trump impeachment watch thread

[Winehole23]

Bull that McConnell didn’t whip votes for this. I didn’t expect a conviction but Portman voting to acquit isn’t a vote of conscience.

near term, he still wants to be the party leader, right?

[Reck]

Woke rose twitter (Where's Aaron at ) already being obtuse about this outcome.

Asking for Warren as majority leader.

[spurraider21]

[Will Hunting]

that he didnt vote to convict should tell you enough. he didnt want to whip the votes

Im saying he whipped votes for acquittal.

[JPB]

It's gonna be fun watching republicans lose elections for years.

Crazy how they don't realize that.

[Reck]

Democrats are such pussies that they would vote in spades to remove their own. They did it to a much lesser extent to Franken and Katie Hill.

And as a result, they lost the latter seat to a republican. ing losers.

[Chris Fall]

What is this Schumer commentary?

Post vote cry time?

Yeah Republicans are corrupt, dishonest jackasses. But the voting is done. Why is Schumer still ing and moaning?

[spurraider21]

Im saying he whipped votes for acquittal.

ah

[Winehole23]

republicans who voted to convict:

Burr
Cassidy
Collins
Murkowski
Romney
Sasse
Toomey

*most bipartisan impeachment ever*

[ElNono]

This was completely expected after the early vote Paul forced...

What dems need to do next is to disqualify him from ever holding office again on Art 14(3) grounds, a simple majority vote. Then watch the GOP all over the Cons ution once they're Congressional majority again.

[Reck]

This was completely expected after the early vote Paul forced...

What dems need to do next is to disqualify him from ever holding office again on Art 14(3) grounds, a simple majority vote. Then watch the GOP all over the Cons ution once they're Congressional majority again.

I thought you needed to convict first. Othewise they would have skipped to this step knowing republicans were never going to convict ever.

Also, wouldn't it then need to be passed under reconciliation? Why blow a once a year trigger on Trump? They need it to pass COVID relief.

[ElNono]

I thought you needed to convict first. Othewise they would have skipped to this step knowing republicans were never going to convict ever.

Also, wouldn't it then need to be passed under reconciliation? Why blow a once a year trigger on Trump? They need it to pass COVID relief.

I don't know that you do. And why would they need reconciliation for this? You can only filibuster for so long, and they have plenty of time plus the senate majority.

[Winehole23]

y'all watching McConnell?

[ElNono]

and frankly, if that's the excuse to blow up the filibuster, this is certainly something relatively popular to do so.

[Will Hunting]

I thought you needed to convict first. Othewise they would have skipped to this step knowing republicans were never going to convict ever.

Also, wouldn't it then need to be passed under reconciliation? Why blow a once a year trigger on Trump? They need it to pass COVID relief.

you couldn’t use reconciliation on that, violates the Byrd rules.

You’re right either way though, you need a conviction. Interesting part that I don’t know though, could you use a normal criminal conviction to bring a 14(3) disqualification to a vote? That could be the path to go down, and I think they’d get 60 votes needed for that. They already have 57.

[Will Hunting]

WTF is McConnell doing?

[Reck]

y'all watching McConnell?

WTF is McConnell doing?

What's happening?

Is he trying to have it both ways or going 100% trumpkian?

[Winehole23]

he basically recapitulated the House managers case, agreeing with it, but denying the Senate has jurisdiction.

[ElNono]

not watching... turtle voted not to convict, so he can't have it both ways

[hater]

another epic defeat by Demorats

They just cant win vs Trump ever

[Winehole23]

Trump couldn't be tried a few weeks because he was still the president; now he can't be impeached because he is no longer in office.

[ElNono]

he basically recapitulated the House managers case, agreeing with it, but denying the Senate has jurisdiction.

so yeah, he wants to have it both ways, despite losing a vote when that decision was made.

[ElNono]

another epic defeat by Demorats

They just cant win vs Trump ever

Nov 3rd didn't happen?

[Reck]

another epic defeat by Demorats

They just cant win vs Trump ever

derp jr.

[DarrinS]