Posted on 01/19/2021 9:13:56 PM PST by SeekAndFind
“Mitch McConnell has sent word over the White House – If you pardon Julian Assange we are much more likely to convict you in an impeachment trial. Well, is it legal to hold that over a president’s head? We’re not lawyers, we don’t know. It’s certainly wrong. But more than that, it tells you everything about their priorities.”
McConnell he has told allies he hopes never to speak to Mr. Trump again and is doing nothing to persuade senators to back him, instead calling the impeachment vote a matter of conscience. https://t.co/Jv1QFngSa4
— Adam Goldman (@adamgoldmanNYT) January 20, 2021
Mitch got what he wanted, a return to pre-Trump deep state corruption.
Mitch McConnell will try and convict him anyway.
That was precisely my point. They are afraid enough that they will absolutely make sure that he doesn’t emerge from the ‘ashes’. ‘Assassins’ would call it a ‘double tap’.
Mitch McConnell will try and convict him anyway.
I don’t think so. I believe this is all bluster for the left, and it will all quietly disappear.
Trump has a boatload of classified documents from Hunters laptop to mcconnell’s china connections..ad nausaeum.
An impeachment trial would force discovery...the last thing the cockroaches want is to have a light shined on them.
It’s over.
I disagree. I think McConnell and the rest of the GOP establishment want Trump gone for good, and an impeachment conviction is the first step in that.
Agreed. I'm thinking that McConnell's calculus includes "So what if we convict or get close to doing so? Where else are Republicans going to go?". He sees little downside to conviction, and what negative effects there are can be remedied in time for the 2022 elections.
He may be right in some respects. It's also reasonable to consider that some Republican voters will just "check out" and be more engaged in elections locally and at a state level.
Unfortunately, I believe President Trump made an unforced error re: the 01/06 meetup. It seems that Senator McConnell is about to make an unforced error as well.
Meh. Assange is a creep who’ll die in jail.
McConnell didn’t fail to pardon Assange. President Trump bears the responsibility. And he was right.
If their was a boatload of anything it would’ve been used before the election. There’s no there there.
heh. maybe megastar attorneys sidney powell and lin wood will help snowden.
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