Posted on 01/15/2020 9:24:07 PM PST by bitt
Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) called for the recusal of four Democrat presidential candidates from the impeachment process against President Donald Trump on Wednesday after Speaker Nancy Pelosi signed the articles.
Blackburn said in an emailed statement:
Tomorrow, one hundred United States Senators will be sworn in to serve in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. Four of those Senators must recuse themselves for their unparalleled political interest in seeing this President removed from office.
These four Democrats, Senators Bennet, Klobuchar, Sanders, and Warren, cannot sit in judgment of the very President they seek to replace. To participate in this trial would be a failure of the oath they took to be an ‘impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws’. Their presidential ambitions prohibit their ability to view this trial through an objective lens.
In the email sent to her supporters, Blackburn noted:
In Andrew Johnson’s impeachment trial, an objection was lodged against an Ohio senator who was next in line to become President, if Johnson were removed.
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Marsha, why do you want to take away our fun.
I actually would be OK with them bowing out to go campaign. They will keep Joe confused, screw over their party, and make acquittal a foregone conclusion.
Good luck with that.
What did Pelousy promise her? A new house? A new yacht?
The corruption is so deep and stinky in DC, it is not measurable....
Bingo! Glad someone finally said it.
That’s not how it works. But Schiffhead needs to recuse himself, he is a witness and needs to testify as to what he knows about the whistlesucker and when he knew it and when the rule was changed to permit hearsay.
I doubt pelosi is going to want four of “her” votes taken away. Although I bet if ANY person running for president would be excluded from the proceedings - such as being a witness, hillary and biden would be sure to enter the presidential race.
I’ve been saying this for weeks. Why is the president accused of targeting his opponent when these senators are voting in the impeachment trial?
huh?
Any Democrat who Hunter Biden donated money to needs to recuse, too. If the Dems will be allowed to roll like pigs in the slop then they should be hit with everything.
Nope. No way. No how. You created this beast, you deal with the consequences.
This will be The Boogaloo - and Granny Wine Box & ADumb Schitt started it...
True, but they won’t recuse themselves.
Yes, that would be an huge and obvious conflict of interest. Sanders, Warren and Biden should ALL recuse themselves.
The votes to call witnesses would all go for Trump.
and plenty of republicans will support their decision
HUh? The entire Senate of Democrat members should be recused, as they all have a political reason to vote for conviction. This is nothing but a farce anyway.
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