Watch: Adam Schiff Reveals the Strategy Behind Withholding Articles of Impeachment (But It’s Backfired Bigly)

Red State ^ | 01/07/2020 | Sister Toldjah

[SeekAndFind]

There’s been a lot of talk and bluster (more so than normal) on Capitol Hill in the aftermath of the House’s vote last month to impeach President Trump. Much of it has centered on why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and other House Democratic leaders like Intel Chair Adam Schiff (D-CA) have decided to sit on the articles of impeachment for what appears to be an indefinite period of time instead of pushing forward as they did after Pelosi declared the impeachment inquiry back in September.

Because Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has made it clear the Senate has no intention of playing by the Democrats’ rules when it comes to the Senate’s impending impeachment trial, Pelosi, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and other Democrats have made a show out of condemning McConnell for admitting he would not be an impartial juror during the Senate trial, an absurd complaint when you consider the hypocrites making it.

Schiff appeared on Jake Tapper’s “State of the Union” program Sunday on CNN and was asked about impeachment and how Democrats planned to proceed. In his answer, Schiff revealed the true strategy for PelosiCo. was to a) “flush out” Republican Senators to see where they stood, and b) to make sure Trump has a “fair trial” (LOL):

TAPPER: How long are Democrats — Democratic leaders prepared to hold on to the articles? Might this go until February? Could this be indefinite?

SCHIFF: I don’t think it’s going to be indefinite, no. I don’t think that’s at all the desire and motivation here. The desire is to get a commitment from the Senate that they’re going to have a fair trial. Fair to the president, yes, but fair to the American people.

TAPPER: McConnell is not going to do what you guys want him to do.

SCHIFF: Well, McConnell, I think is — one success that this has already had is flushing out McConnell. Showing that he is working cahoots with the president, that he has made himself an active participant in the president’s cover up. So, the American people needed to see that and now they do. We also —

TAPPER: So, you’re never going to get what you want though? I mean, isn’t that — isn’t that what you are saying?

SCHIFF: No. That’s not necessarily the case either because you are also seeing the effect of this is flushing out senators where Democrats and Republicans are now having to go on the record and say, do we want to witnesses? Do we want to see the documents? Do we want the American people to hear the evidence? Do we want a real trial or do we want a cover up?

Watch:

Rep. Adam Schiff on the Senate impeachment trial: “I think withholding the articles has thus far flushed out where Mitch McConnell’s coming from… it’s my hope that, that pressure will result in a real trial fair to the American people as well as fair to the President.” #CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/j8ECYZaFjk

— CNN (@CNN) January 5, 2020

The words “laughable” and “hilarious” come to mind here, because in the eyes of Schiff, Pelosi, Schumer and the rest the definition of a “fair trial” is a trial in which Trump would be found guilty and removed from office – done by way of playing by their rules. Any other trial outcome would be considered “unfair” and evidence of a “cover up.” What this says about Democrats is that for all their whining about how there should be no “pre-judging” of the evidence, Democrats have done an awful lot of that themselves – and well before any impeachment inquiries were ever launched.

Even people who don’t follow politics that closely can see right through their sham complaints about fairness and impartiality.

Also, the assertion that they’ve held on to articles of impeachment, in part, in order to “flush out” Republican Senators is hysterical. The definition of “flushing out” relates to getting someone to reveal themselves or their true nature. There was never any doubt where McConnell stood on Trump’s impeachment just as there was never any doubt where Chuck Schumer stood on Bill Clinton’s. Just as there was never any doubt where Adam Schiff stood on Trump’s.

If Academy Awards were given for most dramatic acting performance by a male politician in the Trump era, Schiff would be a multi-time nominee of the award, if not the outright winner. He’s aiding and abetting in trying to pull off an impeachment con on the American people, but ultimately the only people he’s deluding are his fellow Democrats – and himself.

[Harpotoo]

The senate should give the dims what the dims gave the reps in the house, NOTHING!

[alloysteel]

Does Adam Schiff want to have witnesses brought out before the Senate? I, for sure, DO want to see at least one of them - Adam Schiff.

His testimony about how he “found” the so-called whistleblower, and why he was so stringent about not allowing the Republicans to produce their own witnesses, would speak volumes on just how his view of “justice” is skewed.

In a court of law, if you don’t want to hear the answer, don’t ask the question. Even if you don’t KNOW the answer, don’t ask the question.

[Political Junkie Too]

The Framers of the Constitution never expected impartiality from the Senate.

Federalist #65 - Alexander Hamilton:

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A well-constituted court for the trial of impeachments is an object not more to be desired than difficult to be obtained in a government wholly elective. The subjects of its jurisdiction are those offenses which proceed from the misconduct of public men, or, in other words, from the abuse or violation of some public trust. They are of a nature which may with peculiar propriety be denominated POLITICAL, as they relate chiefly to injuries done immediately to the society itself. The prosecution of them, for this reason, will seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties more or less friendly or inimical to the accused. In many cases it will connect itself with the pre-existing factions, and will enlist all their animosities, partialities, influence, and interest on one side or on the other; and in such cases there will always be the greatest danger that the decision will be regulated more by the comparative strength of parties, than by the real demonstrations of innocence or guilt.

The delicacy and magnitude of a trust which so deeply concerns the political reputation and existence of every man engaged in the administration of public affairs, speak for themselves. The difficulty of placing it rightly, in a government resting entirely on the basis of periodical elections, will as readily be perceived, when it is considered that the most conspicuous characters in it will, from that circumstance, be too often the leaders or the tools of the most cunning or the most numerous faction, and on this account, can hardly be expected to possess the requisite neutrality towards those whose conduct may be the subject of scrutiny.

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-PJ

[Grampa Dave]

This fake impeachment has cost several lives. Time to pull the fake impeachment plug before it starts WWIII.

I have been posting this meme since the terrorist, the Salami was killed.

After my second cup of coffee that first morning, I had just about come to what was posted below:

:^) The reason our enemies and trade rivals are emboldened IS the impeachment. All Demagogic Party trash belongs at the end of a rope.

These terrorist Iranian top dogs figured, wrongly, that they could attack our embassy and worse without any reaction from an impeached president.

They planned to put President Trump into a Jimmy Carter mode after they seized our embassy in Iraq.

Trump's response, panicked them and they descended into Iraq to plan more problems for our president and Iraq. That killed their #1 and #2 terrorist planners.

Who is up next to become sliced/diced and cooked dog food in Iraq?

It is past time to end these fake impeachment hearings.

[rawcatslyentist]

do we want to witnesses? Do we want to see the documents? Do we want the American people to hear the evidence? Do we want a real trial or do we want a cover up?

Wonder how long it took them during their secret hidden trials in a locked basement to come up with that pile, or was that a part of the unseen transcript?

[sauropod]

Bkmk

[Political Junkie Too]

I posted this two days ago:

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Does Warren think President Trump somehow made Soleimani expose himself at just the right time?

Or maybe Soleimani felt emboldened to act now because he thought Trump was weakened from the cloud of impeachment hanging over him?

Chicken or egg... Trump attacked Soleimani because of impeachment, or Soleimani attacked our embassy because of impeachment and Trump retaliated?

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-PJ

[maxwellsmart_agent]

This is the democrats scrambling to cover their asses after their impeachment scam coming to light. Adam Schiff is the biggest clown that Nancy Pelosi could have called on to provide apologetics for what the democrats are doing. Let us get going on the trial and get it over with. You have not gained anything Nancy! People are on to you.

[Grampa Dave]

Thanks for your reply. Both of us were on the same wave length.

The fake impeachment of President Trump was a big factor in the attack on our embassy and the elimination of Soleimani.

[BunnySlippers]

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[genghis]

Even if I didn’t hate all democrats I would hate that guy