{"id":40540,"date":"2019-12-29T18:55:16","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T18:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40540"},"modified":"2019-12-29T18:55:16","modified_gmt":"2019-12-29T18:55:16","slug":"biden-has-reversed-himself-on-the-subpoena-issue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=40540","title":{"rendered":"Biden has reversed himself on the subpoena issue?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23VPBiden%20%23POTUS%20%23VPOTUS%20%23Senatetrial%20%23impeachment&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/biden-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-40541\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/biden-1-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/biden-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/biden-1.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good ever-lovin&#8217; grief, Mr. Vice President.<\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden went from declaring his intention to do what Donald Trump has done by refusing to honor a\u00a0 Senate subpoena, to &#8220;clarifying&#8221; his remarks to essentially reversing himself by saying that, yep, he would show up to testify if asked to do during a Senate impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p>My head is spinning so rapidly I&#8217;m coming down with a case of vertigo.<\/p>\n<p>Biden wants to be the next president of the United States. He&#8217;s the prohibitive favorite among Democrats still running for the office. However, keeps saying things that fly out of his mouth that require mid-course corrections. The subpoena matter is the latest.<\/p>\n<p>I took him to task initially on this blog for telling a Des Moines Register editorial board that he would refuse to comply with a Senate subpoena; he said such a summons would distract the Senate from the issue at hand, which is Trump&#8217;s conduct as president. Republican senators want to question Biden and his son Hunter on their business dealings in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>On one score, Biden is right; that is not the issue. At issue is whether Donald Trump abused the power of his office by soliciting a foreign government for a political favor and whether he obstructed Congress by demanding his key aides refuse to answer House subpoenas. To my mind, the answer is &#8220;yes&#8221; on both matters.<\/p>\n<p>The former VP cannot play the game that Trump has played. So now he says he would comply with a Senate summons \u2026 if they ever get that trial started.<\/p>\n<p>Great! Why didn&#8217;t he say that the first time?<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?hashtags=MAGA%20%23VPBiden%20%23POTUS%20%23VPOTUS%20%23Senatetrial%20%23impeachment&#038;via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good ever-lovin&#8217; grief, Mr. Vice President. Joe Biden went from declaring his intention to do what Donald Trump has done by refusing to honor a\u00a0 Senate subpoena, to &#8220;clarifying&#8221; his remarks to essentially reversing himself by saying that, yep, he would show up to testify if asked to do during a Senate impeachment trial. 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