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To: kabar
Once articles of impeachment are approved, it automatically goes to the Senate. McConnell says he will take them up. No delay.

True. But...

What happens if the House doesn't hold the vote until next October as an "October Surprise?"

How is the Senate going to take up the articles of impeachment if they are in recess for the election? They won't stay in session in the last week of October or first week of November. They just won't.

So...

The election happens and then what?

If the October Surprise works and Trump loses, will the Senate still hold the trial in the lame-duck session? Keep in mind that we're now into the second week of November and the Senate won't come back until after Thanksgiving. They WON'T rush back ("no delay") to hold the trial. They will stay in recess until December.

Now we're into the last month of a lame-duck Trump. Does the Senate hold the trial in the last three weeks before the Christmas recess or just wait it out and let the articles of impeachment expire at the end of the Congress?

They would only rush to hold the trial if they wanted to convict a lame-duck Trump in order to impose the ban on holding future offices of trust, but Trump will be in his mid-70s and wouldn't run again anyway.

What happens if Trump wins in a landslide? Will the Senate rush back to hold the trial ("no delay") against a popular President who won despite the Democrats hoax of an impeachment hearing, or will they wait until after Thanksgiving for the lame-duck session of Congress? Again, in the lame-duck session, will they hold a trial to acquit the President who just won an election, or just let the articles of impeachment expire when the Senate adjourns sine die so nobody has to go on the record with a vote?

I'm just being practical here. They WON'T rush to a trial if it gets pushed into the lame-duck session after the November election. At that point, "let the people decide" will prevail.

-PJ

651 posted on 11/20/2019 10:37:52 AM PST by Political Junkie Too (Freedom of the press is the People's right to publish, not CNN's right to the 1st question.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

If they wait that long then everyone will definitely forget about it. Your ramblings will never come to be.


665 posted on 11/20/2019 10:44:12 AM PST by JerseyDvl ("If you're going through hell, keep going.")
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