Posted on 01/28/2020 2:22:46 PM PST by Red Badger
Just after President Trump’s defense lawyers ended arguments in their Senate trial Tuesday, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California became the first Democrat to suggest that she could vote to acquit him, despite serious concerns about his character.
“Nine months left to go, the people should judge. We are a republic, we are based on the will of the people — the people should judge,” Feinstein said Tuesday, after the president’s team finished a three-day presentation in his defense. “That was my view and it still is my view.”
Still, she indicated that arguments in the trial about Trump’s character and fitness for office had left her undecided. “What changed my opinion as this went on,” she said, is a realization that “impeachment isn’t about one offense. It’s really about the character and ability and physical and mental fitness of the individual to serve the people, not themselves.”
Asked whether she would ultimately vote to acquit, she demurred, saying, “We’re not finished.”
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Which word? You got me wondering now!
The issue was revisited at the time of the Clinton impeachment, when those who sought to remove the President from office, basing their arguments principally on the English experience and The Federalist No. 64, claimed that a President could be removed for any misconduct that indicated that he did not possess the requisite honor, integrity, and character be trusted to carry out his functions in a manner free from corruption.
She's maybe been reading or having someone read to her bits of the Federalist Papers.
Probably for better in this case, our case, as it prevents Schiff and Nadler from simply voting on the basis of hate.
I forgot!!
The idea of Pile of Shift being the next California Senator is gaining steam - even Meghan McCain said today that Shiftless is running for Senate.
The U.S. Senate consists of some of the nastiest narcissistic psychotics in the entire country. Schitt would fit right in.
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