McConnell backs resolution condemning House impeachment inquiry

NightHawkeye said:

Ok. Republicans should just sit down and shut-up ...

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Not all of them -- just McConnell and Graham. If they wanted to be at all relevant to the impeachment process, they should have run for the House, not the Senate.

They'll get their chance after the Articles of Impeachment are drafted. Of course, if either of them had a modicum of knowledge about how our government works, they'd have already known this.

NightHawkeye said:

Ok. Republicans should just sit down and shut-up ... letting Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi lie day after day about anything they can dream up to damage the president?

I don't think so. I also don't think that's how the founding fathers thought impeachment should work.

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As has been pointed out multiple times, Republicans are also present in those closed door sessions. They get equal time to ask questions of the witnesses...!

It is very interesting that, while you express concern that Pelosi et al might leak damaging revelations about Trump, I see nothing from you or any other Trump supporter to indicate any leaks from those Republicans in the committees showing positive findings for him...!

Why might that be, do you think...?

NightHawkeye said:

Thanks for providing that excellent example of what appears to be a bold-faced lie ... or innuendo ... lacking any factual basis of support.

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Major projection here.

Let's consider it though. Have you considered the Clintons' worth now, relative to when Bill Clinton took office. Have you looked at Obama's net worth now?

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It's been nearly 20 years since Bill Clinton left office. A better comparison would be to check how the wealth of the Clintons from before office and upon leaving office. Which way did their net worth go?

Better yet, let's talk about Hunter Biden. How many millions did his net worth go up after he took pay-offs from Ukraine and China?

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The payoff bit is a lie. Consider that Hunter Biden didn't work for any Chinese company until after his father left office - then you see how desperate these lies - originating from Donald and his minions - are.

As for the OP - the Senate does not control the House. This is just blatant partisan political grandstanding for campaign dollars. Donald's campaign is loaded and can funnel big bucks to other campaigns.

Allandavid said:

As has been pointed out multiple times, Republicans are also present in those closed door sessions. They get equal time to ask questions of the witnesses...!

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A pity they'd rather use their time to grandstand...

It is very interesting that, while you express concern that Pelosi et al might leak damaging revelations about Trump, I see nothing from you or any other Trump supporter to indicate any leaks from those Republicans in the committees showing positive findings for him...!

Why might that be, do you think...?

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Because it's starting to look more and more like Donald's been caught dead to rights, and the only way to save him is to destroy the entire legal process...

NightHawkeye said:

... so says the political activist, Laurence Tribe, who Newsweek references as their constitutional scholar.

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You forgot "Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of International Law at Yale, told Newsweek that Graham's resolution is "a legally ignorant red herring.""

and "Frank Bowman, Floyd R. Gibson Missouri Endowed Professor of Law at the University of Missouri, told Newsweek the Republican complaints about the House impeachment inquiry are "without merit.""

Even if Graham and Mitch get their 50 votes, it will still not rise to the importance of a joint resolution, like National Dairy Goat Awareness Week.

NightHawkeye said:

Are you saying that Democrats should continue to uphold the bad decisions made by bad Republicans?

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No, we're saying the Republicans don't get to complain about lying in the bed they made themselves.

NightHawkeye said:

Ahh ... so silence is the only acceptable option.

Just ... NO.

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Howl all you want. It’s just going to fall on deaf ears. These were the rules Democrats abided by when Republicans were in power. They will be the rules Republicans abide by now that the Democrats are in power. May they be unfair and should change. Possibly, but the Republicans have shown in recent years fighting fair is for losers so Democrats aren’t going to level the playing field now that they have gained the upper ground. So scream all you want your bed is uncomfortable, turn your anger to the Republicans that made it for you.

NightHawkeye said:

Ahh ... so silence is the only acceptable option.

Just ... NO.

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If Republicans want to whine like hypocritical infants, no one will stand in their way.

NightHawkeye said:

... so says the political activist, Laurence Tribe, who Newsweek references as their constitutional scholar.

Laurence Tribe - Wikipedia

Tribe is one of the co-founders of the liberal American Constitution Society, the law and policy organization formed to counter the conservative Federalist Society...

Tribe served as a judicial adviser to the Barack Obama's 2008 presidential campaign. In February 2010, he was named "Senior Counselor for Access to Justice" in the Department of Justice.​

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Is he mistaken?

NightHawkeye said:

Ahh ... so silence is the only acceptable option.

Just ... NO.

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McConnell and Graham have an acceptable option: resign their Senate seats and run for the House of Representatives where their opinion will be relevant.

essentialsaltes said:

Even if Graham and Mitch get their 50 votes, it will still not rise to the importance of a joint resolution, like National Dairy Goat Awareness Week.

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I hope they do get their 50 votes. Then when the open house impeachment starts, they can explain to their constituents why they voted to condemn an inquiry that actually exposed the presidents crimes. They can suck up to Trump as much as they want, but there will come a day of judgement.