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<\/p>\nRUSH: Now, today\u2019s Pelosi\u2019s weekly press conference, she invited Pencil Neck to appear with her, Adam Schiff, to appear with her at the press conference where they announced, \u201cOh, yeah, oh, yeah, we\u2019re gonna do health care. Oh, yeah, we\u2019re gonna make sure prescription drugs — oh, yeah, we\u2019re not gonna ignore it.\u201d Now, why would she bring that up? Why in the world? I\u2019ll tell you why she\u2019s brought it up. It\u2019s because we have been hammering the Democrats on this for two days. And I guarantee you somebody heard it and passed it on to her, and they know they\u2019ve got a problem.<\/p>\n
They still haven\u2019t held a formal impeachment vote. Now, as I have said, such a thing is not constitutionally required. But this impeachment business, folks, I think it\u2019s a twofer for them. If they actually were able to pull it off, fine.<\/p>\n
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I think what it actually is, is a primarily vehicle whereby they can conduct their ongoing smears of Trump and everything about Trump on a daily and hourly basis, under the premise that it\u2019s all leading toward impeachment. While it may not, I think if it doesn\u2019t, they still think there\u2019s a lot of value here in destroying Trump in the court of public opinion by having every bit of criticism of Trump related to impeachment. So anything Trump doesn\u2019t satisfy them with is gonna be a stonewall. This is what they really, really wanted with this phone transcript.<\/p>\n
I am gonna repeat this again because Pencil Neck confirmed again that I was right about this today. I must tell you this. I\u2019m sitting here, I\u2019m watching all this, and I know you wonder, \u201cDoes Rush think this is all because of him?\u201d I don\u2019t think it in those terms, but when I hear Pelosi go out of her way to tell people in the press that the Democrats can walk and chew gum at the same time, that they can focus on impeachment and prescription drug prices and health care, then, yeah, I get kind of a smug smile of satisfaction knowing that we hit the bull\u2019s-eye on it.<\/p>\n
And then Schiff coming out making my point today, the original phone call between Trump and the Ukrainian president, they never expected Trump to release the transcript of the call to protect the presidency in the never-ending fight that exists between the executive branch, legislative branch. It\u2019s an ongoing battle. It\u2019s part of the process. It was designed by the founders, this constant fighting and haggling for ultimate power. And it was set up to create gridlock, in fact.<\/p>\n
The founders loved gridlock. The founders loved government not doing very much. And so setting up three branches and the primary two here with the legislative and executive, the White House and Congress, having an ongoing battle for power in all things is itself a distraction. It can upset the American people who don\u2019t understand the design process of the structure of American government. But it is nevertheless designed. So this quest for power that all Congresses seek over the White House and that the White House, the president always seeks ultimate power over Congress, it\u2019s an ongoing thing.<\/p>\n
So what Schiff was trying to do here… They never thought Trump would release the transcript, to protect the power — to protect the independence — of the executive branch, not just for himself but for presidents along down the line. You don\u2019t want to set a precedent here. “Congress demands this? Well, you don\u2019t give it to \u2019em just \u2019cause they demand it, because then you\u2019ve set a precedent, and it\u2019s harder for future presidents to deny if a president, at any time, acquiesced to a demand like this.”<\/p>\n
Well, Trump did. He acquiesced to the demand. He produced the transcript of the phone call between himself and the Ukrainian president, because in Trump\u2019s view, it was “a perfect call,” maybe the most perfect call that there\u2019s ever been between two world leaders. Maybe the best call, maybe the most perfect call that phone lines have ever transmitted. He said there was nothing wrong with it. So he releases it. Now, Schiff and the Democrats didn\u2019t think that Trump would. They were prepared to accuse him of obstruction. They were prepared to accuse him of stonewalling.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s what they wanted, because the cover-up is always more problematic than whatever alleged crime — and Trump has not committed a crime here. There aren\u2019t any impeachable offenses yet. Doesn\u2019t matter. The Democrats in the media are talking about how there are. As far as the media\u2019s concerned, everything Trump does is an impeachable offense because he\u2019s illegitimate, because he cheated and colluded with the Russians. You know the drill.<\/p>\n
And this is the effort that they are making to create this illusion ongoing in the minds of as many Americans as they can. So when Trump released the transcript, now they\u2019ve got to change the strategy because Trump is not obstructing, and he\u2019s not stonewalling, and he\u2019s not covering up. So they go into Phase II, and I\u2019m sure it was planned, but they were really hoping that Trump would stonewall. They really wanted to claim Trump was covering up. How do I know this?<\/p>\n
Because of what Pencil Neck said today. Let\u2019s start here with audio sound bite number 20. This was after Pencil Neck and Pelosi had their press conference to announce impeachment and how solemn it is (sobbing), and how troublesome it is, and (sniffling) how they really don\u2019t want to do it. “It feels so bad! (wailing) It\u2019s so bad for America. But, oh, my God, we\u2019ve got no choice! This guy is so… (sobbing) Oh, oh, we\u2019ve gotta do it, but we don\u2019t want to! We don\u2019t like it!”<\/p>\n
It was one of the biggest phony sob scenes I\u2019ve ever seen. So one of the sycophants, one of the Democrats in the media disguised as a journalist at this press conference said, “Chairman Pencil Neck, as the White House seems to be doing delays, in the past it\u2019s taken years sometimes to compel documents and testimony from the White House. Are you preparing a court battle? Are you getting ready for a court battle? And how do you make sure that that happens in what you call an expeditious manner?”<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: The White House needs to understand that any action like that, uhh, that, uh, forces us to litigate or to have to consider litigation, uh, will be considered further evidence of obstruction of justice. Uh, and of course that was an article of impeachment —<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Stop the tape! And there you have it. Schiff has his obstruction and Trump hadn\u2019t even done anything yet! See how this works? “The White House needs to understand that any action like that, uhh, that, uh, forces us to litigate or to have to” even think about litigating… That means go to court, for those of you in Rio Linda. Of course, people in Rio Linda know what “litigate” means, since they\u2019re in court a lot. So Trump\u2019s not done a thing yet, but Schiff is already setting the table here for what? Obstruction of justice!<\/p>\n
Which will lead Schiff into “cover-up,” which will then allow for the use of the word “stonewall.” Okay, here now — and this, folks, is proof to me that their original desire or expectation was Trump not to release that transcript of the call. They were ready to go. “Cover-up! Cover-up! Obstruction!” Much, much worse. I mean, that implies guilt right there. These people are having to create the crime now. Trump is talking to the… In fact, you know what I heard Donna Brazile say today?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m about ready to turn Fox off, I have to tell you, because the last person I care to see in stuff like this is Donna Brazile. I literally have no desire to watch. I could tune in CNN if I wanted to watch what the Democrats think of this. Donna Brazile is on Fox right before noon. She says (paraphrased), “Presidents have to understand. Trump — Trump does not… The presidency is not for you to advance your personal political interests.” The hell it isn\u2019t! That\u2019s exactly what it\u2019s for! What in the heck is she talking about?<\/p>\n
The presidency is not for presidents to be able to advance their personal political interests? That\u2019s why they run, for crying out loud: Personal political interests! I don\u2019t care what she meant. Selfish, private, I don\u2019t care what she meant. What she said was that presidents don\u2019t get to advance their political agenda; that\u2019s not what the presidency is. They\u2019re turning that into a crime, is the point. They\u2019re saying that the president pursuing his own political agenda is somehow problematic. Anyway, here\u2019s the entire Adam Schiff soundbite. No interruptions from me…<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: The White House needs to understand that any action like that, uhh, that, uh, forces us to litigate or to have to consider litigation, uh, will be considered further evidence of obstruction of justice. Uh, and of course that was an article of impeachment against, uh, Nixon, the obstruction of lawful functions of Congress, that is. They just need to know that even as they try to undermine our ability to find the facts around the president\u2019s effort to coerce a foreign leader to create, uhh, dirt that he can use against a political opponent —<\/p>\n
RUSH: There he goes again.<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: — that they will be strengthening the case on obstruction if they, uh, behavior that way.<\/p>\n
RUSH: We had a caller yesterday asking me, “How do these Democrats sleep at night?” Well, here\u2019s Adam Schiff lying again, folks. He\u2019s continuing the lie he told that he apologized for. He just said (impression), “The president\u2019s effort to coerce a foreign leader to create, uh,” and then he caught himself, \u2019cause he says, “Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh.” Now he can\u2019t walk it back \u2019cause he said it. He just lied again. “If Trump tries to undermine our ability to find the facts around the president\u2019s effort to coerce a foreign leader to create, uh, uh, uh, dirt that he can use against a political opponent…”<\/p>\n
Trump didn\u2019t ask for anything to be made up. Adam Schiff is lying through his slimy, liberal teeth, continuing to promulgate this outrageous mischaracterization of what anybody can plainly read in the transcript of the phone call. There was no desire — Trump neither demanded nor asked — for anything to be made up. And yet here\u2019s Adam Schiff continuing his original lie that he spoke earlier this week as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. “They will be strengthening the case on obstruction if they behave that way.”<\/p>\n
Trump isn\u2019t obstructing anything! He released the transcript! Where is the obstruction? There isn\u2019t any obstruction! There isn\u2019t any stonewalling! Now they\u2019re trying to say that Pompeo was in on it. “He knew what happened there! We\u2019re gonna get Pompeo, gonna bring him in here. Yeah!” Pompeo said, “You\u2019re not gonna bully me. Nothing wrong happened on this phone call, you clowns.” So another sycophant Democrat in the media said, “Chairman [Pencil Neck], the president wants to interview the whistleblower. He says he has the right to meet his accuser. Your response, please.”<\/p>\n