The unraveling president went to Louisiana on Thursday to rally support for GOP candidate Eddie Rispone in the state’s upcoming governor’s race, but he turned the event into another self-serving impeachment therapy session.
“The radical left – Democrats – is ripping our country apart,” the president said to kick off his impeachment tantrum. “They’re trying to overthrow American democracy and erase the votes of tens of millions of Americans.”
He added, “The absolutely crazed lunatics, the Democrats, radical left, and their media partners standing right back there are pushing the deranged impeachment witch hunt for doing nothing wrong. We did nothing wrong, and they’re doing nothing.”
TRUMP: “The absolutely crazed lunatics, the Democrats, radical left, and their media partners standing right back there … [Crowd booing] … are pushing the deranged impeachment witch hunt for doing nothing wrong.” pic.twitter.com/H3H9rO2o6v
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2019
To underscore just how weak the president’s impeachment defense is, Trump also resorted to attacking the physical demeanor of Bill Taylor and George Kent, the two men who testified earlier in the week.
Trump referred to the witnesses as “never Trumpers.”
Trump characterizes his current ambassador to Ukraine (Bill Taylor) and another currently serving State Department official (George Kent) as “never Trumpers” and makes fun of their demeanor during Wednesday’s impeachment hearing pic.twitter.com/XKSEmWWwFT
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2019
At one point during the rally, Trump started reading print-outs of news stories to the crowd to show that he’s completely innocent.
Trump is reading news stories citing Ukrainian officials to his fans in an effort to convince them he did nothing wrong pic.twitter.com/ZW9TZ4z4Gp
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2019
And, of course, the adult president recycled his attacks on Rep. Adam Schiff, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee.
“Poom. And the neck is gone” — here’s Trump making fun of the size of Adam Schiff’s neck. #BeBest pic.twitter.com/ujCxcErh6S
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2019
Ultimately, Trump made it very clear that he is desperate to make up for his humiliating loss in Kentucky by begging the crowd to “give me a big win, okay?”
Trump lies about the impact his rally had in boosting Matt Bevin’s polling and then pleads with his fans in Louisiana to “give me a big win, okay?” pic.twitter.com/E68MnKiz00
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 15, 2019
Lousiana is at risk of being the next Kentucky
A little over a week ago, the president was dealt a devastating blow when the Republican candidate he campaigned for in Kentucky, Matt Bevin, lost the governor’s race to Democratic opponent Andy Beshear.
On Saturday in Lousiana – a state Trump carried by 20 points in 2016 – the president could potentially suffer a similar loss as Democratic Gov. John Bel Edwards is locked in a dead heat with GOP opponent Eddie Rispone.
No matter what happens in Saturday’s run-off election in Lousiana, one thing is clear: Donald Trump’s unhinged impeachment therapy session on Thursday night did no favors for the Republican candidate.
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