I haven't been able to bear to watch. My country, alas! Glad to hear some of the GOP have awakened from their long sleep at the wheel. Hope it is in time.
(I’m pinging the group) Actually, it’s as though Trump has caused them all to get spines. Like that point in the movie where everyone is trembling in the trench, then the hero sergeant says, “What are you waiting for? You wanna live forever?” And they all charge out of the trench.
Andy Biggs, my congressman from AZ has always been good. But I had concerns about Debbie Lesko in AZ 9 (?). She has been terrific. Chris Steward (UT) another I had no concerns over, but Mike Turner? I need to reevaluate him. He has always VOTED the right way, but I never thought his heart was in it. The last few days, it was.
So this is what this tells me: Trump has instilled a level of confidence and power in these GOPers who are left. I think it’s even getting to the Senate with both Grassley and Graham ready to (I know, I know, “about to,” “prepared to”) call witnesses, including Biteme’s kid. But there was an interesting comment today from Sen. Rob Portman of OH: in a lunch meeting that included Minion and Tom Collins, Portman said he “advised” Trump, “don’t focus too much on impeachment. Let your allies in the House and Senate handle it.”
Now, I know: there are two ways to take this: “That snake, trying to get Trump to back off so the Senate will do nothing.” I don’t think so. I’ve interacted with Portman. He isn’t a fighter. He usually seeks to avoid confrontation. But now he seems ready. Honestly, if a voter were today, I don’t think Trump would lose ONE Republican, including Minion, and would likely pick up Manchin . . . possibly Enema. Something about Portman’s phrase was “We have a plan in the senate. We will handle this.”
Now, of course I want to believe that, but also, I think we are now sufficiently close to an election that the Senate Rs HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. If they abandon Trump in any way, they will never work in politics again. This isn’t hyperbole. It’s reality, and they know it. So I think they are girding up to just annihilate the D witnesses.
Based on how the House has destroyed these D witnesses, some of the guys in the Senate, like Hawley, Cotton, Scott, Cruz, Rand Paul, will eviscerate these people.
Just my take.