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Trump impeachment: Half-empty spectator gallery puzzles senators
NY Post ^ | Jan. 24, 2020

Posted on 01/24/2020 4:36:59 PM PST by deplorableindc

The Senate spectator gallery was at least half-empty throughout the first week of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial and senators serving as the jury in the marathon sessions are taking notice — some stunned that there aren’t more people watching history unfold, while others understand the public avoiding the repetitive proceedings.

“I’m really surprised at that because this is kind of historic and I would think this would be an opportunity for people to get in there regardless of whose side you are on,” Sen. James Inhofe (R-Okla.) told The Post Friday.

Journalists aren’t allowed to bring cellphones or cameras into the gallery, so the noticeably small audience is known directly only to people able to access the chamber.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: impeachment; senate
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1 posted on 01/24/2020 4:36:59 PM PST by deplorableindc
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To: deplorableindc

Oh my, even Alyssa can’t seem to bring in the crowds, eh?


2 posted on 01/24/2020 4:39:20 PM PST by OttawaFreeper ("The Gardens was founded by men-sportsmen-who fought for their country" Conn Smythe, 1966)
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To: deplorableindc

HOW about how many VIEWERS the March for Life had compared to the Impeachment farce.


3 posted on 01/24/2020 4:39:38 PM PST by rovenstinez
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To: deplorableindc

But the nitWit Milano is there. ....


4 posted on 01/24/2020 4:39:47 PM PST by redshawk ( I want my red balloon. ( https://youtu.be/V12H2mteniE))
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To: deplorableindc

I’d love to be there tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday to hear The Trump Team.


5 posted on 01/24/2020 4:39:48 PM PST by McGavin999 (Queen Fancy Nancy Of North Poopistan)
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To: deplorableindc

The theater of the absurd is an acquired taste.


6 posted on 01/24/2020 4:40:05 PM PST by eclectic (Liberalism is a mental disorder)
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To: deplorableindc

Because it is nauseating to those who understand. Who wants to watch justice perverted? They make take themselves seriously, we understand it is a clown show.


7 posted on 01/24/2020 4:40:18 PM PST by I still care (The left's goal never was tolerance. It always was fascism.)
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To: deplorableindc

“...watching history unfold...”

History only the most laughable sense.

Oh how far the so-called talents of the Democrats have fallen.


8 posted on 01/24/2020 4:40:43 PM PST by Da Coyote (is)
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To: deplorableindc

The average Joe knows this entire proceeding is an absolute crock and have absolutely know interest in wasting their time watching it.

I do believe the audience will increase somewhat to watch Trumps team brutally embarrass the imbecilic House managers though.


9 posted on 01/24/2020 4:42:00 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: OttawaFreeper

I haven’t even watched any of the televised coverage. Every time I went to C-Span, I saw Schiff spewing his....schiff, and turned off.

I do want to hear Sekulow; I’ve always been very impressed with him.


10 posted on 01/24/2020 4:42:13 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it")
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To: deplorableindc

Meanwhile, I search all over the dial to watch the March for Life and our president, something REALLY important to me filled with good and honest people who are showing up by the millions. The media and govt is purposefully ignoring this, so why should I pay attention to them?


11 posted on 01/24/2020 4:42:52 PM PST by I still care (The left's goal never was tolerance. It always was fascism.)
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To: I still care
shhhh
12 posted on 01/24/2020 4:44:03 PM PST by timestax
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To: timestax
Oh no you don't...Don't cover that news story.

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13 posted on 01/24/2020 4:46:59 PM PST by timestax
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To: deplorableindc

Its boring and it’s bullshit and everybody knows it. It’s a fail. Nobody wants to be part of a fail.


14 posted on 01/24/2020 4:47:23 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: McGavin999

Me, too. From what little I heard, the Dem side was simply regurgitated the same presumptions in the previous house “trial”.


15 posted on 01/24/2020 4:47:40 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: deplorableindc

People get enough comic relief on television these days.

There they can already see people t-off on Trump.


16 posted on 01/24/2020 4:47:52 PM PST by DoughtyOne (It's a New Year, and time to up our FR Monthlies by 5-10%. You'll hardly miss it and it will help.)
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To: OttawaFreeper

She’s just a bag of hot air with nice tits.


17 posted on 01/24/2020 4:48:17 PM PST by EvilCapitalist (If it takes a bloodbath, let's get it over with. No more appeasement. -Ronald Reagan)
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To: traderrob6

“I do believe the audience will increase somewhat to watch Trumps team brutally embarrass the imbecilic House managers”

I sure hope so. Hope the numbers are way UP, UP, UP


18 posted on 01/24/2020 4:48:24 PM PST by ncpatriot
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To: traderrob6

I really don’t know what’s average on this.

But I do know a lot of people who don’t generally understand much about government or politics even if its explained to them who have come to believe that impeachment is there for rape, murder, or treason during an all out war and that it has always been misused.


19 posted on 01/24/2020 4:50:46 PM PST by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: deplorableindc

Let’s see how the gallery looks when the good guys start their presentations.


20 posted on 01/24/2020 4:59:43 PM PST by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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