Senate GOP Will Move to Acquit Friday Night
Source: Political Wire
Sen. John Barrasso (R-WV) told NBC News says the GOPs plan would be to move to immediately acquit President Trump on Friday night if in fact the U.S. Senate votes against calling additional witnesses.
The Hill: It was clear to Senate Republicans on Wednesday after a morning meeting between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) that the question of having additional witnesses is settled, and the Senate will vote Friday to wrap up the impeachment trial of President Trump.
Read more: https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/29/senate-gop-will-move-to-acquit-friday-night/
usaf-vet
(6,188 posts)Lonestarblue
(10,011 posts)Its now in the party DNA. There is not an honest one in the bunch, nor one with any sense of loyalty to our country. They will use whatever means necessary to rig the November election so that Trump wins and the Senate stays in Republican hands. The only antidote to that plan is for people to vote for Democrats in such massive numbers that their rigging fails.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)djacq
(1,634 posts)Bolton's book will come out.
Bolton will do his book tour and interviews.
The TRUTH will come out!
These Republican Senators have failed their constitutional job and now are part of the cover-up.
usaf-vet
(6,188 posts)January 28, 2020 - 75% Of Voters Say Allow Witnesses In Senate Impeachment Trial, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; 53% Say President Trump Not Telling Truth About Ukraine
https://poll.qu.edu/national/release-detail?ReleaseID=3654
handmade34
(22,756 posts)and the Super Bowl interview is all important
vapor2
(1,248 posts)now this thug will run with his acquittal and will continue his crimes.
murielm99
(30,745 posts)cstanleytech
(26,293 posts)mountain grammy
(26,623 posts)And its depressing as hell..
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)Depressing as hell for sure.
2naSalit
(86,646 posts)should just refuse to let life go on, like a national strike of some kind. Shut these fuckers down, don;t even let them get home from DC. Fuck 'em... that's what they say and do about us.
lark
(23,105 posts)They know he's a criminal and know the facts will come out. That they don't care, scares me to death. It's showing that they have strong reason to believe that the election is fixed and drumpf and they will win - regardless of how American's vote. What has PUtin promised them and what else will they allow? I think we will know that the fix is in to kill our constitutional way of life. Laws will only apply to Dems (that's pretty much the case right now, so freaking sad), public schools will be ended or will drastically shrink and be totally underfunded to the point they don't work at all, Medicaid, Social Security and Medicare will be destroyed, ACA, psht - gone. Labor laws, including child labor laws and overtime laws - gone. We will become in a very short time a serfs and barons model & guess which we will be.
I really don't see how we can survive this treachery.
Wuddles440
(1,123 posts)Not to be overly dramatic, but the last embers of what little remained of our democracy and, most importantly, the Rule of Law are being extinguished on a daily basis. While I'm hoping for a positive result in November, I'm actively preparing for a worst case scenario and would advise other like minded folks to due the same. In 2016, the control of the federal government by the CONS was not absolute because they had an untested leader and hadn't yet gained near total control of the courts. After the acquittal, there'll be no mechanism to prevent Il Douche and his minions from acting with total impunity and eliminating any and all resistance. I'm expecting an all out assault on minorities, public servants, progressives, and any other groups that do not swear fealty to the CONS and their king. The similarities to the rise of fascism in Europe during the 1920's and 30's is eerie and offers a window to what may transpire in the very near future for us.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)My reaction:
mikewv
(127 posts)Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)Sen. Barasso represents <600K people, less than a decent sized midwestern city. WV is 3x that.
Beyond that...
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)bluestarone
(16,972 posts)IF they have the votes, why not do it NOW?
Liberalhammer
(576 posts)The strategy is to use the spineless cowardly corrupt votes of the Republicans against them in 2020.
denem
(11,045 posts)A lie told to children that is not real.
Progressive Jones
(6,011 posts)Response to brooklynite (Original post)
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Linda Ed
(493 posts)GOP Senator offices are being overwhelmed with calls demanding that witness be produced for testimony at Trumps removal trial. The calls are working. Keep dialing, Patriots.
It ain't over til the fat lady sings!!
ReformedGOPer
(478 posts)and claim "complete exoneration" He also wants to proclaim it at the SOTU speech.
MontanaMama
(23,322 posts)kneel and flip off the MF. I know its a pipe dream...but what a fantasy!
underpants
(182,826 posts)His dumb crooked ass is still impeached but he's going to take a couple of victory laps.
olddad65
(599 posts)Beginning tomorrow, officially we are now living under a dictatorship. No longer a need for the legislative branch.
Saddest day in the history of the USA.
Great day for Russia.
Fuck Putin.
olddad65
(599 posts)The end of an era in world history.
olddad65
(599 posts)have enough sense to realize they are voting to ensure their own obsolescence.
This dictatorship will not have a need for the legislative branch of government.