After House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) took time out of today’s impeachment testimony to rebuke President Trump for “witness intimidation,” President Trump hit back.
During testimony from former US Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, Trump took aim at her over Twitter, saying “Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad. She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her…”
Everywhere Marie Yovanovitch went turned bad. She started off in Somalia, how did that go? Then fast forward to Ukraine, where the new Ukrainian President spoke unfavorably about her in my second phone call with him. It is a U.S. President’s absolute right to appoint ambassadors.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 15, 2019
Following Trump’s tweet, Schiff dramatically interrupted questioning from his staff counsel to read Trump’s tweet aloud - asking Yovanovitch what effect Trump’s tweet might have on future witnesses, to which she replied that it would be “very intimidating.
Trump’s tweet was so troubling that former Media Matters employee Paul Waldman wrote in the Washington Post that Trump “talks and acts like a Mafioso” in an article entitled “Yovanovitch hearing confirms that Trump is running a thugocracy.”
Following Schiff’s dramatic exchange, Trump was asked whether his words can be intimidating, to which he said “I don’t think so at all.”
“I have the right to speak. I have freedom of speech just like other people do,” Trump told White House reporters following remarks on a health care initiative, adding that he’s “allowed to speak up” and defend himself.
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President Trump should sue the entertainment industry for how they are portraying him. It is not freedom of speech to falsely portray a person even in jest. If our President would be a Demoncrat especially of color their would be such an outcry by the Progressive Socialist Communist Fascist Racist Democrat Party, the News Media and entertainment Industry they own and Control. We must bring back in America accountability and decency. The Progressive Socialist Communist Fascist Racist Democrat Party is destroying our country from within. They removed God, individual opportunity and freedom. They want complete faith and dependency on government just like in Nazi Germany. Every American should read Hitler’s Cross. This historically based book shows how the Progressive Socialist Communist Fascist Racist Democrat Party is using the Nazi Fascist tactics.
WELL SAID, JD. YOU SHOULD CONSIDER RUNNING FOR OFFICE 5 YRS FROM NOW!
Say Mr. or Ms. or Mrs. JD, Spot On And Here Is A Hear, Hear!!! The Progressive Liberal Democratic Party, Should Change Their Name To The Progressive Liberal Commie Socialist And Islamic Infested Democratic Party And Their One Sided Very Biased Indoctrinated Schooling System (Political Correctness), because their way of teaching their young off-spring, won’t like hearing anyone else’s point of view, which is Ludicrous, And IF They Get Insulted By Someone Else’s Free Speech, Then They Will Start Crying, Then The PLCSAII Democratic Party Will Call ANTIFA To Do The Bullying And Abusing Of We The Legal Citizens/People And The Legal Immigrants Of The USA, Who Just Wanted To Put Their 2 Cents To The Conversation And Many More Restrictions, Which Is Un-American!!!
The foundational problem with Conservatives is that we have always been the “live and let live” bunch. However, while we were “living and let live” the loony Liberals have taken advantage of our niceness. We’ve got to fight back. Pres. Trump is showing us how to fight back. It’s not an accident that Trump was elected. It’s not some fluke in time~~ The Lord has been preparing Trump for this job at this time since before he was born! We prayed, calling out to Almighty God to save our freedoms and our country and He said, “Okay here is a champion I have raised up. Pray for his protection and learn from him how to fight corruption.” Oh, I know Joy Behar would think I’m nuts for listening to the voice of Jesus, but I really don’t care. Christians know His voice and follow Him. And we learn from the champions He sends us.
This is my story and I’m sticking to it! 8^)
Unfortunately the attitude has gone from benevolence to requiring to not be able to give a sucker an even break or they will continue to come back to bite you
Time we all decided…Enough is Enough…these Socialist Democrats are bent on destroying America
In 2020…remember their platform
Open Borders
Huge hike in taxes
Medicare for all…including illegals
Free schooling for all…including illegals
Sanctuary cities…protect criminals even pedos., rapists, murderers
Rewrite the Constitution….a ‘living’ Constitution that can be changed to hatever these radicals want.
Assault on religion…especially Christians
Close down Freedom of Speech
Idiots like Schiff, Pelosi running the country.
I do not worry about Russia, China, Iran…I worry about Socialist Democrats gaining ANY power in Washington…VOTE REPUBLICAN…..VOTE..TRUMP
NO MORE COMMUNIST DEMONRATS IN POWER! That is the key to saving the USA!
Vote every one of them out of office followed by criminal investigations of every one of them. Then go after the press and embarrass them and expose their treasonous ways. That’s a start.
If Trump is the one sent by God, what the fuck are you getting so wound up. That speaks to a lack of faith. And would someone please tell me what the parable of the Good Samaritan means?
You know, Schiff did not have to read her the tweet. Besides, he shouldn’t be using electronics during the hearing. As chairman, his duty is to focus on what’s before in that room.