U.S. Senate votes against calling witnesses in Trump impeachment trial, clearing way for acquittal

[Jingthing]

27 minutes ago, Sujo said:

Still impeached. Nixon clinton trump. 3 amigos.

Andrew Johnson. Nixon was man enough to quit before his inevitable impeachment. Yes, it's come to this. 45 makes Nixon look honorable. 

Edited February 1, 2020 by Jingthing

[JHolmesJr]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

...who is going to stop him? 

You and Pete Buttegeig?

[Jingthing]

1 minute ago, JHolmesJr said:

You and Pete Buttegeig?

is that some kind of weak gay joke? Fail. 

[JHolmesJr]

1 minute ago, Jingthing said:

is that some kind of weak gay joke? Fail. 

Prove to us all that this is a gay joke!

Sounds like a figment of your imagination.

Dont be paranoid. Was just answering your ridiculous question as appropriately as possible.

[Jingthing]

6 minutes ago, JHolmesJr said:

Prove to us all that this is a gay joke!

Sounds like a figment of your imagination.

Dont be paranoid. Was just answering your ridiculous question as appropriately as possible.

I can't prove it obviously but there is circumstantial evidence. 

[Tippaporn]

1 hour ago, mlmcleod said:

The entire "trial" was a farce.  Political partisanship outweighs good citizenship again.  The Republicans and Trump will pay heavily in November!

The entire House impeachment "investigation" was a farce.  Political partisanship outweighs good citizenship again.  The Democrats will pay heavily in November!

 

Trump 2020.  MAGA!

[heybruce]

1 hour ago, Sujo said:

Marco Rubio. Moron of the year award. Wow.

 

"Just because actions meet a standard of impeachment does not mean it is in the best interest of the country to remove a President from office. ...

"... I will not vote to remove the President because doing so would inflict extraordinary and potentially irreparable damage to our already divided nation."

I am definitely not a Rubio fan, but he shows more backbone than most Republicans by at least acknowledging that what Trump did was wrong and impeachable.

[chokrai]

9 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Imagine a country where 95% of the senate politicians from the party in charge don't want to hear the truth.

The don't want to listen to witnesses because they know those witnesses have evidence against the president. So now those politicians are able to somehow pretend that they were not aware of the truth.

But they know the truth. They know their party leader and president is guilty. And they also know that he is a serial liar. And and and ...

 

Imagine that would happen somewhere in Afrika or Asia or South America. Imagine how the politicians of the USA would point out how undemocratic and unprincipled those senators are. They would say those politicians only want to stay in power while ignoring the highest law. And they would be right.

 

But as we all know it happens in the USA which claims to be the greatest democracy in this world. They claim they have honest politicians which are not corrupt and follow the law. Can they look into a mirror and think about themselves as honest? Sure not.

 

It's sad to see how much the USA sunk since Trump is in charge. 62 million Americans voted for him. This year the American people have the chance to vote for somebody better. Will they? Or are not only the top US politicians unprincipled but the majority of the people in the country are the same? I fear the worst.

 

The Democrats had all their witnesses. They had no case just another hoax. Get used to losing you are going to have another 5 years of it at least.

[chokrai]

6 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said:

John Bolton ( That well known liberal lefty)  is in the midst of exposing the Trump crimes that the GOP Senators wish not to hear about.

 

They have made their bed, now they must lie in it.

Yes another bombshell I suppose. 

[chokrai]

6 hours ago, zydeco said:

Impeach Trump again. 

Don't worry the Democrats will spent the next 5 years trying to do just that. Enjoy.

[Eric Loh]

3 minutes ago, chokrai said:

Don't worry the Democrats will spent the next 5 years trying to do just that. Enjoy.

Don’t think the Dems need to work that hard. Emboldened Trump can resist to break the law again. 

[chokrai]

3 hours ago, JerseytoBKK said:

I doubt it. They know they have no chance in Nov and will continue their attempt to prevent the people of the US from voting for the candidate of their choice.

 

Here is Shumer scolding Kamala Harris at his press conference. She can't keep a straight face while he spins his BS.

 

I'd post the direct twitter link but that might get deleted. Look at the twitter gif that's halfway down the article.

 

https://www.foxnews.com/media/chuck-schumer-scolds-kamala-harris-sherrod-brown-impeachment-trial

 

Warning, this is funny and addictive. Hard to stop watching  and laughing at the clown show.

 

Democrats are always good for a laugh. Like watching the three stooges.

[newnative]

Just a total farce.  How can you have a trial with no witnesses?  All the Republican senators who blocked witnesses should be ashamed of themselves.  

[Eric Loh]

10 minutes ago, chokrai said:

Democrats are always good for a laugh. Like watching the three stooges.

Can’t be more funnier than Mark, Bill and Joe which were called 3 stooges by Trump. 

[mogandave]

42 minutes ago, heybruce said:

I am definitely not a Rubio fan, but he shows more backbone than most Republicans by at least acknowledging that what Trump did was wrong and impeachable.

It doesn’t take any backbone to agree with the left.

[Tulak]

5 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Trial without allowing witnesses, they now lost the plot completely.

according to PBS witnesses were not relevant to impeachment.

perhaps interesting for what did indeed happen, but not to impeachable process - so in a way just waste of time

this is my understanding anyway

[melvinmelvin]

5 hours ago, FritsSikkink said:

Trial without allowing witnesses, they now lost the plot completely.

 

lost the plot? maybe so, but they seem to be able to end it as they want

 

and end up in good shape for the upcoming election

 

(no, life isn't fair)

 

 

Edited February 1, 2020 by melvinmelvin
missed a w

[FritsSikkink]

32 minutes ago, Tulak said:

according to PBS witnesses were not relevant to impeachment.

perhaps interesting for what did indeed happen, but not to impeachable process - so in a way just waste of time

this is my understanding anyway

Of course witnesses are important in a trial, never heard of a trial where they leave the witnesses out.

Edited February 1, 2020 by FritsSikkink

[Chiphigh]

10 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Imagine a country where 95% of the senate politicians from the party in charge don't want to hear the truth.

The don't want to listen to witnesses because they know those witnesses have evidence against the president. So now those politicians are able to somehow pretend that they were not aware of the truth.

But they know the truth. They know their party leader and president is guilty. And they also know that he is a serial liar. And and and ...

 

Imagine that would happen somewhere in Afrika or Asia or South America. Imagine how the politicians of the USA would point out how undemocratic and unprincipled those senators are. They would say those politicians only want to stay in power while ignoring the highest law. And they would be right.

 

But as we all know it happens in the USA which claims to be the greatest democracy in this world. They claim they have honest politicians which are not corrupt and follow the law. Can they look into a mirror and think about themselves as honest? Sure not.

 

It's sad to see how much the USA sunk since Trump is in charge. 62 million Americans voted for him. This year the American people have the chance to vote for somebody better. Will they? Or are not only the top US politicians unprincipled but the majority of the people in the country are the same? I fear the worst.

 

Yes, imagine how a house majority rigged the inquiry and depositions and hide exculpatory evidence, then voted in a non partisan manner to impeach. 

 

Then complain about not having the evidence, while claiming that the evidence was overwhelming.... 

 

Now that is truly amazing. 

[Chiphigh]

1 minute ago, FritsSikkink said:

Of course witnesses are important in a trail, never heard of a trail where they leave the witnesses out.

Gotta keep up that trail..... 

[Chiphigh]

Sadly, these deranged tds house reps will never stop until some of them are indicted for lying about their involvements in leaking and lying. 

[Monomial]

3 hours ago, Sujo said:

What a piece of garbage is rand paul.

 

He forwarded a question but supreme court justice roberts refused to read it because it named the whistleblower.

 

So rand paul walks out and names him. The guy has had death threats. Now he will get more. Rand paul better hope nothing happens to him.

 

You seem to have information the rest of us lack. I read Rand Paul's tweet. Did you?

 

It said nothing about anyone being a whistleblower. But you claim that the individual it named was the whistleblower, and that is why it was not read by Justice Roberts. On what basis do you make that statement? In fact, I believe Facebook and Twitter take down any posts of anyone naming the whistleblower, as there is no evidence to support this and therefore it is considered "fake news". Since you just named the individual addressed in Rand Paul's tweet as the whistleblower (Rand Paul did not), should your post now be deleted as it clearly also "fake news"?

 

Those who know me know I wouldn't shed a tear at the removal of Trump, but at the same time I also can not tolerate the outright hypocrisy of many who claim to want him gone. Rand Paul did nothing wrong. If anyone was wrong, it was Roberts for failing to disclose any legitimate reasoning for refusing to read the statement, and the media for pushing a theory with no legitimate evidence. These actions by Roberts, the Democrats and the media allowed everyone to assume it was because the named individual was the whistleblower. Of course, this is impossible because there was nothing in Rand Paul's question of that nature, and even Shiff himself claims not to know the real name of the whistleblower.  The mainstream media should also be apologizing for reporting "fake news."

 

You would be better directing your anger at Justice Roberts, the Democrats and the mainstream media for completely mismanaging the situation.

 

[Chiphigh]

2 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Andrew Johnson. Nixon was man enough to quit before his inevitable impeachment. Yes, it's come to this. 45 makes Nixon look honorable. 

Sorry, 

 

This is quite a far fetched opinion, but it is merely that. 

 

The coup has failed, as it deserves to. 

 

You get to vote. That is the extent of your choice and power to unseat a duly elected president of the United States. 

 

Good luck with that. 

[FritsSikkink]

8 minutes ago, Chiphigh said:

Yes, imagine how a house majority rigged the inquiry and depositions and hide exculpatory evidence, then voted in a non partisan manner to impeach. 

 

Then complain about not having the evidence, while claiming that the evidence was overwhelming.... 

 

Now that is truly amazing. 

No, that is fiction

[mogandave]

4 hours ago, Sujo said:

What a piece of garbage is rand paul.

 

He forwarded a question but supreme court justice roberts refused to read it because it named the whistleblower.

 

So rand paul walks out and names him. The guy has had death threats. Now he will get more. Rand paul better hope nothing happens to him.

I wonder how many more death threats Trump has gotten because of the “whistleblower”. 

[mogandave]

50 minutes ago, Chiphigh said:

Yes, imagine how a house majority rigged the inquiry and depositions and hide exculpatory evidence, then voted in a non partisan manner to impeach. 

 

Then complain about not having the evidence, while claiming that the evidence was overwhelming.... 

 

Now that is truly amazing. 

 

41 minutes ago, FritsSikkink said:

No, that is fiction

The only part that is fiction is the House voting in a non-partisan manner. 
 

Zero Republicans voted to impeach. 

[Jingthing]

45 minutes ago, Chiphigh said:

Sorry, 

 

This is quite a far fetched opinion, but it is merely that. 

 

The coup has failed, as it deserves to. 

 

You get to vote. That is the extent of your choice and power to unseat a duly elected president of the United States. 

 

Good luck with that. 

There was no coup attempt. What's the point of posting obviously false assertions? It is an Impeachment. If he had been convicted Pence would be president. Same party. Again. Not a coup. 

[mogandave]

2 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

There was no coup attempt. What's the point of posting obviously false assertions? It is an Impeachment. If he had been convicted Pence would be president. Same party. Again. Not a coup. 

And the’ve been talking about impeaching Pence all along as well.

 

 

[Eric Loh]

7 minutes ago, mogandave said:

And the’ve been talking about impeaching Pence all along as well.

 

 

The swamp has to be eradicated. 

[Chiphigh]

1 hour ago, FritsSikkink said:

No, that is fiction

It is? 

 

Then why is the ICIG testimony being purposely withheld from the republicans? 

 

Explain that please, if you can.