Leahy isn’t going to allow it. This is so predictable.
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My fear as well. I’ve been posting that concern for some time now but hoping I’m wrong. Here is what I understand.
1. Senator Leahy has been sworn in as the Presiding Officer for the Senate Trial.
2. Senator Leahy CANNOT be sworn in with the 99 other Senators. He can not vote.
3. This gives the Republicans a narrow 50 to 49 advantage for votes related to process including the admissibility of evidence and witnesses. If there is even one defection (It will be Romney) then we lose.
4. Leahy can rule that evidence or witnesses are inadmissible for any reason or no reason at all. If he does then any Senator can demand a vote to reverse that decision. The Dems and Romney can validate the decision.
5. If Leahy slips up and allow evidence or a witness that the Dems don’t like, they can force a vote and, once again, the Dems and Romney can have their way.
I’m hoping it doesn’t go this way, that there is some Senate rule that would prevent it. But right now, I think it is possible.
mcconnell sent mccarthy to Mar-A-Lago to lie to Trump. mccarthy carried the message that the gop would hold firm and prevent the democrat impeachment vote. They are lying! They will stab Trump in the back. They will help to convict him, then help to bar him from holding any future public office and declare ANY of his supporters as “domestic terrorists” who can be persecuted under the “patriot act” where you get no trial, no lawyer, no phone call... They’ve been cooking this up for a long time people. Believe me! These people involved in the coup are feeling their oats and they are not done! First, they are scared to death of a “counter-coup” and will do ANYTHING and EVERYTHING to squash it. At the same time they are going to run amok doing all the the things they couldn’t because of the “rules”, “laws”, “norms”, “morals”...