White House Announces Trump’s Impeachment Defense Team Of His House GOP Lackeys

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) speaks to the media before a closed session with the House Intelligence, Foreign Affairs and Oversight committees on October 15, 2019 at the U.S. Capitol. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
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On Monday, the White House unveiled the faithfully pro-Trump House Republicans who will serve on President Donald Trump’s defense team in the Senate impeachment trial.

The team, largely made up of conservative firebrands who vigorously shielded the President during the impeachment investigation, have been appointed to “combat this hyper-partisan and baseless impeachment,” the White House announced.

The team will consist of Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA), Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH), Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-AZ), Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC), Rep. John Ratcliffe (R-TX), Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), and Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-NY).

“The President looks forward to their continued participation and is confident that the Members will help expeditiously end this brazen political vendetta on behalf of the American people,” the White House said.

According to the White House, the chosen lawmakers have provided “guidance” to Trump’s team, which the White House falsely claimed was “prohibited” from participating in the House impeachment proceedings.

The House Judiciary Committee had, in fact, formally offered Trump’s lawyers the opportunity to take part in its hearings in December, but they rejected the invitation.

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  1. Every one of them is worthy of a resounding defeat in November. Contribute to their opponents.

  2. Well, yeah, if they have any - these are Senators: there’s a 2/3 chance none of these folks is up for re-election in November. I didn’t look to see, so I don’t know if they are.

    Nevertheless, don’t stop contributing to the opponents of those R’s that are up for re-election.

  3. “The American People” voted for Hilary, you chiseling fucks.

  4. I will not be watching/listening to any of this crap. We’ve heard it all before and I don’t want to feel any more discouraged about this than I already do.

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