Mr. Moto Risin'

Former National Security Council member Tim Morrison, below - whose name forms the words Mr. Moto Risin' when you re-arrange the letters - was supposed to be the best witness against impeaching Donald J. Trump, in the House Intelligence Committee's hearings, but even though he didn't see anything wrong with Trump's contacts with Volodymyr Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, he had to check with lawyers thrice over it.  He also added that U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland undercut the usual National Security Council leadership structure was subverted by Gordon Sondland, the ambassador to the European Union, adding that he "decided to keep track of what Ambassador Sondland was doing. I didn’t necessarily always act on things Gordon suggested he believed were important."  And this was a witness Republicans wanted to have testify to get Trump off the hook.

Mr. Moto risin' . . .

Also, Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vindman and Pence aide Jennifer Williams both said at they distinctly heard Trump try to force Zelensky into opening an investigation into the Bidens, and Vindman - an immigrant who made it clear that he was putting country over loyalty to Trump while expressing a heartfelt appreciation for his adopted homeland - said that Trump's actions were "inappropriate" and "likely to have significant implications" for national security. "I couldn’t believe what I was hearing," he said of the July 25 telephone call. "My worst fear of how our Ukraine policy could play out was playing out."

Mr. Moto risin' . . .

Also, Kurt Volker, Mr. Trump’s former special envoy to Ukraine - like Morrison, a witness Republicans asked for - said he was out of the loop with regard to Trump’s dealings with the Ukrainians, saying that he was unaware of "any linkage between the hold on security assistance and Ukraine pursuing investigations." He added that Trump's paranoia about the Biden issue and the conspiracy theory implicating Ukraine for meddling in the 2016 election were "not things that we should be pursuing as part of our national security strategy."

Got to keep on risin' . . .

But, when all is said and done, Trump will not only be acquitted, he will also be re-elected.  Because Mrs. Warren is rising.  Elizabeth Warren is rising in the polls in California and in a dead heat with Joe Biden, perhaps the only Democrat who could beat Trump - at least until Trump smeared him with such fantastic success.  Looks like Warren, while not an L.A. woman, will get the nomination with her own rise in California and lose to Trump badly next November for being way too liberal at a time when the Democrats need a moderate presidential candidate.

America is falling.