Today’s impeachment hearing may very well be the last of the entire process and, as such, was particularly testy.
Not only did we witness a number of contentious points of order and parliamentary inquiries, but the entire fiasco began with a dramatic protest by a then-unknown bearded man who declared that America was “done with this”, and that Trump was fairly elected besides.
It was later discovered that the protestor was actually employed by Alex Jones’ Infowars.
A protestor who works for the right-wing talk radio and conspiracy site Infowars interrupted the first minutes of Monday’s impeachment hearing by yelling in the hearing room about his opposition to the process.
Owen Shroyer abruptly began shouting in the House Judiciary Committee hearing room, accusing the Democrats of committing treason and defending the president.
“Jerry Nadler and the Democrat Party on this committee are committing treason against this country,” Shroyer yelled as he was escorted out of the room by security. “We voted for Donald Trump and they’re simply removing him because they don’t like him.”
He went on, “We know who committed the crimes and it wasn’t Trump. Trump is innocent!”
Despite his credentials, Shroyer was truly speaking for the average American, whose impression of impeachment has changed negligibly since the beginning of the public hearing just several days ago.
