Do not underestimate how deep a narcissistic injury getting formally impeached in the House will be to Trump.— The Hoarse Whisperer (@HoarseWisperer) December 5, 2019
It is a deep, deep injury. He will flail and melt down far more than people expect given his likely acquittal in the Senate.
He cannot handle this.
Look no further:
The Do Nothing Democrats had a historically bad day yesterday in the House. They have no Impeachment case and are demeaning our Country. But nothing matters to them, they have gone crazy. Therefore I say, if you are going to impeach me, do it now, fast, so we can have a fair....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 5, 2019
.....trial in the Senate, and so that our Country can get back to business. We will have Schiff, the Bidens, Pelosi and many more testify, and will reveal, for the first time, how corrupt our system really is. I was elected to “Clean the Swamp,” and that’s what I am doing!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 5, 2019
Ask and ye shall receive. Pelosi announced the House would vote on Articles of Impeachment.
The Do Nothing, Radical Left Democrats have just announced that they are going to seek to Impeach me over NOTHING. They already gave up on the ridiculous Mueller “stuff,” so now they hang their hats on two totally appropriate (perfect) phone calls with the Ukrainian President....— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 5, 2019
Maybe that's not what he wanted, after all?
....This will mean that the beyond important and seldom used act of Impeachment will be used routinely to attack future Presidents. That is not what our Founders had in mind. The good thing is that the Republicans have NEVER been more united. We will win!— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 5, 2019
And in the press conference where she announced she was asking Nadler to draft Articles of Impeachment, she was asked if she "hates" Trump:
“I don’t hate anybody,” she said, “I was raised in a Catholic house, and I don’t hate anybody, not anybody in the world. Don’t accuse me–”
“I did not accuse you, I asked a question,” said Rosen, who previously worked for Fox News. “Representative Collins suggested yesterday that the Democrats are doing this simply because they don’t like the guy. I think it’s an important point.”
“Let me just–” she said, returning to the podium, “I think the President is a coward when it comes to helping our kids who are afraid of gun violence. I think he is cruel when he doesn’t deal with helping our dreamers of which we are very proud. I think he is in denial about the climate crisis. However, that is about the election. Take it up in the election. This is about Constitution of the United States and the facts that lead to the President’s violation of his oath of office.”
“And as a Catholic, I resent your using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me,” she continued. “I don’t hate anyone. I was raised in a way that is a heart full of love and I always pray for the President. And I still pray for the President. I pray for the President all the time. So don’t mess with me when it comes to words like that.”
An answer Trump didn't like, either:
Probably because for Trump "prays for the President" means "Prays that the President get whatever he wants whenever he wants it with no questions asked by people who don't support the President no matter what." Yeah, that's not how it works.Nancy Pelosi just had a nervous fit. She hates that we will soon have 182 great new judges and sooo much more. Stock Market and employment records. She says she “prays for the President.” I don’t believe her, not even close. Help the homeless in your district Nancy. USMCA?— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 5, 2019
That episode has its own footnote:
I doubt @JamesRosenTV needs anyone coming to his defense, but I will say the question he asked has been leveled by Republicans and the Speaker's strong and passionate response produced news. Questioning leaders isn't always comfortable. https://t.co/TYbkwEab31— Jared Halpern (@JaredHalpern) December 5, 2019
Later, the Sinclair reporter showed up at House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) weekly press conference.
“I gather you were watching just now when the Speaker, in rather effusive terms, denied that there is any personal animus on her part that is motivating the impeachment drive,” Rosen told McCarthy. “You probably also heard her invoke her Catholicism.”
“Do you take the Speaker at her word?” he continued. “Do you believe her? Do you believe she’s telling the truth when she says she does not hate the president and that’s not what this is about?”
“I’ll take the Speaker at her word,” McCarthy replied. “But if she paused for a moment, she would not have made that determination.”
“So, you don’t accept what she said yesterday?” Rosen pressed.
“I think I have a hard time believing her,” McCarthy answered.
"Questioning leaders isn't always comfortable." Looks pretty comfortable there, though.
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