Posted on 12/22/2019 7:12:11 PM PST by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Full Title: "Senator Doug Jones says he may vote to acquit Trump if fellow Democrats fail to 'connect the dots' during impeachment trial as polls show him losing 2020 election in Alabama to Jeff Sessions"
Senator Doug Jones of Alabama says he could vote to acquit President Trump in his upcoming impeachment trial if his Democratic colleagues dont connect the dots and prove his guilt.
The Democrat, who faces a tough re-election fight - possibly against his predecessor, former US Attorney General Jeff Sessions - said the allegations against the president were serious but he is open to voting not guilty because of gaps.
I'm trying to see if the dots get connected, Jones told ABC News on Sunday.
If that is the case, then I think it's a serious matter. I think it's an impeachable matter.
But if these dots aren't connected and there are other explanations that I think are consistent with innocence, I will go that way too.
What I really want to see, though, is to fill in the gaps, he said.
There are gaps.
The Democratic-led House of Representatives approved two impeachment charges against Trump on Wednesday over his pressuring of Ukraine to investigate a political rival, Joe Biden.
There is little chance he will be convicted and removed from office through a trial in a Senate controlled by fellow Republicans.
Democrats are pushing to call top Trump aides to testify, but Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell wants the Senate to consider the case without hearing from new witnesses.
Jones told ABC News on Sunday that he is in no rush to make up his mind.
People can make up their mind with gaps in testimony, but I would like to see a full and complete picture, the senator from Alabama said.
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I am an Alabama Resident. Jones can vote whichever way he wants. It wont matter. He is dead on arrival in 2020.
He running very scared because Alabama will kick his ass out if he votes against Trump. We are going to kick his ass out anyway if the stupid Republicans don’t screw it up again like the Moore candidacy did. We have a solid republican government here except for the RAT Jones. He has to GO!!!!
Poll I found dated Nov 8 shows Sessions up by 13% over Jones. The other top republican is former Auburn head football coach is trailing Sessions. We vote March 3d to see who goes against Jones. Maybe a runoff after that. I think one has to get 51% for no runoff.
There can be no doubt that Rat Party Headquarters will give him permission to vote "not guilty".
Thanks BlackFemaleArmyColonel. By "may" he means he won't, and hopes his vote is ignored afterward, with the emphasis on the fiction that he really gave it a lot of thought and weighed the so-called evidence before making up his mind. He's full of it.
It’s very simple if Jones’s internals indicate he has a chance to be re-elected he will vote to acquit because he knows if he votes against Trump he’s as dead as Vince Foster. The merits mean nothing.
Translation......my research is showing that most of the state of Alabama is willing to burn DC to the ground over this sham, so I’ll take the cowards way out and vote with the Rs. I’ve already talked to leadership and advised that if they want, even a remote chance to hold onto this seat, I’ll have to vote with the Rs.
Jones will lose no matter what he does on impeachment UNLESS Roy Moore is the republican candidate again. I will never ever vote for Moore. I held my nose and voted for him last time. Not happening again. The thought of that moron in front of a microphone making a fool of himself in front of the whole country is a non starter. Don’t know if I’d vote for Jones or just skip senator.
Point well made.
Too late. He is toast!
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