Republicans are schooling us in the definition of ‘chutzpah’ – Cape Cod Times

SaturdayJan25,2020at3:01AM

Ive become weary of Republicans complaining that impeaching the president is a device to overcome the will of the people who elected Donald Trump.

Of course it is! That is the definition of impeachment! You cant impeach someone who hasnt first been elected!

No Republicans complained that they were overturning the will of the people who had elected Bill Clinton. The delegates at the Republican convention were reduced to chanting Lock her up! in reference to Hillary Clinton. Impeachment would have to wait, I presume. (And no, I wont make an issue of the fact that the president was elected with a minority of the popular vote.)

And heres another thought: President Trump and his acolytes have complained that the House of Representatives impeachment hearings were one-sided because their people werent heard. They never mention that the president and members of his administration repeatedly were offered the opportunity to testify and declined.

It reminds me of the classic definition of the familiar Jewish word chutzpah: A man murders his mother and father and then pleads for mercy because hes an orphan.

Still, I agree with my late father, who liked to repeat during hard times: The republic will survive.

Larry Fox, Brewster

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Republicans are schooling us in the definition of 'chutzpah' - Cape Cod Times