Posted on 01/23/2020 4:40:01 AM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
A large bloc of Republican Senators reportedly skipped large portions of Wednesday’s impeachment trial, flouting Senate rules requiring them to remain in their seats at all times during the proceedings, according to journalist Michael McAuliff.
“Just counted 21 empty seats on the GOP side of the Senate, 2 on the Dem side, a couple hours into [Adam] Schiff’s presentation. Some are just stretching their legs, but most are not in the chamber. Some of them have been out of there for a while,” McAuliff said.
That means more than one-third of 53 Republican senators tasked with deciding the president’s fate all missed the same segment of the historic trial. Among those absent from the action “for a long time” were Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Cassidy (R-La), and Jim Risch (R-Idaho).
While Graham had already publicly stated his belief that the impeachment proceedings were a sham–and backed a plan to have the charges against President Doanld Trump dismissed with a pre-trial motion–Sen. Cassidy on Tuesday said he planned to “listen to both sides with an open mind” before reaching a decision.
Wednesday marked the second time Sen. Risch missed a significant portion of the proceedings, as he became the first senator to fall asleep during the trial Tuesday, napping for approximately 15 minutes, according to the Washington Post.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-Calif.) last week penned a letter to their colleagues outlining the rules for the proceeding, writing that “Senators should plan to be in attendance at all times during the proceedings,” and should “remain in their seats at all times they are on the Senate floor during the impeachment proceedings.”
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Most likely they all had to go take a sh*ff!
Only a third?
They don’t like doing nothing in the chamber...they would rather do nothing else where?
Pencil Neck is a cure for constipation!
Who knew!
As I recall, during the Clinton impeachment trial, numerous DemocRat senators didn’t think it was necessary to view evidentiary documents provided for them in a secure location.
That has to be far worse than a few Republicans skipping a meaningless speech by a serial liar and BSer.
Who in his right mind could listen to Schiff for two hours?! I’d rather be water-boarded.
Someone should post a live feed with a working BS detector. Watching the needle peg would be a lot more entertaining.
Don’t they have things like that at the presidential debates with regard to audience response? I bet Ted Cruz knows all the ins and outs of what is going on. Give him some device.
OAN could do it. Heck, I’d pay to watch the BS meter.
I fell asleep too. It’s worse than watching golf on TV.
Nothing to hear, here. Move along
...”worse than watching golf on TV.”
Aww come on....TV golf is not THAT bad!
And with Beautiful Ted and Rand Paul frequently jumping to their feet yelling: "YOU LIE!"
I curse out loud when I watch 20 second sound bites of pencil neck on Fox and friends. I couldn’t listen to much more without breaking the TV set ala Elvis
Conversely, schiff induces diarrhea
I don’t think it’s good. I think they should be locked in. Now while the lawyers talk the democrats can say screw it. I thought they could be charged for leaving during impeachment sessions.
Feinstein went home at 8:45.
Ture. The commercial breaks add some entertainment
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