40 hour trial swayed not a single vote. Not surprised. New York Times carried more weight.
That McConnell let it get this far is an outrage, but you know the score
Witness questions will be written by senators and submitted to Judge Roberts. Roberts will do the questions. No opposite ortunity for follow up questions. Will be very very boring.
Btw, Senators...don't plan on doing much campaigning.
Let's see who blinks. Even if they don't prepare for some serious, possibly fatal Biden damage.
Still a win-win because there are not votes to remove POTUS anyway.
I think the Democrats are bluffing about witnesses and mitch is calling them on it.
These people have money trails
Keeping with your normal character.
Allow me. If the senate won't protect it's own institution from invasion by a derelict House, how much less does it care about the public - other than to fleece us?
Well Mitch table the vote.
That’s what dems do when they don’t have the votes.
You are the Senate leader, so LEAD!
They need to start taking away all committee assignments from Romney, Collins, Murkowski and Alexander, and tell them all they will have well-funded primary opponents backed by the NRSCC in their next election cycle.
Might want to look at this:
Republicans signal renewed confidence they’ll avoid witness fight 01/28/20 05:23 PM EST
The Republicans had better not screw this up or their future losses will be the thing of legends. They will never again rise from the salted earth and dust that was once the Republican Party. And that’s their best case scenario. The reality will probably be much worse for them individually.
I think I see it.
The three or four RINOs are sweating bullets. Don’t vote for witnesses they lose their seats. McConnell realizes that Boltons’s testimony won’t amount to a hill of beans constitutionally and Trump will be acquitted no matter what because he did nothing wrong. And neither Trump or McConnell wants to lose any of these senate seats to demoncrats, as that would cost us the senate and we get no more judges. So he’s reluctantly letting them off the hook without twisting any arms too much on the witness vote. Some or all of them will vote for acquittal anyway. Trump wins, gets reelected, we keep the senate. Now we’ve got to concentrate on taking back the house so we can really get down to the business of draining the swamp.
Taking control of the senate was the real goal of the dems impeachment effort. Trump was never in danger.
Too bad Schmuckie, Nanzi, Schiffthead, et al. You lose. Again.
he real question is:
Why did Mitch inform the world that he hasn’t the votes to win a procedural resolution ( 51)?
a) The let the Dems know that if they vote, then Biden, whistleblower, Adam Schiff , IG for NSA, etc. will be called as witnesses?
b) to let the Dems know that he will succumb to the latest Media leaks so they wont bring another set of leaks and then bring his majority as surprise?
c)to bring public pressure on Romney, Collins, Murkowski to get in line with the rest of the GOP?
d) to signal the Presidents legal team to prepare a witness request list?
e) to inform the public that the Senate will be tied up for months with this impeachment trial?
Its now mirrors within mirrors. Mitch is wily. To tell the truth, very few know what Mitch has up his sleeve.Not even the Dems.
If there’s a Senate Whip, he better start doing his job!
Okay, call them all. This is what Pres. Trump wants. Stretch this out so gaffe-amatic is the nominee. Let the commies yell and scream. I’m good either way, since there are no underlying “High Crimes or Misdemeanors”.
Fine. Make them vote. Put them on public record opposing the president.
McConnell Says GOP Doesn’t Have Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses
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I bet they’d have the votes if the primary witness called by the GOP was Hunter Biden. You’d see tons of Dems flock to block that.