Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA) had the perfect comeback when Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) suggested that the indictment of failed former president Donald Trump by the Department of Justice on Thursday was all the fault of President Joe Biden.
Appearing on Fox, Hawley told host Laura Ingraham, “If the president in power can just jail his political opponents ― which is what Joe Biden is trying to do tonight ― we don’t have a republic anymore. Joe Biden and his cronies are trying to take out their chief political opponent.”
That’s complete bullshit, of course, and Hawley, who used to serve as the Missouri attorney general knows it’s a crock of shit, but he’s too busy trying to curry favor with Fox viewers and Trump himself with his obsequious display of outrage.
Lieu saw Hawley’s comments and did an incredible fact-check on him.
“The below assertions on Fox are incorrect. Some facts: 1. Presidents don’t jail or indict anyone. Grand juries indict. 2. The Trump Indictment is just that, an indictment. Trump is entitled to presumption of innocence. A jury would decide if Trump is guilty and goes to prison.”
Game, set, and match Ted Lieu.
