Down Memory Lane With the GOP Follies

#Sen. Lindsay Graham (R-SC) said that Trump was being impeached due to one phone call. No, Sen. Graham, he is a serial law-breaker.

#Sen. Lindsay Graham told Axios in October: "If you could tell me that you know Trump actually was engaging in a quid pro quo outside the phone call, that would be very troubling."

#Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND) said on October 23: "It would be troubling if any president did a quid pro quo with tax dollars." Asked about John Bolton's book, Cramer told a reporter: "I think it sounds like a lot of the other witnesses, frankly, I don't know that his got a lot new to add to it."

#Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) said that "even if the president asked for the aid to be delivered that's not an impeachable offense."

#Sen. John Coryn (R-TX) has said: "Presidents always leverage foreign aid, particularly here where there's concerns about corruption. He basically knows what the facts are. That's what the House managers said: They said the acts are uncontested."

Sen. John Coryn shared a tweet in which right-wing talk show host Hugh Hewitt called the impeachment trial "close to criminal assault."

#Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) said: "In my view, additional witnesses are not necessary. The president was entirely justified in asking for an investigation of corruption concerning Ukraine, and, potentially, Hunter Biden and Joe Biden."

Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) said the Senate would "not resort to the petty politics of the House." but would "give President Trump the fair trial trial he deserves." She called the House impeachment inquiry "a hoax," saying that the senators could "not trust anything in the House Democrat" report.

Sen. Inhofe (R-OK) said the president is not going to be removed from office -- period." He revealed how hollow was his oath to be impartial.

Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) said that "impeachment is just a circus," telling Fox News that impeachment was the result of Democrats' hatred of Trump." He claimed that Democrats were "trying to change the 2020 election. That's all this is."

ADDENDUMS:
*Trump campaign promises based on the Washington 'Post' "Promise Tracker:" He made 280 promises during the 2016 campaign, many contradictory or made in a singe campaign event. On October 22, 2016,he issued his "Contract with the American Voter, which included 60 promises. He has broken 43% of the 60, and settled for a compromise on 12%. His broken promises include: building the Wall; have Mexico pay for it; expand the economy 4% a year; fully repeal and replace Obamacare; and get an infrastructure deal.

*The House of Representatives voted to overturn a 1995 law that gave the Education Department the authority to cancel the federal debt of students whose colleges lied to them about graduation or job placement. What the House did was vote to scrap the Trump administration's overhaul of the 1995 law.

*Based on an audio recording obtained by CNN and the Washington 'Post' in the weeks after the killing of Major General Qassim Soleimani (in the evening of January 17), Trump told GOP donors that Soleimani had been a "noted terrorist," who was on our list," and was "saying bad things about our country." Trump added: "How much are we going to listen to? How much are we going to listen to?" He told the donors that we got "two for the price of one."