Posted on 01/09/2020 5:18:21 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, has repeatedly said the chamber will follow the same rules and procedures as in President Clinton’s 1999 impeachment trial.
“I said from the start, we need to see the arena in which we are sending our managers. Is that too much to ask?” said Mrs. Pelosi, who has withheld the two articles of impeachment since the House approved them in a party-line vote Dec. 18.
Mr. Trump was impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The charges stem from a July phone call with the Ukrainian president in which he requested a probe into a political rival, former Vice President Joseph R. Biden.
Senate Republicans prepared to press ahead Thursday. The trial in the GOP-run Senate is expected to end in acquittal.
The House can impeach a president on a simple majority vote, but the Senate needs a two-thirds majority to convict and remove a president from office. Democrats would need 20 Republicans to join them for Mr. Trump to be convicted.
Mr. McConnell told GOP senators that he expects the articles to be delivered to by Friday, suggesting a trial could start early next week.
A handful of Senate Democrats have voiced readiness to get the process underway despite Mrs. Pelosi’s delay.
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Pelosi has an extreme ego problem, on top of everything else that’s buzzing around in her brain.
The nasty, vile, demonic Botoxian is taking it’s orders from its Big Daddy in hell. Hopefully, the Reaper will soon take this devil worshipping demon back to Big Daddy real soon.
She keeps dreaming about President Pelosi.
Pelosi keeps a stiff upper lip. The last thing she wants is to lose face.
not gonna blink
Pelosi thinks she runs the Senate, our foreign policy, the Courts, the airlines, the press and on and on and on.
But you know, we need to impeach Trump because we don’t have Kong’s in this country!!
(Evidently, we only have a Queen)
The democrats under the able rule of the Pelosi/Schiff/Nadler leadership are committing political suicide...
I love it!!
Will the impeachment hostage really end tomorrow? Color me skeptical.
Or at least back to Baltimore.
The whole matter is just a stupid game until Mr. Turtle appoints his mangers and sets the date to officially pass the Articles (In front of the Chief Justice mind you) to the Secretary of the Senate. Mr. Turtle is allowing Pelosi to play around during a limbo period (Which is why I hate gotcha politics because of wasted resources and all). Mr. Turtle could have ended this tomorrow (Assuming he announced the managers/vote (On Tuesday-debate/Wednesday-vote they got back)a date before the Christmas break.
Let them eat cake.
The Fakepeachment is dying.
I’m with you I will be shocked if she sends them this week. There’s no way she is going to let an acquittal happen before the State of the Union if she can a avoid it.
She's hoping no one will notice her blatant coup.
“She keeps dreaming about President Pelosi.”
I think you nailed it. She’s desperate knowing that she has only a few months to dispatch POTUS, and immediately after that get rid of Pence. After that ... President Pelosi.
I find it hard to believe that 20 Republican senators want President Nancy Pelosi over President Mike Pence.
“ President Pelosi.”
Never happen. If they somehow managed to remove Trump, Pence moves up, and appoints a Vice President who would be next in line. Pelosi would have to kill both Trump and Pence for her to move up, providing she survived the first wave of CWll.
not gonna blink
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Can’t blink
Botox
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