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Mitch McConnell pulled a 'Machiavellian' move to swing Trump's impeachment trial in his favor
Yahoo! News ^
| January 21, 2020
| Eliza Relman, Sonam Sheth
Posted on 01/21/2020 7:23:28 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
A pivotal witness who was in the president's inner circle had stepped forward and offered to testify in Trump's trial.
There's a lie right there. Bolton was asked if he would testify and he said he would if compelled to do so. He didn't step forward. He's not champing at the bit to testify. If called to testify, the President would likely invoke executive privilege. But, the Democrats don't actually want him to testify because they are no more sure than we are what he would say. They want it to appear that he is the smoking gun and that the President and his team are suppressing his testimony because it would ice the case for the Dams.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:28:42 PM PST
by
Rastus
To: E. Pluribus Unum
He was never in a bind. The Democrats simply didn’t understand who they were dealing with.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:30:33 PM PST
by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death by cultsther)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Machiavellian, like secret meetings and partisan party line votes?
To: KC_Conspirator
Machiavellian like doing whatever it takes to get the job done and win.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:33:26 PM PST
by
bigbob
(Trust Trump. Trust the Plan.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
LOL!
Don’t remember s4eing this view when Nancy and Schiff ran their Star Chamber.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:35:23 PM PST
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mrsmith
(Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
LOL!
Don’t remember s4eing this view when Nancy and Schiff ran their Star Chamber.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:35:25 PM PST
by
mrsmith
(Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
They need to cut the cameras until the trial starts.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:38:40 PM PST
by
McGavin999
(Queen Fancy Nancy Of North Poopistan)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Journalism 101 for freshman.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:39:04 PM PST
by
Huskrrrr
To: Rastus
[But, the Democrats don’t actually want him to testify because they are no more sure than we are what he would say.]
Given that Bolton really hates Democrats, I think they have a pretty good idea. Calling on Bolton is just virtue-signaling on the Democrats’ part. They want to say they asked him to testify, but they don’t actually want him on the stand.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:44:31 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
If I could wish one dead person would be alive today, it would be Saul Alinsky. Just for him to see how dangerously close we got to his demented vision for our country. A look at the likes of Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler, Booker, lundgren, Waters, Obama, etc. The MSM WHORES, the corrupted judges, Soros, education, the Milennials.
And when his grin cannot get any wider and his eyes start to tear with joy...
PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP
The wailing and gnashing of Alinsky when realizing this ONE MAN stands between the death of our country and the beautiful spacious skies of our freedom.
And when he looks at TRUMP, I hope his last vision is PDJT praying. And thanking God for the GRACE He shed on America.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:46:21 PM PST
by
smvoice
(I WILL NOT WEAR THE RIBBON.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
The authors of this piece are hysterics. Machiavellian would be having the House managers killed. This is just politics as usual - both sides get their say, and a verdict is rendered, based partly along party lines.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:46:36 PM PST
by
Zhang Fei
(My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
To: KC_Conspirator
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:49:29 PM PST
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire. Or both.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
...If the Senate passes McConnell's resolution on Tuesday, each side will be given 24 hours to argue their case over three trial days. During former President Bill Clinton's trial, each side was allowed 24 hours of argument over four days.Oh how unfair! Unless you realize the Clinton impeachment had 4 counts and not just 2. Amazing how that little bit of information was left out, right?
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:53:55 PM PST
by
Nateman
(If the left is not screaming, you are doing it wrong ...and Epstein did not kill himself.)
To: Rastus
Bolton said he would testify if subpoenaed in response to Biden saying he would refuse to testify if subpoenaed.
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posted on
01/21/2020 7:54:29 PM PST
by
kennedy
(No relation to those other Kennedys.)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
John Bolton did not say he would testify.
He said he was prepared to testify if The White House did not assert executive privilege or if a court order overturned the assertion
Neither will likely happen
Executive Privilege has already been asserted and, while the Supreme Court has determined that executive privilege cannot be used to conceal criminal behavior, every witness in the House impeachment hearings denied any existence of criminal conduct
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posted on
01/21/2020 8:12:36 PM PST
by
rdcbn
( Referentiai)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
My opinion of Bolton is that he is a fire-breather that would promote the bombing of every communist/terrorist in the world as the best diplomacy... A view I agree with...
He may be pissed at the President for being fired-for-reason, but to think he would say anything to support the communists in control of the House is, IMHO, a ludicrous stretch...
It is hard to believe that the demoncrats actually want him to testify... It's the dozens of other wing-nuts that it would open the door for testifying that the communist scum are angling for...
Everything the communists are doing is a delaying action (they have always known there was almost zero chance for a guilty verdict), for as long as possible, and hoping for some event or catastrophe to give them some sort of foothold going into the election...
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posted on
01/21/2020 8:12:45 PM PST
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Short version: The author is whining that the House has a lousy case that they didn’t do any due diligence on and McConnell outsmarted Schmuckey Choomer.
Boo hoo!
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posted on
01/21/2020 8:14:49 PM PST
by
TigersEye
(MAGA - 16 more years! - KAG)
To: E. Pluribus Unum
Im convinced yahoo is a part of Babylon , lol
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posted on
01/21/2020 8:22:40 PM PST
by
Callnote
(Solid state is the way to go!)
To: TigersEye
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posted on
01/21/2020 8:27:10 PM PST
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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