trump impeachment watch thread

[Will Hunting]

Patrick Leahy is so ing old and clueless, I can’t believe the Dems had this guy as judiciary chair.

[Will Hunting]

The Senate President Pro Tem really needs to be someone other than the oldest most senile from whatever party has the majority. Leahy is even worse than Grassley.

[Reck]

So Mike Lee is retracting he said what he said? But he's on camera saying he got a call from Trump instead of Tuberville.

[boutons_deux]

Borowitz:

"Biden Admits Watching Impeachment"

[Reck]

Mike Lee in full panic mode.

[Will Hunting]

Mike Lee is making a huge deal about this because he’s worried about losing MAGA s in 2022. These GOP senators are so ing pathetic.

[Winehole23]

Mike Lee is making a huge deal about this because he’s worried about losing MAGA s in 2022. These GOP senators are so ing pathetic.

There were two phone calls, did Cicillone get some tiny detail wrong in his very long presentation?

[boutons_deux]

70%+ of Repug voters say Biden is an illegit President

40%+ of Repug voters support the rape of the Capitol by Trash's criminal cult mob

[Winehole23]

people will resort to violence to defeat democracy and install a dictator, who would have thought?

[baseline bum]

Mike Lee is making a huge deal about this because he’s worried about losing MAGA s in 2022. These GOP senators are so ing pathetic.

In ing Utah of all places where Trump is a lot less popular with the base than in other red states. Absolute zero chance of conviction.

[Will Hunting]

In ing Utah of all places where Trump is a lot less popular with the base than in other red states. Absolute zero chance of conviction.

Mike Lee was never gonna vote to convict, he’s always been a MAGA . I wish the Dems ran Evan McMullin against him as an independent w/ no Democrat on the ballot (similar to what they did in Alaska this year).

Its at least funny seeing that weasel Marco Rubio so ing angry about having to cast a vote ahead of ‘22. Democrats should run Charlie Christ against him imo.

[pgardn]

Putting on a show hold ppl accountable? How?

Waste of money after what has gone on in the WH for the last 4 years...
Just sftu.
Worst excuse ever for the lack of entertainment this holds for you.

[ducks]

https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-...rhetoric-pastM

Democracts say fight like

[elbamba1]

Mike Lee was never gonna vote to convict, he’s always been a MAGA . I wish the Dems ran Evan McMullin against him as an independent w/ no Democrat on the ballot (similar to what they did in Alaska this year).

Its at least funny seeing that weasel Marco Rubio so ing angry about having to cast a vote ahead of ‘22. Democrats should run Charlie Christ against him imo.

As a Mormon, I can tell you that McMullen would get destroyed in Utah. There are local Salt Lake politicians that would fare better, but still couldn’t win a statewide election.

[spurraider21]

damn, i missed the hoopla. what exactly was Mike Lee taking issue with?

[lefty]

Trump’s lawyers

[ducks]

House Democrat impeachment managers trying to tie former President Donald Trump to an insurrection before Jan. 6 has grown the "not guilty vote," and the trial "will be over by Sunday," according to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

"This thing is collapsing before their eyes and the not guilty vote is growing," Graham told Fox News' "Hannity" on Wednesday night. "So, it will be over by Sunday, I hope, for the good of the country."

Graham rebuked the House Democrat impeachment managers for trying twist the alleged "incitement of insurrection" from President Donald Trump's "peacefully and patriotically protest" speech Jan. 6 to suggest he was in on it with insurrectionist plans before the "Stop the Steal" rally.

"Let me tell your viewers the not guilty vote is growing after today," Graham told host Sean Hannity. "I think most Republicans found the presentation by the House managers offensive and absurd.

"We all know what happened in the Capitol was terrible. I hope everybody involved that broke in the Capitol goes to jail. But I don't remember any of the House managers saying a damn thing when they were trying to break in my house and going after Susan Collins and spitting on all of us.

"If this is a problem for a politician to give the speech that President Trump did, well, then Kamala Harris has a real problem because she actively engaged in bailing out rioters. Here is what I suggest: If you are a politician trying to raise bail for people accused of rioting, you are inciting more riots – something that nobody talked about – that is important. If there is preplanning, there is no incitement."

Graham finished with advice for Trump's defense lawyers.

"Here is what I would do: I would take all of your videos – literally, you have got the Democrat politicians being silent or encouraging acts of violence; you have a sitting vice president as a U.S. Senator telling people they are not going to stop, they shouldn't stop, and trying to bail them out.

[ducks]

Why are riots ok every but the captial
Chuck
Why are murders ok but not in captial ?

The elected officials only care about themselves not the USA
Is that right Chuck and Nancy !

[Reck]

lady G sounds nervous.

[clambake]

Yuma lol

[Reck]

I mean he’s not wrong. It will be over by Sunday but saying this is collapsing. Most of them admit dems have been doing a great job at showing Trump is really guilty. They’re just not voting to convict cuz....MAGA.

[Winehole23]

previously unseen videos, some Republicans reportedly refused to watch.

https://www.nbcnews.com/video/full-v...t-100824645592
https://www.nbcnews.com/nightly-news...k-100829253780

[Bogie]

House Democrat impeachment managers trying to tie former President Donald Trump to an insurrection before Jan. 6 has grown the "not guilty vote," and the trial "will be over by Sunday," according to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

"This thing is collapsing before their eyes and the not guilty vote is growing," Graham told Fox News' "Hannity" on Wednesday night. "So, it will be over by Sunday, I hope, for the good of the country."

Graham rebuked the House Democrat impeachment managers for trying twist the alleged "incitement of insurrection" from President Donald Trump's "peacefully and patriotically protest" speech Jan. 6 to suggest he was in on it with insurrectionist plans before the "Stop the Steal" rally.

"Let me tell your viewers the not guilty vote is growing after today," Graham told host Sean Hannity. "I think most Republicans found the presentation by the House managers offensive and absurd.

"We all know what happened in the Capitol was terrible. I hope everybody involved that broke in the Capitol goes to jail. But I don't remember any of the House managers saying a damn thing when they were trying to break in my house and going after Susan Collins and spitting on all of us.

"If this is a problem for a politician to give the speech that President Trump did, well, then Kamala Harris has a real problem because she actively engaged in bailing out rioters. Here is what I suggest: If you are a politician trying to raise bail for people accused of rioting, you are inciting more riots – something that nobody talked about – that is important. If there is preplanning, there is no incitement."

Graham finished with advice for Trump's defense lawyers.

"Here is what I would do: I would take all of your videos – literally, you have got the Democrat politicians being silent or encouraging acts of violence; you have a sitting vice president as a U.S. Senator telling people they are not going to stop, they shouldn't stop, and trying to bail them out.

you’re really dumb

[RandomGuy]

The Senate President Pro Tem really needs to be someone other than the oldest most senile from whatever party has the majority. Leahy is even worse than Grassley.

I am glad I wasn't the only one thinking this.

[RandomGuy]

damn, i missed the hoopla. what exactly was Mike Lee taking issue with?

The house managers used reports of Trump calling Lee as evidence, Lee was upset because he claimed that the reports were inaccurate. "I am a witness".

an article from the journalist:

Moments after the proceedings in the Senate were halted by the Capitol Police, my phone rang. The caller ID indicated that the call was coming from the White House. I thought it was Robert O’Brien, the president’s national security advisor, calling to update me on a question I had asked him about a security threat from Iran.
To my great surprise, it was not Robert O’Brien, but President Trump on the other end of the line. My heart started to beat a little faster, as I was convinced he could only be calling to argue with me about my reading of the Twelfth Amendment and Article II, Section 1.
There was a lot of noise and commotion in the room, but I thought I heard him say “How’s it going, Tommy?”
I said, “Mr. President, this is Mike Lee.”
“No,” he insisted, “I dialed Tommy’s number.”
“Mr. President, are you calling for Tommy Tuberville (my new colleague from Alabama)?”
“Yes.”
Anxious to hand the phone to someone else (and not have to argue with the president about matters at hand), I asked if he’d like me to find Senator Tuberville.
He said, “Yeah sure, that’d be great.”
I went and found Senator Tuberville, handed him my phone, and explained that the president would like to speak to him. I stood nearby for the next five or ten minutes as they spoke, not wanting to lose my phone in the middle of a crisis.
Then the Capitol Police became very nervous and ordered us to evacuate the chamber immediately. As they were forcing everyone out of the chamber, I awkwardly found myself interrupting the same telephone conversation I had just facilitated.
“Excuse me, Tommy, we have to evacuate. Can I have my phone?”
Senator Tuberville promptly ended the call and returned my phone to its rightful owner.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics...e-lee-told-me/