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McConnell rips Schumer impeachment demands, vows not to pursue ‘fishing expedition’
Fox News ^ | December 17, 2019 | Ronn Blitzer

Posted on 12/17/2019 8:20:15 AM PST by jazusamo

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell struck back Tuesday at his Democratic counterpart's calls for an in-depth impeachment trial featuring multiple new witnesses, dismissing the push as a "fishing expedition" that would set a "nightmarish precedent."

"The Senate is meant to act as judge and jury, to hear a trial, not to re-run the entire fact-finding investigation because angry partisans rushed sloppily through it,” he said on the Senate floor.

In a Sunday letter, Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer had called for the chamber to subpoena new documents and call witnesses who had been blocked by the White House during the impeachment inquiry on the House side.

McConnell, R-Ky., claimed that such investigative steps, though, were part of the House role -- not a mission for the Senate. He warned that entertaining Schumer’s proposal to do House lawmakers’ “homework” could invite a string of future “dubious” and “frivolous” impeachment inquiries.

He stressed the fact-finding mission should have been completed during the impeachment inquiry led by House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. McConnell accused the House of doing a rush job, and said Schumer is now looking "to make Chairman Schiff's sloppy work more persuasive."

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To: gibsonguy

The democrats moving forward instead of waiting for SCOTUS to rule on the four WH persons they subpoenaed will now nullify any demands for new witnesses. Just as McConnell says.


41 posted on 12/17/2019 9:29:20 AM PST by Chaguito
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To: OrangeHoof
Just wait until some Dem screams about the “tyranny of the majority”

Projection. Its what they do.

42 posted on 12/17/2019 9:29:22 AM PST by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: 1Old Pro

For bonus points, Mitch, you could say the House Democrats “presented the Senate with 658 pages of cattle manure wrapped in a pretty bow of extreme partisan hate.”


43 posted on 12/17/2019 9:37:24 AM PST by OrangeHoof (The Democrats - Unafraid to burn in Hell.)
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To: PghBaldy

The 3 branches of Government are “co-equal”, Congress does ‘NOT’ have unchecked power against the Executive branch compelling the branch to comply with subpoenas or be impeached w/obstruction. Just as the Executive branch can’t force the Legislative branch to comply with requests... That’s what the “separation of powers” is all about.. Civics 101

Dems just don’t want to go to the courts, they have admitted as such, they are in a rush because of 2020 and opposition to impeachment is rising...But to put forth an obstruction article because they don’t want to go to court is an abuse of Congressional power.

(Fox News Poster said it well)


44 posted on 12/17/2019 9:42:54 AM PST by caww
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To: mountainfolk

If any Republican Senator votes against the Motion to Dismiss, there should be an immediate petition in his/her State to recall the Bast...


45 posted on 12/17/2019 9:51:56 AM PST by Old Retired Army Guy
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To: StAnDeliver

Well, Rush is 100% down for immediate acquittal. Hmmm....


46 posted on 12/17/2019 10:24:32 AM PST by StAnDeliver (CNN's Dana B: "Show of hands: Coverage for undocumented immigrants?" ***all Democrat hands raised***)
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To: outofsalt
How ill?

Close to death..is that going to be Nadler excuse for not handling today's hearings?

Probably, he is not qualified to hold or chair any meeting...he doesn't event understand basic rules of order...

He is a total idiot...so yes...he will use his aged wife...

47 posted on 12/17/2019 10:46:29 AM PST by haircutter
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To: Cboldt; 1Old Pro

I want to see the case against the Schiff/Nadler arguments and conduct, but I don’t want senate dems endlessly opening new cans of worms, with one loony accusation invoking another.


48 posted on 12/17/2019 10:53:16 AM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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To: jazusamo

Thanks, Mitch. You’ve been richly deserving of a lot of criticism over the years, but here (and with judicial nominations) you’ve done a great job. Keep up the good work!


49 posted on 12/17/2019 10:55:35 AM PST by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt, The Weapons Shops of Isher)
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To: Old Retired Army Guy
That is a possibility. Given what McCain did with his thumbs down on the health care bill, we cannot know which No Trumper senator has been given the job to do similar destructive activity on any vote to dismiss. I hope the voters have become aware of the candidates on their ballot who are to be trusted to support Pres Trump, and who are not to be counted on, or trusted.
50 posted on 12/17/2019 10:59:27 AM PST by mountainfolk
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To: jazusamo

McConnell rips Schumer impeachment demands, vows not to pursue...
...WITCH HUNT

More accurate metaphor.


51 posted on 12/17/2019 11:17:11 AM PST by Jim W N (MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
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To: Gay State Conservative

I think that there’s less chance for PR damage by a quick verdict rather than a drawn out one...there’s too big a chance of an unpleasant,potentially damaging,surprise in letting the Rats call a dozen “witnesses”.”

totally correct ... and pretty much what all of the smart lawyer and lawyer-types are saying ... the GOP Senate should establish impeachment trial rules should that state the “trial” will be based totally on the record provided by the House, because anything else, e.g., opening the door for even a single witness, pretty much opens the door for an unlimited number of witnesses and an endless show trial that gives the dying lying leftist Democrat fake stream enemedia an endless excuse to broadcast nothing but impeachment, impeachment, impeachment for months and months ...

far better to get the foregone conclusion of “not guilty” over with in a couple of days, and then take the offense, with hearings about Guilani’s ukraine findings, hearings on the IG report, etc.


52 posted on 12/17/2019 11:29:02 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: CivilWarBrewing
WOW. Pretty clever way to DELAY the House impeachment vote, Dems!

I put nothing pass this fakakta carnival, even if his wife is supposely sick. These SOB's will drag it out right before Christmas just to cause distention amongst relatives. I am waiting for their holiday talking points memo to surface, they are pure evil the whole bunch of them....

53 posted on 12/17/2019 11:32:30 AM PST by taildragger ("Do you hear the people Singing? Singing the Songs of Angry Men!"lk)
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To: entropy12

“Wonder if he learned this from the master counter-puncher, Donald J Trump.”

probably to some degree ... he and Graham both ... but the other night on hannity, mcconnell reminded us that the reason obama left so many court vacancies open wasn’t because obama was lazy, but because mcconnell obstructed the shite out of the attempted appointments, including a SCOTUS seat ...


54 posted on 12/17/2019 11:32:52 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: StAnDeliver

complete bullshit. last week before chuck’s BS letter, mcconnell said on hannity that he’d prefer a short trial


55 posted on 12/17/2019 11:36:16 AM PST by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: Chewbarkah

On the obstruction “charge” they came up with, if they really wanted those documents or testimony or ever they were looking for they should have spent the time and Took it to the courts to decide, but They decide to rush it and now they’re in this position


56 posted on 12/17/2019 11:59:35 AM PST by matt04
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To: noexcuses

I’ve been listening to the rules committee off and on.....what are they supposed to be deciding? All I hear is Dem regurgitation of the same old Trump put himself before country nonsense.....


57 posted on 12/17/2019 12:09:01 PM PST by noexcuses
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To: Sirius Lee

I pray he is no longer among Us Americans. Communists are not people .


58 posted on 12/17/2019 2:56:20 PM PST by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: haircutter

“JUST HEARD ‘NADLER’ HAS AN MEDICAL EMERGENCY????”

Nervous breakdown?


59 posted on 12/17/2019 3:18:51 PM PST by Amish with an attitude
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To: Amish with an attitude
Nervous breakdown?

Here it comes......Here it comes....

60 posted on 12/17/2019 3:19:42 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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