Mega-Thread: Impeachment Proceedings & Inquiry of Trump

[Beefhammer]

Weren't the Republicans supposed to win big in 2018?

Oops.

They also supposedly won big in 2016 while losing the popular vote and losing seats in the House and Senate. Oops again

[Levelfive]

He also said

You don’t have to be convicted of a crime to lose your job in this Constitutional Republic,” - Sen (r) Graham 1999

"“People try to analyze Lindsey through the prism of the manifest inconsistencies that exist between things that he used to believe and what he’s doing now,” Schmidt says. “The way to understand him is to look at what’s consistent. And essentially what he is in American politics is what, in the aquatic world, would be a pilot fish: a smaller fish that hovers about a larger predator, like a shark, living off of its detritus. That’s Lindsey. And when he swam around the McCain shark, broadly viewed as a virtuous and good shark, Lindsey took on the patina of virtue. But wherever the apex shark is, you find the Lindsey fish hovering about, and Trump’s the newest shark in the sea. Lindsey has a real draw to power — but he’s found it unattainable on his own merits.”"

https://www.rollingstone.com/politic...-trump-928948/

[noidentity]

What's next, adult coloring books?

How dare you.

[Dontrike]

I can't wait for this to be over, maybe then they can all just focus on the country.

You're funny, Trump hasn't focused on the country since day one.

[Orbitus]

I can't wait for this to be over, maybe then they can all just focus on the country.

Yeah, we know, you don't care about the truth. Your signature explains it all. Especially when you put that bullshit link to an opinion article from the New York Post, like it is worthy of anything but erasing. Keep shilling for Trump, you will eventually get to the same point that the Republican senators and congressmen are. Ignoring reality and evidence, oh wait, you already do that. Carry on.

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This does nothing and changes nothing in the country.

It will change our president. Because it ABSOLUTELY should. You have a link to an opinion article about Obama. Well, ask yourself, if Obama did this, what would I be doing right now? You would be fucking screaming for impeachment on a fucking bullhorn. Hypocrite.

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https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1...157318656?s=19

Poor Lindsey

Wasn't that against the rules of decorum that Mitch McConnell made? That people shouldn't be moving around?

[Benggaul]

Wasn't that against the rules of decorum that Mitch McConnell made? That people shouldn't be moving around?

They've been ignoring pretty much all of them. Several GOP Senators were have been chatting with each other during the proceedings, for example, though I suppose that makes sense since they're not there to get information anyway given that their vote is already locked in.

[Edge-]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51231047

Cool, so both parties Senators, though seemingly many more Republicans, are acting like bored schoolkids.

This. Is. Your. Fucking. Job.

If I acted like this during an event for work that was even remotely as significant and important as an Impeachment trial, I'd be instantly fired for unprofessionalism.

This is unacceptable, and all Senators sleeping, doddling, making paper airplanes, repeatedly leaving to check Twitter, and playing with fidget spinners need to receive a school kids punishment for their behavior - detention where they're forced to remain in the chamber even longer.

[ringpriest]

I can't wait for this to be over, maybe then they can all just focus on the country.

If left unchecked, Republicans would "focus on the country" in much the same way they would focus on an unprotected underage schoolgirl.

[starlord]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51231047

Cool, so both parties Senators, though seemingly many more Republicans, are acting like bored schoolkids.

This. Is. Your. Fucking. Job.

If I acted like this during an event for work that was even remotely as significant and important as an Impeachment trial, I'd be instantly fired for unprofessionalism.

This is unacceptable, and all Senators sleeping, doddling, making paper airplanes, repeatedly leaving to check Twitter, and playing with fidget spinners need to receive a school kids punishment for their behavior - detention where they're forced to remain in the chamber even longer.

its probably to signal to their voters that "impeachment doesn't matter" as they've been saying the whole time.

[Orbitus]

They've been ignoring pretty much all of them. Several GOP Senators were have been chatting with each other during the proceedings, for example, though I suppose that makes sense since they're not there to get information anyway given that their vote is already locked in.

Yeah, Josh Hawley, or whatever his name is, was doing a Fox News interview, while the senate was in session yesterday. Which is EXPLICITLY against their agreed upon rules. I can understand if Graham was going to the bathroom, but it was convenient he left when he was going to be a star attraction in a hypocritical video he did in 1999.

[arandomuser]

So if i was on trial, and my lawyer had documents that only proved my complete and total exoneration, its best if i actually do everything to withhold that evidence that exonerates mefrom the jury instead of showing it? Thats basically what republicans are saying with trump withholding documents, and half the country buys it. Just show the documents if theres nothing there, and youll make us look like fools in the process! whats the downside.

[the game]

If left unchecked, Republicans would "focus on the country" in much the same way they would focus on an unprotected underage schoolgirl.

so now all republicans are pedophiles?

[Wyrt]

I can't wait for this to be over, maybe then they can all just focus on the country.

How? McConnell just blocks votes on fucking everything the House sends to him.

[Beefhammer]

I can't wait for this to be over, maybe then they can all just focus on the country.

Like you really care. McConnell is sitting on ove 400 Bill's and claims the Dems do nothing.

[D Luniz]

so now all republicans are pedophiles?

hey, you said it
though they have shown they are more than willing in masse to go to bat for one (Dennis Hastert)

[Orbitus]

How? McConnell just blocks votes on fucking everything the House sends to him.

Or he lets Trump continue pushing tariffs on countries unilaterally, with no reason, other than they hurt his snowflake feelings. Which in turn costs the US people more money.

[Fugus]

I just got home not long ago and missed the Senate stuff. Can anyone get me a rundown on it?

[muto]

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-51231047

Cool, so both parties Senators, though seemingly many more Republicans, are acting like bored schoolkids.

This. Is. Your. Fucking. Job.

If I acted like this during an event for work that was even remotely as significant and important as an Impeachment trial, I'd be instantly fired for unprofessionalism.

This is unacceptable, and all Senators sleeping, doddling, making paper airplanes, repeatedly leaving to check Twitter, and playing with fidget spinners need to receive a school kids punishment for their behavior - detention where they're forced to remain in the chamber even longer.

I don’t really have a problem with fidget spinners they help with anxiety and stress. Basically a stress ball.

[Belize]

I don’t really have a problem with fidget spinners they help with anxiety and stress. Basically a stress ball.

You also don't have a problem with Trump committing crimes, so excuse us if we find that your bar for what is acceptable is low.

[Deja Thoris]

You also don't have a problem with Trump committing crimes, so excuse us if we find that your bar for what is acceptable is low.

Picking a fight about fidget spinners. You go girl!