions notwithstanding. This, Collins
charged, is “the most partisan impeachment on the most less facts of any we’ve seen.”
The most less facts! But he didn’t challenge any of them.
