Posted on 01/08/2020 6:46:11 AM PST by Kaslin
Imagine if a district attorney charged you with wrongdoing, and then let the charges hang over you indefinitely?
That's the stunt Nancy Pelosi has been pulling, sitting on the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump since Dec. 18.
Senate Judiciary Committee chair Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., accuses House Dems of "trying to hold these articles over the head of the president," denying him a chance to be acquitted.
Graham says "if we don't get the articles this week," then Senators should deem the impeachment articles "delivered to the Senate" so the trial can begin.
Monday, freshman Senator Josh Hawley, R-Mo., asked what's to stop Pelosi from holding the articles indefinitely. "If Americans are sick of this impeachment saga, this partisan circus now," think how they'll feel months, or even a year, from now.
Hawley is proposing a 25-day deadline. If the House fails to deliver the articles and name a legal team by then, the Senate can vote to dismiss the charges.
Hawley and Graham are rightfully fed up, but Graham's proposal is the better one. The president and the nation deserve a verdict, not just a dismissal.
To get it done, Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell will have to drop the fiction that the Senate is still a place for bipartisan civility. It's time for a reality check.
In a previous era when senators prided themselves on bipartisanship, the Senate established a requirement for a 2/3 majority to consider any rules changes. Republicans and Democrats would have to agree. That can't happen this time. Republicans have a bare 53 votes, and no Democrat is likely to support a rules change.
That's wise because the key issue facing senators is whether the charges against Trump are impeachable offenses. For the first time in history, the House impeached a president without accusing him of breaking any law. Democrats insist they can nail Trump for "exercising power with a corrupt purpose, even if his action would otherwise be permissible" -- putting political advantage above the national interest.
By that definition, every politician is guilty. Expect a majority of senators, including some Democrats, to see the danger of such flimflam charges.
By the end of January, the Senate will have voted to acquit Trump. Pelosi and her party will be the big losers. They impeached a president for partisan gain, and then tried to delay the trial in a desperate search for evidence to make the charges stick. Voters will judge them harshly in November.
Nancy Pelosi has made herself into the smallest woman in American history.
The mouse that squeaked.
Nancy, history will not remember you, and you will not be missed.
Nancy Pelosi, heart full of love, head full of shit.
You got that right.
I’ve never heard of her. Who is she?
I honestly can’t remember.
History WILL remember her as the only woman Speaker to be rejected by the American people twice.
-PJ
Not a constitutional lawyer, does the law indicate WHEN the Senate has to act?
If Nancy does send the impeachment to the Senate Mitch should tell her we will get to it in DUE COURSE and put the articles in his pocket. Two can play this game, let them scream all they want.
How many days has it been already? Why another 25? How about a little less talk and a lot more action.
Parting during an attack shows she’s unfit to hold office and if she was a target all the people around her were in danger
Someone sent this to me....And I can tell you it works.
TIME TO USE YOUR IMAGINATION——
*This is believable and will make you smile. In case you are having a rough
day, here’s a stress management technique that has been recommended in all
the latest psychological journals. The funny thing is that it really does
work and will make you smile.*
*1. Picture yourself lying on your belly on a warm rock that hangs out over
a crystal clear stream. *
* 2. Picture yourself with both your hands in the cool running water. *
* 3. Birds are sweetly singing in the cool mountain air. *
* 4. No one knows your secret place.*
* 5. You are in total seclusion from that hectic place called the World. *
* 6. The soothing sound of a gentle waterfall fills the air with a cascade
of serenity. *
* 7. The water is so clear you can make out the face of the Democrat you
are holding underwater. *
* See, it worked. *
* You’re smiling. *
* You feel better already.*
“In a previous era when senators prided themselves on bipartisanship, the Senate established a requirement for a 2/3 majority to consider any rules changes. Republicans and Democrats would have to agree. That can’t happen this time. Republicans have a bare 53 votes, and no Democrat is likely to support a rules change.”
Is she saying there still a 2/3 majority required to change Senate rules? Maybe I’m wrong, but I thought that now it requires only 51 votes.
I relaxed in my mind.
I could see this place, because I have been there many times before with my dogs. It’s just 15 minutes from my house.
The water is so clear.
And then I saw Adam’s face just above my hands, and I grinned an evil grin >;-]
I strongly disagree! Until Articles of Impeachment have been properly delivered, President Trump has not been impeached. "Deeming" the articles delivered is as unconstitutional as withholding them from delivery.
Yes, President Trump and the country deserve their "day in court". But not in a kangaroo court. To conduct an impeachment trial without Articles of Impeachment being delivered by the House would make any Senate action a kangaroo court. It would also give the House traitors legitimacy.
Rather, the Senate Judiciary Committee should conduct its own inquiry. It should address the purported articles and be structured to meet impeachment trial inquiry requirements. In that manner witnesses can be called to testify under oath. The supposed articles would be addressed, and recommendations developed. These recommendations could include; deadline for delivery of articles of impeachment, refusal to accept Articles of Impeachment as having no underlying crime, dismissal of articles of impeachment if delivered, etc.
Then this matter can be disposed of in a proper manner. And Speaker Pelosi and her House Democrat traitors can be officially rebuked.
It does only require 51 votes thank you Harry Reid!!!
Heart full of love? For herself, maybe. As to her head; I think you hit the bullseye.
She literally said heart full of love about herself, so that’s her new nickname by me anyway, Nancy Heart Full of Love.
check it, it’s right here near the end of this video-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ar0yjBm2HTU
I propose a 25-SECOND deadline. Enough already!
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