Posted on 01/30/2020 6:21:04 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
The impeachment trial veered deeply into politics Thursday as Democrats said President Trump can’t be trusted to be on the ballot this year. Republicans accused them of trying to remove the president by force because they know voters would return him to the White House.
Senators wrapped up a second day of questions with few new revelations of fact but with sharper barbs between the House Democrats prosecuting the impeachment and the president’s legal team acting as his defense.
“What’s really going on is he’s a threat to them, he’s an immediate, legitimate threat to them, he’s an immediate legitimate threat to their candidate because the election’s only eight months away,” said Eric Herschmann, one of the president’s attorneys.
November’s presidential election looms large as the impeachment trial heads for its denouement.
“President Trump must be removed from office because his ongoing abuse of power threatens the integrity of the next election,” said Rep. Adam B. Schiff of California, conductor of the Democrats’ impeachment effort.
He and Mr. Trump’s team are slated to give their closing arguments Friday, and the Senate expects to then move to the key question of whether to extend the trial by calling witnesses and subpoenaing documents from the administration.
Democrats say the Senate must at minimum hear from former National Security Adviser John R. Bolton, who has written a book in which he reportedly asserts Mr. Trump told him military aid to Ukraine was being blocked until that country turned over information on former Vice President Joseph R. Biden and on whether Ukraine meddled in the 2016 election.
Those arguments are the crux of Democrats’ impeachment case.
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Rep. Adam B. Schiff, media trying to jazz up their loser side. I remember when the Times was a conservative paper.
What he is really a threat to, and why they have fought him at every turn, is the 30 year bipartisan plan to fundamentally transform this country into North Mexico and subsume it to the UN.
WE are in the way.
WE are the sovereign.
I’m totally sick of this impeachment crap. Come on Turtle. Get it over with already.
The Rats are setting the stage for claiming that the election is illegitimate. If you have Trump stickers on your car or a Trump sign in your yard, be prepared to have your property vandalized.
Who could accomplish as much as Trump, when dealing with such adversity? They want socialism and Trump stands in their way.
The Democrats are attempting to form the template for future impeachments of GOP presidents.
The play is to nullify elections.
If the Senate was in Dem hands right now they would be ejecting Trump from office.
This impeachment is about cheating on the 2020 election.
It’s about democrats cheating to get Trump out of the running.
Can’t beat him, impeach him.
They would still need 67, I don’t see that happening even if the Democrats take the Senate (God forbid)
Among the general population there are many conspiracy theorists. I have some in my family. They have decided that Trump is a traitor and the Senate is corrupted. These include those who think 9/11 was an inside job, the Supremes stole the 2000 election, Bush stole the 2004 election, etc.
They can’t be told.
WE are the sovereign.
Yes, WE are the real resistance.
The coup that started in November of 2016 continues. Evidently, the Democrats despise Democracy, opt for overthrowing the elected president by force soon. Our country is falling apart
Our country WAS falling apart. Trump’s election stopped it.
Our country WAS falling apart. Trump’s election stopped it.
If the senate demanded a secret vote he might be thrown out as well
Yep, 2000, 2016, 2020 . . . forever more.
The rat hallmark is that they build nothing. They work to destroy great institutions and men.
CNN TV headline:
Alexander:dems proved case, but voters should decide trrump’s fate
Did he Alexander actually say the “dems proved case” or did CNN slip that in his statement?
Pretty tough to get to 2/3rds.
It's the usual mixed bag. I'm glad he is leaving the Senate. He is trouble. He is a snake. Not a good person.
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