Posted on 11/13/2019 2:00:01 PM PST by Hojczyk
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that the Senate cannot dismiss the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump, meaning there will be a trial.
I dont think theres any question that we have to take up the matter. The rules of impeachment are very clear, well have to have a trial. My own view is that we should give people the opportunity to put the case on, McConnell told reporters after being asked about dismissing the articles of impeachment.
Most Republican senators refused to rule out voting to remove Trump from office in an impeachment trial over the Ukraine scandal when contacted by the Daily Caller at the end of October.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/10/how-senate-can-stop-purely-partisan-impeachment/
How the Senate can stop a purely partisan impeachment
With 51 votes and the Reid Rule, Johnston continued, McConnell could first block the filibuster on any motion to proceed and then move to dismiss any article of impeachment with a simple majority.
Which means there would be no trial the political equivalent of a mistrial to throw into the mix already including the two-plus years of the Mueller hunt and the ongoing inquiry of U.S. Attorney John Durham into Russiagate as the country approaches the 2020 election.
This process the refusal by the Senate to approve a Motion to Proceed is how the Senate should flush articles of impeachment from the record as it stands today. Invite the House to begin again if it wants to, but using due process if it does, and backed by a bipartisan majority.
So Mitch will have a trail...bet they impeach trump
(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...
Would get banned with the language I would use regarding what I really think of this TURD!
House Impeaches.
House Impeaches.
We are the Soviet Union. We actually never won the Cold War,we became what the Soviet Union chose not to be anymore.
This POS is plucking my last nerve. WTH is wrong with these blind and deaf self serving blowhards???......
Rehashed article from a few months ago n a subject that has changed and Mitch has been against this. Beware of things from the Daily Caller.
“McConnell has to know that if the Senate effectively removes Trump from office that the party will be out of power for a long, long time...”
Will never, ever, never never ever understand why anyone would think to say that, seeing the country will be finished and the country is much more important than the Republican party.
By the way, the Republican party would be over forever. Forget a long, long time.
I despise mealy mouth mitch. If he didn’t want to remove Trump he could have said yes “we will a trial but we have seen nothing that comes close to an impeachable offense”. That would shut the circus down because the last thing the rats want is Trump Acquitted. But he didn’t do that did he?
I want a trial. I want a full, long and drawn out trial. PLEASE!!!
The GOP sets the rules for the trial. Many think Roberts controls the proceeding. He does not. He implements the rules the Republican Senate puts forth. At any time the GOP controlled Senate can act as an instant appeal court and overrule his rulings.
Based on what I have seen and heard, the LAST thing Schiff Commy Turd wants is his kangaroo court getting a dose of American Justice. The President will be able to cross, have his own witnesses, and even call Schiff and the Whistleblower and if he chooses anyone else. Schiff will go over to the Senate controlling NOTHING, NADDA, ZIP.
HIs case will crumble as heresay is ruled such and rendered non-admissible. How? Simple, the GOP Senate can state that the Federal Rules of Evidence are in effect for the trial. Not one damn stupid thing that got away with today will slide. No interrupting cross examination, no nothing.
Even better, I would let Trump present his case and then move for a summary judgement. Let this thing go on long enough for the dems to eat their poop and die.
I want a trial and would welcome it as it would absolutely be the worst case for the democrats.
Might the NeverTrump GOP stab the President? Yes, it is a risk but I think given the support in the GOP for the President, I think it is suicide. I also think once the President presents his case, even the weakest will crumble.
And dont be so sure the republicans dont have many more than expected GUILTY votes.
So if I underhand this correctly, 31 conservative senators can call in sick on voting day and no vote?
I knew Bill Frist back in the day, when he was respectable. He married a friend of mine. They were married for a couple of decades, until he hooked up with a young woman from the horsey set in Virginia. Dont ever pretend that SOME Republicans arent as big of a pig as MOST Dems. (Not attacking you, agreeing with you)
How can I lose. I bet the Senate Impeaching Trump. They can’t Impeach anyone since that is done in the House.
Cocaine Mitch and his 2 dozen RINO Deep Staters want Trump out ASAP before the 2020 election.
The communist coup detet continues...
McConnell is making it so easy for millions of Trump voters, including my family, to happily “dismiss” the GOP from our ballots post Trump. The arrogance of the GOP Senate is breathtaking given how they fellated the kenyan for 8 years: Obama-Corker Iran deal, support for communist Brennan, etc., etc.
If Schiff doesn't produce the whistle blower, Erick Ciarmella will Nunes, Jordan etc. declare the impeachment mess null & void? Where was Senator Graham....
You know, The Turtle pushed through most of the POTUS’ judges. That counts for s lot. And impeaching the Prez does him no political good... He will never be President so what’s the point? Best guess is he will hold a trail and use that as acudgel to crucify the Dems. I think both are playing the long game here.
At this point the dems in a Senate trial would look like bob muller wearing a Speedo.
So far, there have been no reliable reports on just what is to be contained in these “articles of impeachment” that are being drummed up daily.
Finish the job or get off the pot.
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