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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSo Collins shouted, "That's not true" when House Managers
said tRump threatened the GOP senators telling them that their heads would be on pikes if they didn't vote the way he wanted. I think that's what Chris Hayes just said to Rachel.
RandySF
(58,887 posts)madaboutharry
(40,212 posts)I am so tired of her.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)is Sara Gideon, who I have been to her campaign occasionally. Vote Susan out.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)Mid-Evil of him.
mitch96
(13,909 posts)dweller
(23,641 posts)🤔
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wnylib
(21,483 posts)onenote
(42,714 posts)The only time that silence was mandated was during the period when the House managers were first "exhibiting" the articles.
Yet, DUers continue to incorrectly claim that imprisonment is the penalty for not being silent all through the trial.
wnylib
(21,483 posts)single day. But when I did hear it, i also heard the Senators being advised to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. Media have discussed it, too.
Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)This will be reason Collins and the others vote no on witness's
EleanorR
(2,393 posts)It's long been a game republicans play, feigning outrage and using the fake outage as an excuse to act without integrity.
If Collins has an issue with the pike comment, she should take it up with CBS.
kacekwl
(7,017 posts)And probably launch an investigation. Snowflakes one and all.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)Not only Susie (I'm concerned) Collins. Murkowski is also latching on to this horrible transgression to indicate she may vote along with the other Repukes. It's a made to order excuse.
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)anyways.
Same shit different year. Vote them out.
SunSeeker
(51,564 posts)And that's after she passed a note to Roberts to complain that Nadler used the word, "liar," and got Roberts to issue an admonishment.
She is pathetic.
Thank you!
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)a change in the Senate seating rules which would have pushed the Reporters back from the first row in the Senate balcony where they presently are seated. The reason: from the first row Reporters can see (and report) on what the Senators are (or are not) doing. Susie doesn't like that.
SunSeeker
(51,564 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)It's clearly somewhere else.
H2O Man
(73,558 posts)rufus dog
(8,419 posts)Shut up and go away.
a kennedy
(29,672 posts)House Managers.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)all fox noise has is hatred and division.
cally
(21,594 posts)Seems like a breach a decorum and not impartial. I dont think she comes across well in this process. Her true self and partisan apologist persona shows.
GreenPartyVoter
(72,377 posts)magicarpet
(14,154 posts)...a about civility and decorum. Then she yells out to the House Managers during their presentation ?
Hypocrisy much there Susan ?
Blaukraut
(5,693 posts)We can forget about her making the right choice. She probably knows her goose is cooked in Maine and is angling for a cushy little lobbying job.
H2O Man
(73,558 posts)VOX
(22,976 posts)Silly me, its on the books as law (or rule) and youve got Republicans in there, who just see laws as something to completely ignore, since no law or procedure applies to them. Membership has its privileges.
EleanorR
(2,393 posts)Time to remove trump from office.
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,435 posts)robbob
(3,531 posts)Is the head on a pike comment real, and proven? Adam was very careful to frame his comments I dont know if its true... etc. etc. I have no doubt it could be true, but can we PROVE its true?
LAS14
(13,783 posts)... Collins could be so sure it wasn't true when she was stuck in the senate chamber without her cell all day.
FBaggins
(26,748 posts)They dont want anyone to break ranks... and shes one of the most likely to defect (and thus the most likely to be threatened)
I rather doubt the story is true. There isnt a need to threaten them. They all know that a vote for removal would cost them enough of their base to lose an election.
burrowowl
(17,641 posts)knows what a pike is.
keithbvadu2
(36,819 posts)Anonymous source? It must be credible.
Trump uses anonymous sources quite often and presents them as credible.
Brother Buzz
(36,440 posts)She may be genuinely out of the loop because the orange anus' thugs can't trust her to keep her mouth zipped
dalton99a
(81,514 posts)liberalmediaaddict
(766 posts)I kept waiting for him to gavel in when the Senators started laughing and say "order!" And when Collins broke the no talking rule he definitely should have reprimanded her. She was disrespecting the "greatest deliberative body in the world." LOL
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)Parliament. I miss that guy, he was so entertaining when he did that.
triron
(22,006 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)you wonder if Roberts is on the side of the law.
sheshe2
(83,785 posts)malaise
(269,035 posts)Can't wait to see her lose
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)bdamomma
(63,868 posts)is it Protocol to ask Roberts to preside at this trial why couldn't they chose Sotomayer, or Kagan or Ruth Ginsburg?
Polybius
(15,428 posts)The constitution mandates that it's the Chief. In 1998 at Clinton's, it was Rehnquist.
MoonlitKnight
(1,584 posts)Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! All persons are commanded to keep silence, on pain of imprisonment.
bdamomma
(63,868 posts)Stinky The Clown
(67,807 posts)UTUSN
(70,704 posts)Last edited Sun Jan 26, 2020, 12:21 AM - Edit history (4)
BigmanPigman
(51,608 posts)Maybe McConnell helped them find their long lost spines. I'm glad I called all of their offices to complain...it made me feel better and blew off steam.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Miguelito Loveless
(4,465 posts)Trump doesnt have to threaten the senators he owns.
Martin Eden
(12,870 posts)I thought it wasn't in dispute.