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https://www.wnd.com/2019/11/senate-urged-dismiss-impeachment-without-trial/
Below excerpted from WND:
“I would suggest you call your senators at 202-224-3121 to shut down [the impeachment]. They can dismiss it out of hand. They should be telling the House right now that they’re not going to buy into an abusive coup attack on @realDonaldTrump,” Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton wrote Monday in a Twitter post accompanied by a video.
Author and talk-radio host Hugh Hewitt agreed in an interview Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that the Senate can dismiss articles of impeachment and not hold a trial.
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“There will be an impeachment. They're going to send an article over, purely partisan vote,” he said. “I don't think the Senate should take it up. I think they should reject the motion to proceed and never touch it.
“Otherwise, we will have this done again and again, secret tryings, secret hearings, ex parte contact, just a bad precedent,” he said.
Hewitt said that by refusing to approve a “Motion to Proceed,” the Senate can “flush articles of impeachment from the record as it stands today.”
“Invite the House to begin again if it wants to, but using due process if it does, and backed by a bipartisan majority,” he said.
Hewitt expanded on his case in a Washington Post column Sunday that cited research by former secretary of the Senate Kelly D. Johnston.
“Under the standing rules of the Senate, the Senate must approve a ‘Motion to Proceed’ to consider the articles. And it is at that moment that senators — even and especially those critical of Trump for other reasons — should think of a future littered with partisan impeachments born of secret proceedings and abuse of the House minority’s rights, as well as the rights of future presidents,” Hewitt wrote.
He noted that because only 51 votes are required to block a filibuster, under the “Reid rule,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., could move to dismiss any article of impeachment, with Republicans holding 53 Senate seats.
Sen. Graham: ‘Dead on arrival’
Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said Sunday that if the whistleblower does not testify before the House, articles of impeachment would be “invalid” and “dead on arrival” in the Senate.
“I consider any impeachment in the House that doesn't allow us to know who the whistleblower is to be invalid because without the whistleblower complaint we wouldn’t be talking about any of this,” Graham told Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” with Maria Bartiromo.
Over the weekend, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., charged the Democrats are engaged in a “calculated coup, that is being orchestrated by Rep. Adam Schiff.”
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Looks like tom Fitton of judicial watch is saying get rid of it or be prepared for lots more in the future.
He may be right.
I dont know how many of you watched tit but Kevin McCarthy our minority house leader and soon to be speaker next year gave a brilliant press conference Friday just before noon.I happened to be home and got the opportuinityh to watch it.it was so well done the hard left stopped asking quesitons after about 20 minutes since they were getting their ass kicked so bad they had to stand up.
Hers some of it from WND:
“Over the weekend, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., charged the Democrats are engaged in a “calculated coup, that is being orchestrated by Rep. Adam Schiff.”
“We are here watching him orchestrate a taking down of a president, after we just celebrated the 30 years of taking down of Berlin wall,” McCarthy said in a Fox News interview.”
Great post, Rod.
The Senate’s dismissal should also have a definitive statement saying that if the House votes to indict, the bill should be sent to the Senate promptly. Any delay should be Constitutionally dismissed. It’s not Nanzi’s job or duty to re-write the Constitution. It says the Senate has SOLE responsibility to try the President—not the House.
What part of “You’re done, Bitch!” does she not understand?
I did watch the McCarthy speech, too.
I’m still concerned about all the retirements. He’s got to stem that, or work hard to promote good replacements.
Heard that McCarhy interview. Gained a great deal of respect for him
Sample. Reporter asked how much the Dems improved the New Mexico trade deal. Their immediate crowing on impeachment day
McCarthy answered 1 %. He also tied in that China is number 3 in trade as a partner and holding this deal which involved bigger trade partners gave leverage to the Chinese and delayed getting to even phase 1 .
No more mealy mouthed Paul Ryan.
This guy went on attack.....