Conservatives Keep Retweeting This Video of Ann Coulter Arguing for Clinton’s Impeachment – But the Joke’s on Them
‘Obstructing Justice and Lying to the American People’ Coulter Says ‘Are Clearly Impeachable Offenses’
Many conservatives have been liking, commenting, and retweeting a post this week featuring a very old video of Ann Coulter arguing for the impeachment of then-President Bill Clinton. And apparently they have not watched it nor realized her arguments fit President Donald Trump’s actions to a “T.”
“We already know he’s a pervert, he’s a creep, he’s a liar, he obstructs justice,” Coulter says in the decades-old video – referring to then-President Bill Clinton, but her words could clearly apply to President Trump. “He appears to actually be a criminal.”
A Twitter user who identifies as a “Reagan/Trump/Coulter conservative guy, proud supporter of our Troops,” on Tuesday tweeted the video to honor the late conservative icon William F. Buckley.
In remembrance of William F. Buckley, today being the 10-year anniversary of his passing, I was looking over YouTube offerings of the excellent Firing Line TV series and was delighted to find this one featuring @AnnCoulter from 1998 https://t.co/2hHUBgYLxp @anntensity
— Furrystoat ن (@Furrystoat) February 27, 2018
In the 1998 video Coulter insists that the founding fathers designed the presidency to go to “the most virtuous” man, and designed impeachment to be used to ensure he stays virtuous – but also to remove a president who has committed not political or policy offenses but moral offenses.
In particular, Coulter says adultery is included in “high crimes and misdemeanors,” and can be a reason to impeach a president. Asked specifically if adultery is grounds for impeachment, Coulter responds, “I think that could be a high crime and misdemeanor.”
Impeachment is “simply a statement that this civil officer is not fit to hold his office,” Coulter argues. She also says it’s Congress’ duty – not choice – but duty to impeach when warranted.
“Obstructing justice and lying to the American people,” Coulter insists, “are clearly impeachable offenses.”
Coulter also chastises the American people for not calling for Clinton’s impeachment: “Our leaders lie to us and they lie repeatedly and we don’t care because our mutual funds are doing well?”
Other reasons Coulter gives that justify impeachment: failings of “character,” “misconduct,” and “tax evasion.”
It seems the one reason Coulter offered as a valid reason for impeachment that does not cover Trump: “drunkenness.”
Here’s the full video:
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