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Schiff bamboozles Republicans in Yovanovitch hearing
American Thinker.com ^ | November 17, 2019 | William L.Gensert

Posted on 11/17/2019 10:36:56 AM PST by Kaslin

As chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, under the rules Herr Gruppenführer Schiff devised for his impeachment inquiry, he gets to begin every hearing with an opening statement, followed by opening statements from the witness — in Friday's iteration, Yovanovitch — and Republican ranking committee member Devin Nunes.

After the opening statements, Schiff gets 45 minutes, any portion of which he can delegate, at his discretion, to Democratic counsel Daniel Goldman. Nunes then gets his 45 minutes under the same rules. All this is followed by five-minute intervals of questioning alternating between members of each party.

Schiff's rules disallow the presence of White House counsel, and while Republicans can call witnesses, they must be approved by a committee vote, so essentially, Schiff decides, and that means no Republican witnesses.

Against all odds, and the predictions of...well, everybody, Republicans killed them at the Taylor/Kent hearing. The Republican members of HPSCI (If you Google "Republican Members of HPSCI," the first thing that "nonpartisan" Google gives you is the list of the Democratic Party members.), led by the 1970s band Jordan, Ratcliffe, and Stefanik, bludgeoned the two bureaucrats mercilessly. It was a great show.

The Republicans had a plan to do the same to Yovanovitch, and it was a good plan. It would have worked, too. After all, it succeeded against Blasey Ford with her tiny voice and gigantic glasses. Or at least it didn't fail, and it allowed Lindsey Graham time to find his testicular fortitude and pucker up.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


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To: wardaddy

Of course Nunes knew the rules. He is not stupid. He could only delegate his time to an employee not a member. What he did was create a show of Schiff gaveling down a female GOP Rep on National TV. His counsel did an effective job on Masha if not as devastating as Stefanik would have done.


21 posted on 11/17/2019 12:23:33 PM PST by xkaydet65
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To: AndyJackson

I believe it was gay pride parade, not a protest although there many Ukrainians protesting the parade and many arrests of the anti-gay group. I don’t know if she has come out, but they claim she is one of them.


22 posted on 11/17/2019 2:18:08 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: CAGOPgramma

I believe it was gay pride parade, not a protest although there many Ukrainians protesting the parade and many arrests of the anti-gay group. I don’t know if she has come out, but they claim she is one of them.

I read on another internet site that she headed up a LBGT??? group in government which works to get their people placed in the good jobs, such as ambassadorships.


23 posted on 11/17/2019 2:22:23 PM PST by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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To: Kaslin
Who cares. Let them impeach him and then let PDJT call a slew of witnesses in a senate trial and he can systematically undress the democrats - recall the ambassador and prove everything he said about her was true - and blow up their game.

If done CORRECTLY - it would ruin the dims. Hence the reason I do not believe they will actually impeach him - because they know all of this.

24 posted on 11/17/2019 2:23:08 PM PST by NELSON111 (Congress: The Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog s<how. Theater for sheep. My politics determines my "hero")
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To: Kaslin
"Bamboozle" is not a word that most Americans would want associated with the impeachment of a President.

-PJ

25 posted on 11/17/2019 2:28:48 PM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Kaslin

So question, what happens to the Republicants if they all walk out. Say to hell with you and your crap ass rules Schiff!


26 posted on 11/17/2019 2:29:06 PM PST by Bommer (2020 - Vote all incumbent congressmen and senators out! VOTE THE BUMS OUT!!!)
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To: Kaslin

And all Trump has to do is Tweet each time they show a card and it lays them wide open exposed to everyone but the most delusional.

The only thing that scares me is how many ‘most delusional’ there are.


27 posted on 11/17/2019 2:30:49 PM PST by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: CAGOPgramma

“And his POP-eyes.......bug eyes......POop eyes? He must have a thyroid condition.”

I have asked in several news and social media if Schitf had forgotten his meds for Graves disease. Bulging eyes, weight loss, nervous, anxiety and irritability.


28 posted on 11/17/2019 3:24:50 PM PST by DOC44
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To: rdcbn

“Respectfully disagree with the authors analysis”

You made a very well thought out analysis. I did not think about it in the detail you did, but did come away with the general impression that the Dims had merely spun their wheels with this witness.


29 posted on 11/17/2019 6:00:11 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (Chuck Schumer--giving pond scum everywhere a bad name.)
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To: SharpRightTurn
Predict that if and when this goes to Senate where the Schiff alternate reality ceases to exist and Republicans have standing to defend the President , present evidence and witnesses if their own and the freedom to impeach Dem witnesses and sanction for perjury , Yovo’s testimony is going to be very damaging to Democrats impeachment efforts and absolutely devastating to Joe and Hunter Biden as well as many other Obama era corrupt hacks
30 posted on 11/17/2019 6:47:05 PM PST by rdcbn ( Referentia)
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To: elpadre
it was gay pride parade, not a protest

It's political. It's inappropriate. Period.

31 posted on 11/17/2019 8:19:04 PM PST by AndyJackson
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To: rdcbn; All
...when this goes to Senate where the Schiff alternate reality ceases to exist

And...

Republicans have standing to defend the President , present evidence and witnesses if their own and the freedom to impeach Dem witnesses and sanction for perjury

And...

Yovo’s testimony is going to be very damaging to Democrats impeachment efforts and absolutely devastating to Joe and Hunter Biden as well as many other Obama era corrupt hacks

Hopefully that and lots more.

Which of course is why they may not even put up articles of impecchment, and just leave what they have done out there hoping it does some damage.

Most of which will be done to them IMO.

I am a little premature on this, but I have to say...

Schiff did not kill himself!

32 posted on 11/17/2019 9:47:47 PM PST by Syncro (Facts is Facts)
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To: Kaslin

The schitt show is just that, smoke and mirrors to take us off the real story with an acceptable end for them, a label on Trump and a list of his people who they convicted and jailed. The weaponized agencies and their benefactors Soros and outside influences have a plan that is going to effect America while they test their plans in other nations


33 posted on 11/18/2019 2:28:27 AM PST by ronnie raygun (nic dip.com)
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To: ronnie raygun

Imho the Rats are in sort of the same position as the dog that finally caught the car. Now what? They have pushed Impeachment as far as it is ever gonna go but they can’t find a way to back out of it.


34 posted on 11/19/2019 1:31:53 AM PST by wastoute (Government cannot redistribute wealth. Government can only redistribute poverty.)
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