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FM123

(10,054 posts) Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:42 PM Mar 2020

Every GOP Senator that voted against convicting & removing trump on Feb 5 has blood on their hands.

They knew what was happening in the world - folks were getting sick and dying and it was getting closer and closer to us here in the United States. AND they knew he was incompetent in every single way - still they let him stay in office knowing that he did not have what it took to keep us safe. They did this to us. As much as I hate trump I think I might hate them more...

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Every GOP Senator that voted against convicting & removing trump on Feb 5 has blood on their hands. (Original Post) FM123 Mar 2020 OP

Yes, well said.."blood on their hands" Stuart G Mar 2020 #1

I suppose Pence couldn't have done any worse. n/t brewens Mar 2020 #2

Pence would have done better. LisaM Apr 2020 #9

Susan Collins is very concerned nt doc03 Mar 2020 #3

Would be interesting to see a time table of ALBliberal Apr 2020 #4

Timeline information from George Conway TreadSoftly Apr 2020 #8

Yes... and it's beyond infuriating! Thekaspervote Apr 2020 #5

Hear, hear! KPN Apr 2020 #6

True. But they don't care. That's how low they've become. VOX Apr 2020 #7

I hate to admit it, but Mother's Boy would have done a much better job Dopers_Greed Apr 2020 #10

Prison will be too good for them. ffr Apr 2020 #11

Trump's a nut. C Moon Apr 2020 #12

"Stench of Death" - a new perfume brought to you by Dump & his rethug accomplices. diva77 Apr 2020 #13

Agree and our people should hammer them over the deaths like mad for atleast the next cstanleytech Apr 2020 #14

Stuart G

(38,448 posts)

1. Yes, well said.."blood on their hands"

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:43 PM

Mar 2020

brewens

(13,622 posts)

2. I suppose Pence couldn't have done any worse. n/t

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:44 PM

Mar 2020

LisaM

(27,832 posts)

9. Pence would have done better.

Reply to brewens (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:44 AM

Apr 2020

I don't like him, but I don't think he has the need to upstage the experts, and we would not be subjected to these god awful two-hour pressers.

doc03

(35,378 posts)

3. Susan Collins is very concerned nt

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Tue Mar 31, 2020, 11:51 PM

Mar 2020

ALBliberal

(2,344 posts)

4. Would be interesting to see a time table of

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:02 AM

Apr 2020

Committee briefings ... HHS for one would have been briefed. Definitely McConnell should have been briefed. And use this for Senate campaign ads. “Senator McConnell knew x date and still voted to acquit”....

TreadSoftly

(219 posts)

8. Timeline information from George Conway

Reply to ALBliberal (Reply #4)

Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:41 AM

Apr 2020

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/03/31/impeachment-didnt-distract-coronavirus-preparations-trump-did/

Excerpts:

Look at the calendar. The impeachment trial ended on Feb. 5. In reality, it was over before it even started, thanks in large part to McConnell. The only drama was about whether there’d be any witnesses — and that ended on Jan. 31, when the Senate voted not to hear testimony. That left plenty of time to deal with the virus.

[skipping some paragraphs]

McConnell’s own colleagues got the message, too. Throughout the early weeks of the crisis, senior administration officials repeatedly briefed senators about the coronavirus. What senators were told was “chilling,” said Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), but the administration wasn’t asking for more funds. “Bottom line: they aren’t taking this seriously enough,” because the administration made “no request for ANY emergency funding, which is a big mistake,” Murphy tweeted — on Feb. 5. Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Richard Burr (R-N.C.) found enough time in mid-February, apparently prompted by concerns about the emerging pandemic, to sell 33 stocks worth up to $1.7 million, triggering an insider-trading investigation by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. (Burr denies wrongdoing.)

And here's the tweet from Murphy:

Just left the Administration briefing on Coronavirus. Bottom line: they aren't taking this seriously enough.

Notably, no request for ANY emergency funding, which is a big mistake. Local health systems need supplies, training, screening staff etc. And they need it now.

HTH

Thekaspervote

(32,794 posts)

5. Yes... and it's beyond infuriating!

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:07 AM

Apr 2020

KPN

(15,650 posts)

6. Hear, hear!

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:11 AM

Apr 2020

VOX

(22,976 posts)

7. True. But they don't care. That's how low they've become.

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2020, 01:18 AM

Apr 2020

They’ve hitched their wagon to Trump (who REALLY doesn’t give a damn), and that’s that. Fox, Sinclair, and others will cover their behinds.

A recent Gallup poll has Trump at 60% approval for how he’s “handling” this crisis. So Republicans aren’t worried.

It’s completely insane.

Dopers_Greed

(2,640 posts)

10. I hate to admit it, but Mother's Boy would have done a much better job

Reply to FM123 (Original post)

Wed Apr 1, 2020, 02:00 AM

Apr 2020

He would have taken it more seriously, and not spread misinformation at the outset.

And not denied medical supplies to states that didn't pledge fealty to him.

And not used it to benefit his golf resorts.

etc.