How many lies can the GOP tell?
Debunked Republican arguments used in their desperate efforts to save a corrupt president, an impressive array:
There was no quid pro quo;
There was a quid pro quo, but it was not something unusual;
The quid pro quo was engaged in only to fight corruption in Ukraine, something about which the president has great concern;
Ukraine did not know that it was being extorted;
Ukraine was behind 2016 election meddling, not our enemy Russia;
The money promised Ukraine was held up because Ukranian President Zelensky had recently been elected and we needed to see if he was “the real deal”, someone who was worthy of our trust and aid;
Ukraine got the money for weaponry which was appropriated by Congress, so there was no impropriety;
There is only hearsay evidence;
We must unmask the whistleblower and hear from him or her to in order to get to the truth;
The parade of witnesses who defied Trump’s order that they not testify and provided damaging testimony against him are radical leftists: never-Trumpers;
The president hardly knows European Union Ambassador Gordon Sondland;
What the president did was wrong, but not an impeachable offense.
Efforts to obfuscate, to distort, to distract, and to engage in witness intimidation have all fallen flat. Where do the Republicans go now in standing by the man they protect and defend at all costs?
Oren Spiegler
Peters Township