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Welcome to our Banana Republic of America. At present, Adam Schiff's private impeachment posse is holding secret trials that other congress persons cannot attend and he refuses to release trial transcripts.

 

Not to be out done, there's now a deep state push to have the senate hold a secret vote.  What's good (coup) for the reps, is good (coup) for the senators, apparently.

 

Rhino Republican Senator Jeff Flake says that if the senate vote to remove Trump based on this week’s findings were done by secret ballot, at least 35 of the 52 republican senators would vote to remove Trump.

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/jeff-flake-says-35-senate-republicans-would-vote-to-convict-trump-if-impeachment-featured-a-secret-ballot-2019-09-27

There it is - absolute proof of...nothing but hearsay. But that should really be regarded as a deciding factor because Yale University's newspaper suggested secret impeachment voting for the senate in an article written.....20 years ago (do I need a sarcasm tag?).

https://www.thecrimson.com/article/1999/2/5/the-senate-should-vote-in-secret/

"The Constitution makes clear that the Senate may convict an impeached president with the "concurrence of two-thirds of the Members present." But it is silent as to the exact procedure that the Senate should follow at the trial's end to determine whether two-thirds concur.”

Yes this is really being floated in the cesspools of the web (started with Daily Kos, got trapped in the coarse filter at DU). It's a trial balloon out there in the lefty swamps. Apparently, the fantasy is, "He who counts the ballots, rules the presidency." *smh*

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declass can’t come soooon enough.