Posted on 02/10/2021 11:49:55 AM PST by Signalman
While several Republican senators are in agreement that former President Trump's legal team didn't hit their opening arguments out of the park on the first day of his second impeachment trial on Tuesday, those same Republicans don't appear to be convinced enough to have changed their minds. Forty-four Republicans still voted that the trial was unconstitutional, suggesting that the Democrats will not have the votes to convict Trump, now a private citizen.
Even Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), who called this "the stupidest week in the Senate," admitted the Democratic impeachment managers gave the superior presentation. But that won't change his vote because Trump's team, he says, is on the side of the Constitution.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was so sure of that outcome that he says he personally told Trump that this trial is still going nowhere.
"I reinforced to the president, the case is over," Graham said he told Trump, per the Hill pool. "It’s just a matter of getting the final verdict now."
Sen. Graham added that he believes Trump's lawyers, Bruce Castor and David Schoen, can and will do better as the trial proceeds.
He's not the only one hoping they see a real improvement. As you can see, several Senate Republicans were unimpressed with the defense's meandering arguments.
Even Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-ND), who called this "the stupidest week in the Senate," admitted the Democratic impeachment managers gave the superior presentation. But that won't change his vote because Trump's team, he says, is on the side of the Constitution.
At the end of the day, the Democrats' argument, no matter how eloquent, is "not going to succeed," Sen. Ted Cruz concurred on Fox News.
“IF” she is really dead. (semi-/s)
These dems have done nothing more than to waste time and money as well as unveil what a bunch of feckless reprobates they are.
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I disagree.
IMHO they are running an emotional propaganda campaign to influence the uninformed, mushy middle, etc. Why? So GOP Senators will feel less comfortable standing with Trump is my guess. The GOP Senators are the jury the prosecution is trying to persuade...
Neither Graham nor any other Senator has the power to arrest or charge anyone.
It takes 67 to remove, and if they do, Trump can appeal to an actual court.
The only over is Lindsey’s pathetic career...
These bastards have talked about NOTHING BUT the election and how free and fair it was HOW TRUMP has no right to say it wasn’t AND NOW he is forbidden from defending us and himself!! The ONE THING Trump has done is make us ALL realize just how corrupt and rigged the government is!! I always knew it was bad BUT it is far worse than I had ever dreamed!! Voting any longer is a moot point governmen5 has gone passed the point of NO RETURN!, CA. WA. OR. CO. MA. and now GA. are ALL passed the point of NO RETURN we did NOT get this far into the abyss WITHOUT the help of republicans the two party system is NOW ONE PARTY!!! WAKE THE HELL UP!!!
“56 US Senators voted that this kangaroo court is Constitutional.”
Can they still challenge that in Supreme Court? Even Chief Justice Traitor recognized he wanted nothing to do with it.
Embarrassing. Hopefully nobody eve again refers to this Senate as the world's greatest deliberative body. It's a circus, that's what it is.
WHEN does the DEFENSE begin?
I guess that’s true, it’s just a show trial.
We’re in the woods now.
The courts would likely not hear the case, because the Senate has the sole power to try impeachments.
They will just claim they can’t hear the case, because it’s a political question. Also “Orange Man Bad”.
“Babbitt was fatally shot by an employee of the Capitol Police”
“EMPLOYEE”, ODD description for a “Capitol Police officer”
This “begs the question” Was he an “EMPLOYEE” of the “Capitol Police” WHEN he murdered her?
OR, is he NOW? Was he EVER really an “EMPLOYEE”?
BIGGEST question...
WHO THE HELL IS HE?
SAY HIS NAME!
WHY IS THIS PERSON GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER?
Hi.
By some Chucky Schumer miracle, former president Trump is convicted of something.
If you, in the Senate of the U.S. punish citizen Trump, that Will not only be expost facto law, it would also be a bill of attainder.
No Constitution, no problem. Muskets are the remedy. Or C4.
5.56mm
they can recommend charges to the FBI or DHS
if no charges are made within a time frame, they can open investigations into the departments to verify whether or not they should continue to exist
They won't.
Chief Justice Queeg has already signaled Do Not Bring This To The Supreme Court Under Any Circumstances Whether Interlocutory Or On Appeal.
>>> It takes 67 to remove, and if they do, Trump can appeal to an actual court. <<<
Trump has already been removed. That’s one of the reasons this whole exercise is a kangaroo court.
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