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It’s Senate Republicans Who Are On Trial

  

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Via:  john-russell  •  4 years ago  •  68 comments

It’s Senate Republicans Who Are On Trial
If a guilty defendant goes on the stand and basically shows they are guilty that is not a bad thing. Senate Republicans are on trial and here they are basically testifying against themselves. “They worked with Trump and McConnell to sabotage the trial.”

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You’ve probably now read about Mitch McConnell’s cover-up plan for a Senate impeachment trial. It’s outrageous and Democrats should fight it tooth and nail. But this is an important moment to remember just who is on trial. President Trump is obviously guilty. The President’s trial briefs concede as much – stating baldly the none of the alleged offenses are impeachable even if proven. It’s always been Senate Republicans who are on trial.

We know what Trump did. What remains to be seen is whether Senate Republicans will back his behavior. Monday evening we got a big part of the answer.


When we say that it’s senate Republicans who are on trial that’s not just rhetoric or word play. It’s the reality and understanding it is a guide to political action.

I’ve already seen a number of statements from Senate Democrats “hoping” that “Republican moderates” will force McConnell to backtrack. This is all wrong, not least because it prospectively credits the good faith of these supposed “moderates” who are in fact operating as McConnell’s foot soldiers in shutting the trial down. In other words, this is vouching for the good faith and good intentions of senators who deserve to be driven from office in November. Start making the case against them right now. If any of them think they are unfairly accused the solution is ready at hand.

For the Democrats making these pleas it demonstrates a painful and demoralizing passivity. In no part of life should we helplessly beg for things we can have no power to effect or gain.

There are half a dozen Republican senators in competitive races. They deserve to be held to account for this abdication of duty. If a guilty defendant goes on the stand and basically shows they are guilty that is not a bad thing. Senate Republicans are on trial and here they are basically testifying against themselves. “They worked with Trump and McConnell to sabotage the trial.”




We know the trial ends in the President’s acquittal. If that is the case the best result is for his defenders and accomplices to reveal as clearly as possible their insistence on covering up for him. So yes, it’s bad. Yes, it’s a disgrace. Yes, Democrats should fight it. But mainly it’s a vindication of what Democrats have been saying for years. Don’t beg. Keep the receipts And hold these men and women to account in November. Indeed hold them to account now so it matters in November.








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JohnRussell
Professor Principal
1  seeder  JohnRussell    4 years ago

“If you don’t have a real trial that you can judge impeachment on the merits, then this democracy is eroded,” Schumer told CNN “New Day” anchor John Berman. “And Mitch McConnell will go down in history as one of the people eroding democracy because he has gone along with President Trump’s cover up hook, line and sinker.”

 
 
 
squiggy
Junior Silent
1.2  squiggy  replied to  JohnRussell @1    4 years ago

Yes, and Republican senators are now part of a cover-up. With the three women managers, it brings back Madeline Albright's supernova moment of declaring a special spot in Hell for women who don't vote her way. Just put your shit on the table and it either talks or walks.

 
 
 
It Is ME
Masters Guide
4  It Is ME    4 years ago

"It’s Senate Republicans Who Are On Trial"

NOPE !

The "Senate" wasn't set up to "FIX" a "Fucked Up Impeachment"jrSmiley_88_smiley_image.gif by the House ! jrSmiley_78_smiley_image.gif

 
 
 
Sean Treacy
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5  Sean Treacy    4 years ago

It's nice to know Schumer now believes he  engaged in a cover up during the Clinton impeachment.

It astounding seeing the same people who acquitted a President they know was guilty of an actual  felony act self righteous about Trump's impeachment.  It vindicates what Republicans have been saying for years. 

 
 
 
Tacos!
Professor Guide
6  Tacos!    4 years ago

So, what I get from reading this is that this impeachment is not about the president or justice. It's about attacking the integrity of the Senate so Democrats can take it back in November. This is being done by submitting bullshit accusations and then screaming "foul" when the Senate doesn't obediently go along with it.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
6.1  Ozzwald  replied to  Tacos! @6    4 years ago
It's about attacking the integrity of the Senate so Democrats can take it back in November.

Not quite.  It is about attacking Senate Republicans for failing to act as fair and impartial jurors in an impeachment trial as is called for in the Constitution.

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
6.1.2  Ozzwald  replied to    4 years ago
Explain to me in what trial the jury calls witnesses?

Afraid to answer the question???  Just another deflection. jrSmiley_78_smiley_image.gif

Are you claiming that the Senators are not acting as jurors in the impeachment trial????

 
 
 
Ozzwald
Professor Quiet
6.1.4  Ozzwald  replied to    4 years ago
By definition, if they are the jury, then they are jurors. it's right there in my comment. try again, or don't. 

Well now you know, in what trial a jury calls witnesses, don't you?  You just answered your own question.

 
 
 
The Magic 8 Ball
Masters Quiet
8  The Magic 8 Ball    4 years ago

nothing good is going to come from this for the [deleted]

they try to impeach a president with no evidence of a crime and then cry like little bitches when the senate does not play along...

very predictable and pathetic of today's left.    like a bunch of 10yr old children who did not get their way.

 
 
 
Tessylo
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8.1  Tessylo  replied to  The Magic 8 Ball @8    4 years ago

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Tessylo
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8.1.2  Tessylo  replied to  dennis smith @8.1.1    4 years ago

Spare me.  

Speak to loki about the 'schoolyard language'

 
 
 
Tessylo
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8.1.4  Tessylo  replied to  dennis smith @8.1.3    4 years ago

Who asked you?

 
 
 
Tessylo
Professor Principal
10  Tessylo    4 years ago

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