Boston paper sees through Democrat impeachment hype

Boston Herald:

Impeachment debate a hyper-partisan, hate-filled charade: Battenfeld

Dems’ circus act predictable and overwrought

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The carefully choreographed circus that unfolded in the House of Representatives was something House Speaker Nancy Pelosi once promised she never wanted — a purely political vote that at least half of American voters don’t support.

House Democrats on Wednesday actually had to be coached not to cheer impeachment of just the third president in U.S. history, making it sound like what they were doing was with “heavy hearts.”
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Democrats unwisely gave a disproportionate chunk of their time to Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., the Intelligence Committee chair who bloviated ponderously about Alexander Hamilton and couldn’t resist rehashing the debunked Russian collusion hoax.

Pelosi opened by quoting the Pledge of Allegiance, and even held her hand over her heart like she was in elementary school.

The hokeyness continued as our own Rep. Joe Kennedy III read what he claimed was a “letter” to his two children.
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One of the most awkward moments was when Rep. Bill Johnson, R-Ohio, called for a minute of “silence” for the 63 million voters who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 and who he claimed Democrats were trying to silence. It seemed more like an hour went by than a minute.
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This was not the message that they hoped to be sending with this impeachment.  They are now going to try to keep the moment alive for a bit longer by not transmitting the matter to Senate for trial.  Sen. Cornyn of Texas said delaying the move to the Senate was not a smart move.

Republicans quickly knocked talk by some House Democrats of delaying transmitting articles of impeachment against President Trump to the Senate, warning that the pressure tactic would backfire.

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), called talk of the tactic "one of the dumbest things I've ever heard of."

"Are they threatening to withhold the articles of impeachment?" he told The Hill. "That doesn't accomplish their intended goal. That just means we won't be having a trial."

McConnell, asked by a Washington Examiner reporter about a potential delay, similarly shrugged it off, saying, "I'm in no hurry."
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It demonstrates how weak their case is that they are trying to keep it alive with a delay.