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© (c) Copyright Thomson Reuters 2019.U.S. House committee postpones votes on articles of impeachment
By David Morgan and Ginger Gibson WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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Chip Star
This was a brilliant move. Force the republicans to demonstrate that they are okay with Donny’s corruption to the public.
Blacklabel
Speaking of seeing things.... one of the Dems was watching a golf tournament on his laptop during these solemn, sorrowful, prayerful and heavy hearted deliberations.
Chip Star
Odd way to describe a vote that was intentionally postponed to allow the public to witness it.
nishikat
Anger, insults and no vote: House impeachment hearing ends abruptly after 13 hours
(news source)
13 hours. That is time that no one can get back and it is understandable for the Dems since they are working to get Trump out anyway. But for the Republicans they had to spend (ha ha) 13 hours defending Baby Boy Trump because he just cannot keep is delusions about the Hillaries and Bidens under control. It is true the Republican lawmakers secretly hate trump but at the same time they have to defend him. Trump is a high maintenance president. How long can Republican lawmakers keep this up with Trump? Because there is going to be another episode...perhaps several episodes of this with Trump. The economy better stay strong (Nixon vs. Bill Clinton) otherwise Trump is toast. But next time Trump gets in trouble his Republican buddies like Graham and McConnell will be like .....AGAIN!!!!!????
Blacklabel
yet had no problem passing Obamacare on Christmas Eve. No one cares about this vote enough to watch it on TV. It’s 24-17 we already know.
Blacklabel
But actually our Congress is so lazy (on both sides) that they are mostly just mad they can’t leave one day early for the weekend like they always do.
bass4funk
Well, it’ll be more interesting when we see this first go to the Senate and draw this out as long as the Senate can. Then the Senate will turn the tide on the Democrats and they’ll called to testify especially Schiff, the whistleblower and Hunter or even Joe.
Chip Star
You haven’t been keeping abreast of the situation or you’d know the senate is looking st a short trial.
Don’t forget that the dems also get to call witnesses like Donny, Giuliani, Giuliani’s henchmen, Mulvaney, etc. Then we’ll really see the tide turning.
Chip Star
They will? That’s not what’s being planned here in reality. ROFL.
by David M. Drucker
| December 10, 2019 01:57 PM
Senate Republicans do not expect to call witnesses President Trump might want to hear from most in an impeachment trial, conceding there are not the votes to summon key figures such as Hunter Biden and the unidentified government whistleblower whose complaint sparked the process.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/end-this-republicans-poised-to-call-no-witnesses-during-trump-impeachment-trial-in-senate%3f_amp=true
nishikat
They can't now since Trump is so high maintenance. Again....
Anger, insults and no vote: House impeachment hearing ends abruptly after 13 hours
(news source)
13 HOURS....and many more hours to come because of Trump's actions.
This never happened under Obama's watch. Thank god for Trump the economy is not down, otherwise he would be toast.
Sorry, no free weekends ALL DUE TO TRUMP'S BIG MOUTH
Blacklabel
Yep and we can say no just like Schiff did.
Blacklabel
Or is it suddenly “unfair” if you get none of your witnesses?
so urgent to impeach. Not a moment to waste. Unless there is no liberal TV camera around, can wait for that.
Chip Star
*Senate impeachment procedures allow witnesses to be called by the president’s defense lawyers and by a team of House Democrats who will in effect be the prosecutors.*
https://apnews.com/227149e8403744bf87261f4c9a06f002
nishikat
And this time the waiting time is 13 HOURS and counting. This is a high maintenance situation that Trump created. Trump better hope there is no recession or he is toast (Nixon vs. Clinton)
Blacklabel
So we don’t just get to make up our own rules like Schiff did? That’s no fun. “Procedures” say we get a minority day in the House. You surely saw that we didn’t get one.
I don’t know if it’s best to just end this quick or draw it out. Probably best to hear it and vote to acquit.
There are other ways to get testimony from the whistleblower and Bidens. But They will be irrelevant after acquittal anyway.