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Poiuyt

(18,122 posts) Thu Jan 30, 2020, 03:00 AM Jan 2020

Day in Impeachment: Top Democrat Concedes 'Probably No' on Witnesses

Republican leaders signaled they were regaining confidence that they would be able to block new witnesses and documents and bring the trial to an acquittal verdict as soon as Friday. Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the minority leader, acknowledged that winning enough Republican votes was unlikely.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/impeachment-trial-live-01-29

What happened? Just yesterday, they were saying that there would be enough republicans to vote for witnesses.

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Day in Impeachment: Top Democrat Concedes 'Probably No' on Witnesses (Original Post) Poiuyt Jan 2020 OP

We lost Murkowski. She was one of the 4 Repubs we needed. SunSeeker Jan 2020 #1

SunSeeker

(51,550 posts)

1. We lost Murkowski. She was one of the 4 Repubs we needed.

Reply to Poiuyt (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 03:22 AM

Jan 2020

Mitch McConnell met with her this morning and apparently got her to commit to blocking witnesses. https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2020/01/29/trump-impeachment-mcconnell-reportedly-met-swing-vote-murkowski/4611241002/

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