This would be the DUMBEST move in the history of politics. I can't believe there are people who would actually WANT this outcome.
This would VALIDATE the charges of the democrats and they would say the GOP Senate is covering up for Trump.
You would squander a GOLDEN opportunity to:
1) TOTALLY screw up their primaries since every senator running for election would have to be in their seat 6 days a week and be gagged about talking about it (as a member of the Senate Jury - per the rules (Lindsey Graham) - at least through Iowa.
2) Call Adam Schiff and force him to plead the 5th about knowing the ID of the whistle blower
3) Subpeana the Bidens over Burisma - and force them into pleading the 5th
4) Expose Cloudstrike and the DNC for all the world to see - which leads to ->
5) FISA and the Russia Hoax and then you call all of them to testify and the take them all down
So - if McConnell did as you suggest - he actually is HURTING Trump. It is no different than a DA indicting you when you have SMOKING GUN evidence of your innocence and half the town thinks you are guilty - and you never get a chance to prove it - but you know if you get a chance - you can show how crooked the DA is and take them all down.
A quick dismissal is the worst outcome of all.
mcconnell and schumer will get together and map out the rules and what witnesses can be called, then the full senate will vote on these ruled. Trump will be constrained by the rules and witness list. I do not believe mcconnell is going to give Trump a free hand to investigate anything he wants. mcconnell would love for Trump to be removed, but there is that pesky election comming-up. That is Trump’s only advantage here, the election.
Yep. This going to the Senate would be an absolute nightmare for the D party. I honestly think the D’s are doing this because they can’t stop it, and they are praying to whatever deity they believe in that the court of public opinion will be swayed by this farce, come November of 2020.
The last thing they want to do is put this in the hands of the Senate republicans.
This is fun to watch! The MSM no longer controls the vernacular. The court of public opinion will only come down harder on the D’s. They really don’t have a way out of this.