T. A. Gardner
Serial Thread Killer
If it’s untrue then the republicans need to prove they handed over everything
That's nothing but a demand for proof of a negative, a logical fallacy.
Republicans: We've given you all the stuff and evidence we have.
Democrats: No, you haven't. You're withholding stuff, we know it.
Republicans: That's all there is. You have it.
Democrats: You're lying, we know you are...
That's just using a demand for proof of a negative (a common version is demanding a religion produce proof of God and when they don't saying there is no god) as a red herring. After all, if there is more proof, don't the Democrats have the means to find and produce it in committee, or at least to the media? Why don't they just produce that evidence themselves?
It's the old say about lawyering:
When the law is on your side, argue the law.
When the facts are on your side, argue the facts.
When you have neither going for you, pound your shoe on the table and scream what a fraud the whole proceeding is.
The Democrats are doing the third right now.


