No, this isn’t a commentary on whatever the latest formerly relevant, now antisemite pile of post-digested food TV or radio host said this week that was especially stupid, even for them. And it is not a rant about a fading podcaster going from “unimpeachable evidence” of Jeffrey Epstein’s “client list” to never mentioning it again, hoping no one notices the lie. These are people who’d do anything for a buck because the bucks they take in are exclusively up to them. This is about people worse than that – people who work in media, with official titles that imbue them with credibility because the idea of those jobs overrides the reality of their existence.
In this case, it is “Editorial Page Editor” of the Detroit News, but it could be any of them, honestly.
On Saturday night, a man named Nolan Finley wrote a column entitled, “Republicans shouldn't block Democrats from impeaching Trump.”
According to his bio, Finley has been with the News for 50 years. Imagine working in a field for half a century and not understanding the basics of what you cover. You almost feel sorry for him.
“Donald Trump cost a lot of Republican senators their jobs in the Nov. 3 election. Those who remain in the chamber shouldn't help the president keep his,” he opens his opus with and goes on from there.
Think what you want of the president, I couldn’t care less – I’m willing to defend him when it is deserved and have no qualms about pointing out what I see as mistakes – but to impeach and convict a President, thereby removing him from office, there has to be a reason beyond bad results from a midterm.
The Constitution lays it out pretty plainly: guilt of “treason, bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors” is the offense for which two-thirds of the Senate can remove a president. What did Donald Trump do? He was in office when Republicans lost control of both houses of Congress. That is annoying, but it’s not a crime or literally every President not named Joe Biden (who only lost the House) since Bill Clinton would’ve been given the boot.
Finley wrote, “Out of fear or genuine devotion, Republicans have enabled Trump's disgraceful behavior and reckless policies that brought economic misery to voters and instability to the world. It cost them dearly. They have no obligation to save Trump from the consequences of his actions.” Again, I don’t care if you love or hate Trump, but if you’re going to say he needs to be convicted in an impeachment trial, there damn well better be a good reason for it. He never comes close to naming one.
The Detroit News doesn’t like the president, so what? You still need a reason to remove one or you will end up with a non-stop string of impeachments every time the opposite party controls the House.
“Trump showed no remorse post-election for destroying the careers of so many Republicans. In fact, he opined that losing the Senate majority might benefit him politically,” Finley drones on to say, “He doesn't care about anyone but himself. GOP senators worried about their futures should remember that.”
Has any president cried over a midterm loss? Apologize for people losing their elections? Congress Members don’t owe a president loyalty, nor does a President owe them – their oaths are to the Constitution. You’d think you’d pick up on that idea after 50 years in media.
He closes with, “In 2028, 19 GOP-held Senate seats will be on the ballot. If Trump is again the main issue in that election, the next blue wave risks giving Democrats a supermajority in the chamber. Dumping Trump now will give the GOP a head start on recreating their party. The Republican senators who remain in the chamber today should act in their own interests when an impeachment vote comes. Trump always does.”
You don’t get to “dump” a President because you think it will benefit you electorally. It shows a level of ignorance about the Constitution that is dangerous and shocking. I grew up in Detroit; the News was the “conservative” newspaper and the Free Press was the leftist rag. I assume they’re now both garbage, considering the level of knowledge someone in a position of leadership at the News either has about our government or the contempt in which they hold it.
Derek Hunter is the host of the Derek Hunter Show on WMAL in Washington, D.C., and has a free daily podcast (subscribe!) and is the author of the book Outrage, INC., which exposes how liberals use fear and hatred to manipulate the masses, and the host of the weekly “Week in F*cking Review” podcast where the news is spoken about the way it deserves to be. Follow him on Twitter at @DerekAHunter.
