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‘Pathetic’: GOP witness Jonathan Turley ripped for ’embarrassing’ himself at impeachment hearing

The Republicans’ lone witness in Wednesday’s House impeachment hearing was roundly panned on Twitter for his arguments against impeaching President Donald Trump.

Republicans called Jonathan Turley to testify for their stance on impeachment, just like they did during the impeachment of President Bill Clinton a generation ago.

Turley, a professor at George Washington University, argued that Trump should not be impeached now, despite demanding Clinton’s impeachment.

Here’s some of what people were saying about Turley’s testimony:

@waltshaub
Turley summarized: You're just mad. What will happen if we impeach a president for soliciting foreign attacks on our elections? If that's wrong, everything is wrong and nothing is right. Also, it's unfair to impeach a president without obtaining information he withheld from you.

@thor_benson
Jonathan Turley is a partisan hack, and even he can't defend Trump's actions. He just doesn't think they're impeachable because Trump is a Republican.

@AdamParkhomenko
To be fair, Turley’s pathetic “everybody’s mad” ramblings are about the closest thing to a coherent defense of trump that we’ve seen yet.

Replying to @Susan_Hennessey
As Turley suggests the threshold isn't met for Trump, here is what he said in the Clinton proceedings about the problem with a "threshold test" for impeachment.

@Susan_Hennessey
It is fundamentally impossible to reconcile Turley's position today with his testimony in 1998. His protestations that he is no supporter of Trump and not a partisan are simply not credible: https://jonathanturley.org/2007/08/20/clinton-impeachment-testimony-house-judiciary-committee/ …

@keithboykin
Republican witness Jonathan Turley asks "where will you stand" when the wind blows again for a Democratic president to be charged. That's an easy question.

Any Democratic president who commits election fraud and bribery should be impeached. Just as Trump should be impeached.
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/12/pathetic-gop-witness-jonathan-turley-ripped-for-embarrassing-himself-at-impeachment-hearing/