Congressional impeachment testimonies from career diplomats aren’t exactly ripe for laughs, but there was one moment on Wednesday that drew snickers in the hearing room.
During the public hearing of diplomats Bill Taylor and George Kents, ardent Trump defender Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) used his allotted time to rail against Democrats for rejecting Republicans’ request to make the whistleblower whose complaint led to the impeachment probe testify.
“There is one witness, one witness that they won’t bring in front of us, they won’t bring in front of the American people, and that’s the guy who started it all: the whistleblower,” Jordan declared dramatically.
The Republican lawmaker went on to baselessly claim that House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) knows the identity of the whistleblower and that the whistleblower is “biased” against Trump.
“I say to my colleague, I’d be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify,” Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT) said after Jordan yielded the floor to him.
“President Trump is welcome to take a seat right there,” he continued while gesturing toward where Taylor and Kent were sitting, prompting spectators to burst into laughter.
Watch Jordan and Welch below:
Rep. Jim Jordan complains Democrats won't have "the guy who started it all" testify.
Dem Rep. Pete Welch: "I'd be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify. President Trump is welcome to take a seat right there." pic.twitter.com/DDsh4PTcNi
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Be nice to Combover Gym. He can’t even afford a tie!
That’s my (bland milquetoast) Congressman. I didn’t know he had it in him.
Perhaps they can put up a stack of Trump’s taxes in the chair, have them testify…
DC Cir, just rejected en banc rehearing 8-3. Both Trumpie judges (Roa and Katsas) and one Bush judge, Henderson, voted to rehear, the other 8 members of the court voted not to.
So off to the Supreme’s. Trump needs 4 votes there for review + 5 votes for a stay, otherwise his taxes will be talking shortly.
P.s. at all future hearings the Democrats need a big blow-up picture to Jordon in his coach outfit next to this guy:
Big Caption saying “Gym, what else are you trying to hide”
Ooohhhh, burn down that Gym!
That is the money shot that has made every station I have watched. Has it made Fox News?