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babylonsister

(171,032 posts) Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:17 AM Jan 2020

Senate GOP Sees Witnesses Tying Up Senate

Tough shit. gop, do your jobs.

https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/30/senate-gop-sees-witnesses-tying-up-senate/

Senate GOP Sees Witnesses Tying Up Senate
January 30, 2020 at 7:14 am EST By Taegan Goddard

“In the end, the impeachment calculation nearly all Senate Republicans are making is fairly simple: They would rather look as if they ignored relevant evidence than plunge the Senate into an unpredictable, open-ended inquiry that would anger President Trump and court political peril,” the New York Times reports.

“As Republicans lined up on Wednesday behind blocking witnesses in the trial, their reasoning reflected the worry that allowing testimony by John R. Bolton, the former national security adviser whose unpublished manuscript contradicts a central part of Mr. Trump’s impeachment defense, would undoubtedly lead to a cascade of other witnesses. They in turn could provide more damaging disclosures and tie up the Senate indefinitely, when the ultimate verdict — an acquittal of the president — is not in doubt.”

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Senate GOP Sees Witnesses Tying Up Senate (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2020 OP

Just imagine if they couldn't get back to not working on 100s of House bills hatrack Jan 2020 #1

That was exactly my thought. Almost verbatim. Pacifist Patriot Jan 2020 #4

So what? McConnell wouldn't act on any bills the House sent over...so what else is pressing? Frustratedlady Jan 2020 #2

In other words, they are worried that in the face of overwhelming evidence of Trump's guilt femmedem Jan 2020 #3

hatrack

(59,574 posts)

1. Just imagine if they couldn't get back to not working on 100s of House bills

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:18 AM

Jan 2020

Fuckers.

Pacifist Patriot

(24,652 posts)

4. That was exactly my thought. Almost verbatim.

Reply to hatrack (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:42 AM

Jan 2020

Your last word, definitely was.

Frustratedlady

(16,254 posts)

2. So what? McConnell wouldn't act on any bills the House sent over...so what else is pressing?

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:22 AM

Jan 2020

His desk is full of 300-400 of them and I doubt a few more weeks will matter.

He needs to be hammered down and fail so his ego isn't so dangerous and irritating to the rest of us.

femmedem

(8,196 posts)

3. In other words, they are worried that in the face of overwhelming evidence of Trump's guilt

Reply to babylonsister (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 08:37 AM

Jan 2020

including testimony by firsthand witnesses, they will look even worse when they acquit than they look now.

It's an open admission that no matter where the evidence leads, they will acquit.

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