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<\/p>\nRUSH: So, this was pretty good too. I\u2019m watching the Republican counsel interview Marie Yovanovitch, and he\u2019s asked her (paraphrasing), “So the Javelins, they were very important?” She said, “Oh, yes, yes! Very important for the defense of Ukraine.” “Can you explain why the Obama administration decided not to provide them?” “Oh, well, wuh, wuh, oh… I think their determination just had it made.” “But President Trump did provide them?” “Ah, gee, caught again, damn it.”<\/p>\n
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So when this previous hour ended and I stood up… I always stand up at the end of the hour. I was headed into the kitchen for some refreshments and to do some stuff, and just as I\u2019m ready to unhook my audio IFB, Mr. Snerdley says, “You do realize that you are the only commentator in American media today who doesn\u2019t find Marie Yovanovitch a sympathetic figure? You do realize this, don\u2019t you?” I looked at Mr. Snerdley and I smiled.<\/p>\n
I said, “Damn straight, I understand that.” Can I ask you, why did you make that observation before I react to it? (interruption) Oh, okay. Snerdley said, “Well, because it\u2019s so stark. I\u2019ve been watching cable news all day and I don\u2019t care who they go to. Everybody talks about she\u2019s ‘sympathetic\u2019 here. She\u2019s looking good there. You\u2019re the only guy. You\u2019re the only guy.”<\/p>\n
I know, I know, I know. People on our side are talking about how she\u2019s a sympathetic figure. Can I ask a question about this? Folks, somehow, I have escaped — thankfully so — what I consider to be the imposition of wimpiness on our culture. Somehow, I have. This woman, she is an ambassador. She\u2019s part of the United States foreign service. She\u2019s not a wallflower, okay? Why portray her as a wallflower? She\u2019s an ambassador. She\u2019s been standing up supposedly representing American interests against a bunch of thug dictators in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
But beside that, I have stood by, and I have watched this culture soften and become touchy-feelie, and I guess on college campuses, that\u2019s okay. And if you want to do that at work, that\u2019s fine. When you\u2019re talking about defending this country, we are a great nation at risk in a very dangerous world, and we need not look at this as an exercise for wallflowers. But what does it take? What is required for someone to be a sympathetic figure?<\/p>\n
Now, I don\u2019t use these terms loosely. If somebody is going to be said to be a sympathetic figure, that means something very specific to me. I\u2019m the mayor of Realville. I am Mr. Literal. I\u2019m not part of a Washington, D.C. crowd that makes judgments on people the way they come across on TV. I don\u2019t know Marie Yovanovitch. All I know is that she\u2019s part of the cabal trying to take out Donald Trump. Okay?<\/p>\n
So what is it that makes her sympathetic? She served the nation for 30 years makes her sympathetic? No. “Sympathetic” means you feel sorry for her. It means you empathize with her, okay, what do you feel sorry for her about? What is it that makes you empathize with her? The use of the term “sympathetic” is loaded. It is calculated. It is designed to create an impression that this is a wronged, mistreated, violated woman. And she\u2019s not.<\/p>\n
Christine Blasey Ford was said to be a sympathetic figure, too, wasn\u2019t she? Boy, she played the part better than Yovanovitch. And I don\u2019t know if Yovanovitch has played a part. I think it\u2019s being assigned to her. But Blasey Ford (doing impression), “Oh, I am terrified to be here. I was raped and left on the side of the road 50 years ago (sobbing) and still haven\u2019t gotten over it. I want the guy who did it! I want the guy who did! I don\u2019t remember who or where or how I got home.”<\/p>\n
That is a sympathetic figure? (interruption) I\u2019m exaggerating like Schiff exaggerates. It\u2019s my show. I can do what I want to do. No, I\u2019m being serious about this. They are attempting to run a coup on Donald Trump. There\u2019s not a one of them that\u2019s gonna get any sympathy from me, folks. I\u2019m sorry. I\u2019m not going to fall for it. I\u2019m not going to play the game, and I\u2019m not going to say so just to make it look like I\u2019m sensitive so that you\u2019ll listen to me later.<\/p>\n
You know, half of the people on TV who don\u2019t agree at all with what this woman is saying don\u2019t have the guts to say it. They\u2019ll start out by saying, “That\u2019s a really sympathetic figure. Oh, really formidable! This woman, you can tell she\u2019s devoted!” It\u2019s all to make sure that they don\u2019t get any criticism. It\u2019s all about soft-selling it first to make yourself look like you\u2019re sensitive and aware rather than getting to the nub of things.<\/p>\n
But it is my impression, my belief that there need to be certain circumstances which have to exist in order for someone to be a sympathetic figure. Don\u2019t you have to believe that somebody is really doing her dirty? Don\u2019t you have to believe that someone is being really mean? Don\u2019t you have to believe that she is being wronged and mistreated in order for her to be a sympathetic figure? If she\u2019s a sympathetic figure, oh, it\u2019s so bad what\u2019s happening to her. What\u2019s happening to her? She\u2019s a star witness in an effort to overturn the 2016 presidential election. If Fox News wants to feel sorry for her for that, they are welcome to it.<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t you have to believe that some mean-spirited, predator-type brute is after her, trying to get her, trying to harm her, trying to punish her? Don\u2019t you have to believe that she\u2019s really, really being mistreated in order for her to be a sympathetic figure? “No, Rush, you don\u2019t get it. That\u2019s not what we mean by sympathetic.” Yes, that\u2019s what sympathetic means. If you mean by using the word “sympathetic,” she looks so innocent, then say that.<\/p>\n
But don\u2019t tell me she\u2019s sympathetic because there isn\u2019t anything sympathetic here. If you want to say she looks innocent and harmless and honest, whatever, say that, but don\u2019t use sympathy. Sympathy is designed to manipulate people\u2019s emotions. It\u2019s designed to use her to actually say something about Trump. That\u2019s why I\u2019m not going to fall for it. By calling her sympathetic, you are automatically agreeing that Trump is a mean-spirited S.O.B. predator who has mistreated her.<\/p>\n
So I\u2019m not going to fall for the notion that she\u2019s sympathetic, just like I didn\u2019t fall for the notion that Christine Blasey Ford was sympathetic. Christine Blasey Ford was used, and participated knowingly, in an attempt to derail the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh.<\/p>\n
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A lot of people are going to say that Marie Yovanovitch is a sympathetic figure because it\u2019s just the easiest way to show you support a woman. Why don\u2019t you think Schiff isn\u2019t going to let a woman question her? So Mrs. Stefanik, the Republican woman congresswoman, wants to ask her some questions. “Nunes can\u2019t allocate any of his time to you.”<\/p>\n
She doesn\u2019t want another woman asking her questions because there goes the whole idea that there might be some sexism here. Because if Trump is involved, there has to be, right? Now, you might not think this is any big deal. I am an etymologist. I am a student of words. I am a student of the usage of words and how they are selectively used to manipulate the emotions of people.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s very easily done, very easy to do, and it is being done here. By declaring that she is a sympathetic figure, you\u2019re automatically conferring upon her total credibility and honesty without examining what she\u2019s saying. You\u2019re giving her a pass by calling her a sympathetic figure. By saying she\u2019s a sympathetic figure, you can\u2019t challenge her. She gets a free pass. She\u2019s a sympathetic figure. And yet, ladies and gentlemen, she was let go in May, two months before the phone call the whistle-blower lied about, two months before the phone call Schiff lied about.<\/p>\n
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She doesn\u2019t know about the phone call. She doesn\u2019t know about the Javelins. She doesn\u2019t know about Trump. She\u2019s never spoken to Trump. She\u2019s never spoken to Mick Mulvaney. She doesn\u2019t know anything other than Rudy Giuliani is some rogue, outside-the-channels guy.<\/p>\n
May I read to you from a transcript? I have here the first call with Trump. Zelensky, the new elected president about whom people are raving. He\u2019s not corrupt like his predecessor. Zelensky said he agreed with the decision to recall ambassador Yovanovitch 100%.<\/p>\n
Trump had told Zelensky, “Yeah, the former ambassador from the United States, the woman, she was bad news. People she was dealing with in Ukraine were bad news, so I just want to let you know that.” Zelensky responded by asking the president, quote, “I would kindly ask you if you have any additional information that you can provide to us. It would be very helpful for the investigation to make sure that we administer justice in our country with regard to the ambassador to the United States from Ukraine…”<\/p>\n
He went on to say, “I recall her name was Yovanovitch. It was great that you were the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador because I agree with you 100%. Her attitude towards me was far from the best as she admired the previous president and she was on his side. She would not accept me as the new president…” Okay, this is not going to be brought out today by Schiff.<\/p>\n
But Trump\u2019s and our new ally in Ukraine — a new elected president, who had nothing to do with investigating Trump and trying to deny him the victory in 2016 — claimed that Ambassador Yovanovitch was not on his side, that Ambassador Yovanovitch preferred the previous corrupt president who had just been defeated in an election. He\u2019s telling Trump that he\u2019s glad to hear that Trump is going to move her out of the position because she was not being helpful to him. Well, it sounds to me like we had a rogue ambassador then.<\/p>\n
We had a rogue ambassador who was trying to undermine the newly elected president of Ukraine, at least this is what he said to Trump on the phone call, and nobody yet is accusing the new president of Ukraine of committing an impeachable offense. I\u2019ve got the transcript right here. He said, “I recall her name was Yovanovitch. It was great that you were the first one who told me that she was a bad ambassador because I agree with you 100%.”<\/p>\n
In other words, Trump, without even knowing what this president thought, acknowledged that Yovanovitch might not be the right woman for the job, is going to get rid of her. This guy says, “I\u2019m glad you said that. Her attitude toward me was far from the best. She admired the previous president. She was on his side. She would not accept me as new president.” Wait a minute, now. See, I thought ambassadors, I thought really great diplomats… Is it her business who the Ukrainian people elect?<\/p>\n
So, she doesn\u2019t like the new president so she\u2019s sitting around maybe being an obstacle that the new president has to go through in dealings with the United States. And Trump doesn\u2019t want any obstacles. He wants to make deals with this new guy. It is a new day. It\u2019s a new Ukraine. It\u2019s a new relationship.<\/p>\n
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He\u2019s got an ambassador here who is unsympathetic and unsupportive of the new duly elected. She\u2019s loyal to the guy who was defeated, the corrupt guy. So Trump says, “Okay, well, she\u2019s gone.” Now we\u2019re in an impeachment hearing here over what? She lost her job.<\/p>\n
Again, the Republican counsel right before this hour started (paraphrasing), “Were the Javelins very important?”<\/p>\n
“Oh, yes, the Javelins were crucial, very important for Ukraine to be able to defend itself.”<\/p>\n
“Can you explain why the Obama administration did not provide them?”<\/p>\n
“Uhhh, well, I think at that time the, uhhh, the decision…”<\/p>\n
“But then the Trump administration ended up providing them?”<\/p>\n
“Yeah, yeah. Caught again. Damn it!” (“Where are the Democrats helping me out here?” she\u2019s saying to herself.) So I\u2019m sorry, if I\u2019m supposed to see her as a sympathetic figure, I don\u2019t. If you want me to tell you she looks honest and sweet and harmless and, fine, I\u2019ll go along with that. But sympathetic means something very specific.<\/p>\n
It means somebody is doing her dirty. It means somebody is mistreating her. It means somebody is trying to get away with hurting her really badly and it\u2019s making us feel very sorry for her. Well, I\u2019m sorry. I don\u2019t feel a lot of sympathy for this cabal that\u2019s attempting to overturn the election in 2016. String me up.<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Here is Schiff. This is Nunes attempting to… What\u2019s the term? He\u2019s “yielding back” some of his time to Representative Elise Stefanik, Republican, New York. This is when Pencil Neck would not allow that to happen.<\/p>\n
NUNES: I know, Miss. Stefanik, you had a few quick questions for the ambassador. I yield to you, Miss. Stefanik.<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: Thank you, Mr. Nunes.<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: (banging gavel) The gentlewoman —<\/p>\n
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STEFANIK: Ambassador Yovanovitch, thank you for being here.<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: The gentlewoman will suspend! The gentlewoman will suspend!<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: What is the interruption for this time? It is our time.<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: The gentlewoman will suspend! You\u2019re not recognized!<\/p>\n
NUNES: I just —<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: Mr. Nunes, you are minority counsel —<\/p>\n
NUNES: I just recognized Miss —<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: Under the House Resolution 660, you\u2019re not allowed to yield time except to minority counsel.<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: The ranking member yielded time —<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: The gentleman — gentleman —<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: — to another —<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: (sputtering) Nope! Nope! Nope!<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: — member of Congress.<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: No! (banging gavel) Nope! (banging gavel) that is not accurate.<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: That is accurate.<\/p>\n
NUNES: You\u2019re gagging (chuckles) the young lady from New York?<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: Ambassador Yovanovitch, I want to thank you —<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: The gentlewoman will suspend!<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: — for being here today.<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: You are not recognized, uhh —<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: This is the fifth time you have interrupted members of Congress —<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: The gentlewoman (banging gavel) is not recognized!<\/p>\n
STEFANIK: — duly elected members of Congress.<\/p>\n
SCHIFF: The gentlewoman will suspend!<\/p>\n
RUSH: So Schiff is the authoritarian. Now, these were the rules Schiff put in place. The Republicans are trying to demonstrate the unfairness of the rules. They know. Nunes knows he cannot yield his time to Stefanik. He makes Schiff bug out his eyes and look like the authoritarian figure that he is. “The gentlewoman will suspend!” It is all part of their effort to make this seem for what it is. It\u2019s a one-sided sideshow disguised as an impeachment hearing.<\/p>\n
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Now, you all remember, ladies and gentlemen, some young girls were kidnapped in an African country by Boko Haram. What did Michelle Obama do? Michelle Obama came out and said, “We need to stop this. We need to do something about it.” She said, “You need to tweet #SaveOurGirls.” I said, “Well, that\u2019s going to do a lot,” and, of course, I was attacked. I was attacked for having no heart. No. If a zillion people tweeted #SaveOurGirls, it wouldn\u2019t matter to Boko Haram. It wouldn\u2019t get them back. But, boy, it was sympathetic!<\/p>\n
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RUSH: This is Eric in northern Arizona. Hello, sir.<\/p>\n
CALLER: Hello, Rush. Thank you for taking my call.<\/p>\n
RUSH: Yes, sir.<\/p>\n
CALLER: I think the Republicans are locked out of the sham that\u2019s going on in Congress right now. We all know this is an organized coup. Why aren\u2019t Schiff and Nadler and Pelosi being rounded up as traitors? Obviously, they are domestic enemies of the state. We are just validating it by even participating in this fiasco that\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n
RUSH: I get the point. The point is, that by showing up, we\u2019re accepting the premise. The problem is, that if they walked out, then there would be no refutation whatsoever. Nunes and Jim Jordan on the last two days of hearings have made some really, really powerful points in opposition, and they have had, I think, a significant contribution to shaping the media narrative.<\/p>\n
Remember, the first day of this on Wednesday was an absolute disaster and had the Republicans not about there and allowed this thing to go wherever it went with no opposition, no steerage, that would not have been good. I understand the premise of not accepting the premise. I understand the strategy, but for this there\u2019s more of a necessity to blunt this. And I think they are doing a good job of it. Look, I got buried in the stack here much of the evidence of the low TV rating. It was 13 million viewers total among all of the networks.<\/p>\n
It was paltry. It was not nearly enough to have any impact on public opinion of this issue at all, and the Democrats know it. There were fewer members of the country… The audience was smaller for this than for Comey\u2019s testimony and much smaller than the audience for when Mueller showed up and admitted that he didn\u2019t know what was in his own report. So as frustrating as it is, this is something they can\u2019t avoid.<\/p>\n
I watched this take place today, like everybody I was jotting down, making mental notes, thoughts. This really is a focus group. What we\u2019re watching here, the American audience, the focus group, and these people are basically attempting to forge public opinion. They haven\u2019t presented evidence of any impeachable offense. In fact, the first two witnesses were asked point-blank, “What is the impeachable offense of the phone call?”<\/p>\n
They had nothing to say. There was dead silence. One of those witnesses (paraphrasing), “Well, I just want everybody to understand I\u2019m not here for that. Well, I\u2019m not here — I\u2019m nonpartisan, and I have no interest in the outcome. That\u2019s up for you people to decide.” So what the hell are you there for? If you\u2019re not there, these are impeachment hearings, what the hell are you here for? “Uhhh, I don\u2019t know, but I\u2019m a diplomat. I\u2019m not here for that. I don\u2019t know about impeachable offenses. I couldn\u2019t tell you.”<\/p>\n
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Well, you must have said something in the private deposition to make Schiff think that you had something that would sink Trump. I was watching the Democrat lawyer. His name is Goldman. He\u2019s an MSNBC guy. Schiff actually hired somebody from MSNBC. Can you imagine if Devin Nunes hired Hannity or Laura Ingraham to come in and do the questioning? (laughing) Would that not be…?<\/p>\n
Anyway, this lawyer, Goldman, the extent of his questioning of Yovanovitch — and it\u2019s because they tried to portray her as a sympathetic figure. (paraphrasing) “How did you feel when Trump said…?” “I was devastated. Oh, was very threatened.” “And how did you feel when Trump called the prosecutor a good guy?” “Oh, I… I… That, that… Oh, so disappointed.” “And how did you feel when Trump said that about you?” “Oh, I — I…”<\/p>\n
The answer is, I don\u2019t care what anybody says about me. I\u2019m a diplomat, for crying out loud. (doing impression) “I don\u2019t know, it was very — I felt…” “How did you feel when Ukraine officials told you that Trump was going to have Rudy beat you up?”<\/p>\n
It was silly. How did you feel? We\u2019re in impeachment hearings and we\u2019re asking a witness who was not even around any of the events that are responsible for this, was being asked how she felt?<\/p>\n
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RUSH: Hey, by the way, has Donald Trump ever abandoned an ambassador for dead — one under attack? Well, Obama did. Ambassador Stevens in Benghazi. Now, there is a sympathetic figure. Ambassador Christopher Stevens. There is a sympathetic figure. If you want a sympathetic figure, there it is — and, of course, what did Mrs. Clinton say? “What difference does it make now?” This is really so, so outrageous what is happening. I\u2019ve tried to keep my anger in check and tried to look at this in not a lighthearted way, but…<\/p>\n
I\u2019m not going to fall for these people\u2019s trick of taking this life and death serious, because they\u2019ve got nothing, folks. And I\u2019m telling you, the Democrat candidates running for president have got to be pulling their hair out! Nobody can even remember what they are talking about. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez? Bernie has said, “She will have a significant role in my administration.” Have you seen what happened since she endorsed him? The bottom has fallen out of Crazy Bernie since he got her endorsement. Fauxcahontas? There is a rebellion against her. All this dog and pony going on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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