Republicans To Run Ads On Fox News Supporting Trump Impeachment

[babylonsister]

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/11/27/republicans-rule-of-law-impeachment.html


Posted on Wed, Nov 27th, 2019 by Jason Easley
Republicans To Run Ads On Fox News Supporting Trump Impeachment


Republicans for the Rule of Law are going to be running an ad campaign on Fox News asking Trump why he won’t allow impeachment witnesses to testify.

Here is the video - at link~


Republicans for the Rule of Law Executive Director Sarah Longwell said in a statement provided to PoliticusUSA:

The impeachment hearings in the House of Representatives have presented startling evidence that the President of the United States abused his power, strong-arming a foreign government to interfere on his behalf in the upcoming election, and damaging national security in the process. The president denies the allegations, but won’t let key administration officials — including Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Energy Secretary Rick Perry, and White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney — testify to Congress.

If the president did nothing wrong, what does he have to hide? If they tell the truth, what is he afraid of? Most importantly, will Republicans in Congress allow the president to simply ignore their constitutionally mandated oversight role?

The media has tried to simplify impeachment into a black and white partisan issue, but there are Republicans in favor of impeachment.

The Republicans for the Rule of Law ask a great question. If Trump is innocent, why is he refusing to allow participation from impeachment witnesses who are working within his administration?

The answer is that if administration officials testified, impeachment support might become bipartisan. It is in Trump’s best interest to make impeachment as a partisan as possible, which is why he is in for a surprise when he turns on his favorite morning TV show next week and sees Republicans calling him out.

[dewsgirl]

1. I had to read the title a couple of times.

I don't know how many Republicans for the rule of law there are, but good.

[Ruby the Liberal]

22. This is Bill Krystal's group

Bunch of high brow Never Trumpers. I am enjoying the alliance, but Katy-bar-the-door when they ever get a sane one of them back in power.

[dewsgirl]

23. Right...I enjoy Rick Wilson and George Conway's Twitter

feeds very much...but I have to remind myself who they are deep down.

[Ruby the Liberal]

24. Me too.

I follow all 3. I love their wit, but it will take a decided turn as soon as we retake the WH. Even though they will vote with us next fall.

[Loki Liesmith]

25. Eh I can respect that they have bad ideas on policy

[NewJeffCT]

31. same here

Wilson has a wicked sense of humor and a gift for descriptively insulting Trump and his supporters.

Conway is a smart guy with horrible politics.

And, I look forward to the day when we're opposing them both politically.

[liberaltrucker]

34. Yep. In their case...

The enemy of my enemy is my temporary ally.

[CaptYossarian]

27. He was solely responsible for destroying First Lady Hillary Clinton's

Universal health care program back in the 90s. God only knows how many American deaths are because of Killer Kristol. I'm repulsed whenever he pollutes my TV screen.

[gopiscrap]

26. same here

[Perseus]

2. I have mixed feelings about Pence, Pompeo, etc testitying

These people lie so much that I don't think "under oath" is going to prevent them from doing it. Pompeo is a lawyer, he knows how to answer questions without incriminating himself while lying. I just don't trust any of them.

Their lying may throw the impeachment into disarray.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

4. Agree. But can't they still refuse to answer some

Questions (exec privilege)? Like Lewandowski did?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

3. This is great. Why haven't I seen any ads like this

from our side? (Except steyer's) DNC, bet the Hollywood wealthy would pay for them.

[PatSeg]

15. On Fox News

it is probably better coming from republicans. If it was a Democratic ad, people would brush it off as political propaganda.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. That is true...but there are probably a thousand generic

ad ideas out there ..untapped...that appeal to all humans regardless..trump has done plenty under the radar.

[PatSeg]

33. I agree

Democrats really need to work on their messaging. They don't need to imitate republicans of course, as republicans use deception and fear to motivate voters, but Democrats need to distill their message and present it more succinctly. They might want to study historical figures like FDR. He knew how to speak to people's hearts, made them believe he cared about them and understood their problems.

[warmfeet]

5. Republicans for the rule of law

must be the rarest of rare political entities. I had thought they went extinct quite a while back.

[MyOwnPeace]

7. Ha, ha, ha!!!!

Rare indeed! Kinda' like finding a dinosaur on some remote island in the Pacific!

[Volaris]

13. Your not reading it in native Republican speak...

What that really means is 'Republicans in vulnerable seats who want to keep their jobs'

I'd bet theres not a senator among them.

[JHB]

20. Heck, are there **any** elected officials among them?

This is a Bill Kristol group. Does it have anybody who doesn't have a nice safe sinecure as a lobbyist or pundit?

[Volaris]

21. Oh.. that makes even more sense..I thought this was a handful of house GOP-ers..

This is Billy and the neverTrumpers new album; I did not know that!

[JHB]

19. It's Bill Kristol and other conservatives who spent their careers...

...building what is now Trump's base in order to pass their own pet agenda items.

Rest assured, the "for the rule of law" part is PR. They're fine with circumventing the law when it gets in their way.

[ancianita]

6. More on this group:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defending_Democracy_Together

[SayItLoud]

8. The bigger message, to me is

the power of persuasion. We, Dems, need to have a clear, powerful media campaign and keep hammering home on social media, and broadcast. Cable is fragmented and Fox appeals to his base while MSNBC and CNN appeal to a more Dem group (IMO). The reach numbers for these cable networks are small compared to who needs to be reached. Targeted research to identify those independents, and fence sitters can be done and identifying their media consumption preferences identified. Who's doing that for the Dems? tRUMP has Parscale running his campaign; he's targeted media savvy.

We need an agency or media advisers who get this and can execute. The "medium is the message" (Marshall McLuhan) was before social media and a fragmented consumer. Now the message is the message, IMO.

[Ilsa]

11. Yep. Keep saying it until they believe it.

The brain gets tired of fighting the dissonant message and starts to give in.

[GeorgeGist]

9. I don't see FOX going along.

[oldsoftie]

10. "Deep State!" "Never Trumpers!"

[paleotn]

12. The few that still call themselves Republicans I guess.

[patricia92243]

14. I'll have to see Fox airing it before I believe it.

[PatSeg]

16. Hey Bloomberg!

If you really want to use your vast wealth to make a difference, here is a good way.

[greyl]

29. Indeed. nt

[Ford_Prefect]

17. Faux will portray this as a message from George Soros...

and imply that Republicans for the Rule of Law is a propaganda front group linked to the Deep State.

You heard it here first! ...Film at eleven, 11:05, 11:10, 11:17, etc....

Just FYI : They are Bill Kristol and a bunch of pre-tea-party Right Wingers who imagine they are the center of where the GOP ought to be - Just left of Twittler and to the Right of Shrub.

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defending_Democracy_Together|

[Cartoonist]

18. Rino's for the rule of libs

That's what his base will call them

[SergeStorms]

28. That'll go over like a turd in the punchbowl.

FOX viewers don't tune in to see truth or facts, they tune in for pure, unadulterated propaganda. If IQ45 sees one of them we can expect a twitter storm the likes of which we've never witnessed before. His tiny thumbs will be bleeding from tweeting so much.

[ouija]

30. First thing

We need to make sure this cadre of Republicans never have the ability to govern this country again.