It never fails that when a Democrat’s back is up against the wall, the mainstream media rushes to run interference for them by echoing (or sometimes inventing) talking points in their defense. And as was confirmed very recently, sometimes those talking points are provided to the press directly by Democrats themselves.
That is, of course, exactly what we’re seeing play out this week in the aftermath of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy green-lighting the start of an impeachment inquiry against President Joe Biden.
Already, Sen. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, Reps. Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi and all the rest are declaring the impeachment inquiry to be a frivolous “witch hunt” not based on evidence, with Schumer stating on Tuesday, “The American people want us to do something that will make their lives better, not go off on these chases, witch hunts.”
Here’s what Schiff said on the matter:
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins was among the many in the media who went along with the “no evidence” narrative in an exchange with Rep. Nancy Mace earlier this week by insinuating there wasn’t evidence yet of any wrongdoing by Joe Biden:
Major newspapers are kicking things into high gear as well, as exemplified by Washington Post columnist Alexandra Petri, who declared that talk of impeachment was a serious matter but that it was only happening in this case because Republicans didn’t like that Biden was a Democrat:
As a reminder to Petri and others with a similar mindset, however, here’s a flashback to how quickly impeachment talk against Donald Trump got started in the MSM and among Democrats:
Democrat Rep. Al Green in May 2017 first called for Trump’s impeachment during a House floor speech. He spoke about it several times after in floor speeches, statements, interviews, and on social media.
His equally impeachment-hungry colleague Maxine Waters was talking about impeaching Trump one month into his administration.
There was also this, from various media outlets:
Let us also not forget the celebratory nature of the Washington Post after House Democrats voted to impeach Trump in December 2019:
But yeah, impeachment inquiries and hearings are a solemn, serious process that should be grounded in solid evidence, a step only taken after careful consideration of all the facts and which we must respect, says the media. Sure. Now if only they and Democrats practiced what they preached…
— Stacey Matthews has also written under the pseudonym “Sister Toldjah” and can be reached via Twitter. —
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