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turbinetree

(24,632 posts)
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:31 AM Oct 2019

GOP congressman claims Democrats are like 'leaders of a military coup'

By
Josh Israel -
October 18, 2019

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) is very angry that House Democrats are not letting him dictate how the impeachment inquiry should be run.

A day after the acting White House chief of staff admitted that the Trump administration withheld security aid to Ukraine in an effort to pressure its governor to investigate political opponents, a Republican congressman authored an op-ed on Friday comparing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff to a "military coup." His reasoning: He doesn't like the way they are conducting the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump.

Though Trump has not yet been impeached — the process by which the House of Representatives brings charges against a president who has committed "high crimes and misdemeanors" — Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) claimed that the House Democrats investigating his likely illegal behavior "have more in common with the leaders of a military coup than they think." With a two-thirds vote required in the GOP-controlled Senate for Trump to be removed from office, this process is nothing like a military coup.

https://shareblue.com/andy-biggs-impeachment-donald-trump-military-coup-ukraine-arizona-republican-gop/

Yep this is the same "guy" that won the $10 million American Family Publishers sweepstakes in 1993..............................and thinks that if you are sick you don't need health care........................

https://ballotpedia.org/Andy_Biggs

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GOP congressman claims Democrats are like 'leaders of a military coup' (Original Post) turbinetree Oct 2019 OP
The desperation has set in. GoCubsGo Oct 2019 #1
these people are beyond batshit crazy. NRaleighLiberal Oct 2019 #2
Well boo hoo. I guess he forgot about the eight years of BS directed at Obama. Firestorm49 Oct 2019 #3
ReTHUGs love projection malaise Oct 2019 #4
Rep. Biggs: "Get over it!" sop Oct 2019 #5
I tend to wonder... Newest Reality Oct 2019 #6
Sometime coups are a necessity C_U_L8R Oct 2019 #7
Sometimes Romney says things that aren't completely insane, but this guy is closer to Mormon normal. Anders8 Oct 2019 #8

GoCubsGo

(32,061 posts)
1. The desperation has set in.
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:34 AM
Oct 2019

Unfortunately for them, we've all seen enough to know that Biggs and his ilk are full of shit. This tactic ain't gonna work.

Firestorm49

(4,002 posts)
3. Well boo hoo. I guess he forgot about the eight years of BS directed at Obama.
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:37 AM
Oct 2019

What goes around comes around.

malaise

(267,812 posts)
4. ReTHUGs love projection
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:39 AM
Oct 2019

They've just been caught with Rudy's goons sharing out the loot to steal elections.

Mueller just exposed them and now Dems are bringing them down.

Fuck off ReTHUGs - the coup was in 2016 and you tried again last year.

Newest Reality

(12,712 posts)
6. I tend to wonder...
Sat Oct 19, 2019, 11:40 AM
Oct 2019

If these folks see the the reversal and projection they do? Is it just an unconscious habit pattern, or do they sit there and say, hey, let's say they are doing what we are doing? Or is it both? The logic of logical fallacies as a political methodology?

It really stands out like a sore thumb to me.

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