Final impeachment vote postponed to Wednesday amid internal GOP spat

The Hill ^ | january 31, 2020 | Alexander Bolton and Jordain Carney

[kevcol]

A group of moderates, including Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Mitt Romney (R-Utah), Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), met with McConnell Friday afternoon to hash out strategy to end the trial.

In response to the concerns of moderates who want to follow the model of the 1999 Clinton impeachment trial, which set up 25 hours of closed-door deliberations, Senate GOP leaders floated the idea of having time for deliberations starting Monday. But under one proposal senators would have gotten 10 minutes each to speak on the articles of impeachment against Trump.

[dp0622]

Even if it was public, someone whose vote might be changed actually has to watch.

If you don’t love or hate Trump by now, you ain’t been paying attention (not you :), people in general)

It’s not like he’s shy about his views.

[Alberta's Child]

I still can’t believe Georgia Rep. Doug Collins wants to give up his seat as the ranking Republican on the House Judiciary Committee to join this bunch of feckless losers.

[HamiltonJay]

What nonsense. Just hold the vote and get it over with.

Stupid

[VeniVidiVici]

While they won’t get the witnesses, Democrats want to ensure senators take the time to debate the issue anyway — and in public. “Mitch McConnell wants this over as fast as possible with as little attention as possible,” Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, said Friday. “That’s why today I’m going to fight to ensure the American people can hear our deliberations.” Brown has teamed up with Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., on two motions to prevent closed-door deliberations and force senators to explain their votes in public.

Right. Just like Schiff for brains did in the House.

[Starboard]

Four long days to make more mischief and fabricate stories to damage the president. Its like giving your enemy more ammunition to shoot at you.

[Maris Crane]

I can see our President Trump, as is his nature, take the final days of impeachment as a situation that inspires a good script of some of the best humorous lines, something like “Last Man Standing” would say.

Truth be told, PDJT is the ONLY PRESIDENT WHO WOULD BE ABLE TO PULL IT OFF.

We will NEVER have another like him. He is priceless and we should appreciate him.

I know we do.

[xrmusn]

They wanted to screw with the SOTU address. In this they succeeded.
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I like the idea someone had the other day....

Tell them to wrap this up one way or the other OR he will have the SOU at his choice and convenience.

Would also like to see him tell ALL of them to take a flying at a rolling donut and run as an independent BUT he would probably take the ‘wrong’ crowd with him.

Important to find out who is ‘advising’ him but, as I have mentioned before, I think his ego tells him to pick who HE wants etc..

He still hasn’t learned he can’t just hire and fire without catching a whole lot of static and if his actions are just a tad off, the enema can rise against him.

Someone should be highlighting Mad Max about her remark a couple of weeks ago about ‘if this doesn’t do it, we will do it again’ IMNSHO, it sure sounds seditious and collusion like.

[Fledermaus]

Mitch the Turtle sucks. Human scum. I thought he was the Senate genius.

[faithhopecharity]

Soroznazi $$$?

[ldish]

‘The Dems are going to be very nasty during the SOTU. Their true, ugly colors will shine.’

Postpone it till after!

[xrmusn]

Brown has teamed up with Sens. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., and Dick Durbin, D-Ill.,
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Now that is a pair and a spare of fine, upstanding, honest citizens.

Just who I would want to raise my kids in the shadow of, hoping the shadow is Alcatraz or a ‘Boris’ situation and use them 3 as an example of what is wrong with this country today.

[Maudeen]

Enough already!!!!! I think they want attention. Probably someone has something on all of them.

[Starboard]

this bunch of feckless losers

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You do have to question the man’s sanity.

Its like the captain of a warship giving up his job to go work on a tramp steamer as a deck hand.

[hardspunned]

Once the final vote is taken, it will be as if a switch was flipped. Impeachment gone and a full court press on how Trump’s mismanagement of the caronavirus outbreak is racist and will kill us all.

[wardaddy]

Useless since 1860

If it weren’t that the Dems are so awful...

[dragnet2]

The corrupt sellout GOP was belly up dead on the floor before Trump. They’d better clean up their establishment bull sh*t act or they’ll be dead once again come 2024, when Trump is no longer around to remind these career do nothing hacks who they work for.

[Starboard]

Impeachment gone

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I don’t think so. My money is on Impeachment 2.0 starting up almost immediately.

[Political Junkie Too]

I have never been more ashamed of being an American in my life.

You didn't hear when last night Adam Schiff said "Let's have a trial we can be PROUD of!"

-PJ

[lodi90]

In response to the concerns of moderates who want to follow the model of the 1999 Clinton impeachment trial,

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BS. They already made changes to the “Clinton Model.” This is just Romney & Co. wanting to taint Trump’s SOTU. Once again they show why Trump is POTUS and they never will be.

[bray]

Mitt’s jealousy is pathetic.