It doesn’t seem like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s announcement that he has the votes to start the Senate impeachment trial without witnesses was enough to break House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in their stalemate over the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump.
Keep outplaying Yertle, Madam Speaker.
You’re damn good at it, and it’s fun to watch.
The minions now believe that Nancy’s bluff has been called and she is not in a position of strength any longer. Some are stupid enough to believe she should now be impeached herself (never mind that there’s no provision for that).
Any bets as to how long it takes for Nancy to prove them wrong?
Well, that’s the minions all over. Believing what they’re told without asking if that makes any sense or if there’s any evidence to support it is the main thing that makes them minions.
Keep on your steady course, Madame Speaker. Everything else is going to hell, don’t want you to concede to this corrupt dirtbag.
So he says he has the votes - let him show his hand.
Put the cards on the table Moscow Mitch. Show the world - and speaker Pelosi - EXACTLY how you plan to proceed.
Then she’ll decide how and when to move the articles forward. Nothing you claim to have, changes the dynamics of the situation.
Time to start the hearings on Articles 3 … N
“Sadly, Leader McConnell has made clear that his loyalty is to the President and not the Constitution,” Pelosi wrote..
Constitution? What’s that?
This is perfect for him. The NPD thrives on being the center of attention and having to give nothing in return.
Have I mentioned this week how much I like and respect Nancy Pelosi, and how glad I am that she became Speaker instead of the others clamoring for the post when the Democrats took the House?
This was the day Nancy was made for. She is in charge at the right time in history.
Pelosi is correct, McConnell’s fidelity is to Trump rather than the Constitution and his oath. McConnell has surrendered his Congressional oversite duties in the pursuit of power. It’s shameful.
Beaker says he has the votes. Ok, prove it. Then when the GOP Coc–Republicans, acquit the Dime Store Mussolini and he goes to take a victory lap, impeach him AGAIN on emoluments.
Yup, but entirely predictable. #ditchMoscowMitch has no Trump loyalty. His is a party loyalty, which led to him refusing the Merrick Garland nomination. If it isn’t GOP oriented, #ditchMoscowMitch wants no part of it. His photo appears next to the definition of Partisan.
This should never be allowed again to have someone like that in charge of so much as a paper bag.
Personally, I don’t think he even has party loyalty – he has only power loyalty, and the only power he’s loyal to is his own.
Nancy SMASH!!
Yup Two middle fingers for Moscow Mitch
He may have te votes but he doesn’t have the 70% of Americans who want witnesses
The pressure is on him not Nancy
Dear Pelosi Haters,
Kiss my ass.
Sincerely,
trnc
The evidence obtained and publicly presented during the House hearings clearly shows that the President and Vice President violated their oaths of office and were involved in bribery (of the political form) and abuse of office. It was a shakedown, plain and simple. They lied to the country to cover up their actions. These acts, which have been verified by numerous sources (including the President’s own words and those of his associates), are in violation of the US Constitution. He was impeached by the House based on his actions. He needs to be tried in the Senate for these acts against the US. There are rules and laws that we require all of our politicians to follow that are (and should be) unassailable. The President needs to be held accountable by a real trial in the Senate as a consequence - it does not matter what “people” think.
This situation is not at all like the political trial of President Clinton pushed by the Moral Majority, of whom none, as history has shown, would pass their own “purity” test. The integrity of the process of how we govern and operate in the US is at stake. The Republican Party has mutated into a malignant force in this country over the past 40 years, whose designs no longer address how to serve and uplift the entire population but only a select subset of individuals.
Let us also not forget the numerous other issues that have yet to be publicly discussed and investigated by the House. These include the President allowing foreign enemies (Russia, NOT Ukraine) to disrupt our elections, to spread false information that undermines our national and international objectives and roles, and his potential financial indebtedness to Russian money (i.e., he’s bought). Republican members want to remain in control and appear willing to pursue anything (including active voter suppression and gerrymandering efforts on their part) towards that goal. Their silence in the current situation regarding Iran and Iraq is deafening.
The framers of our Constitution gave Senate members six year terms in an attempt to minimize the effect of heated popular or political opinions. They must serve as objective jurors and not shills for the President or Party, regardless of party affiliation or political beliefs. History will record if evidence is allowed to be presented, what that evidence is, as well as each Senator’s vote. How they vote is their decision, but it will be recorded.
See: https://www.senate.gov/about/traditions-symbols/oath-taking.htm
"Oath of Office
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God."
No, this is a matter for the Senate, who needs to serve our Country. Each of us should simply ask our Senators to publicly answer whether they cherish their salary or their Country more.
So how is it that the message isn’t clearly received by the American people - there are still entirely too many who, if they remotely paid attention, are asking what’s the big deal?
How is the messaging not getting through, when we think it’s so clearly defined?
