Happy Impeachment! Next step is removal. (Trump thread 98)

[TheClaws]

In the last thread, Trump was impeached by Congress. Now the question is when the articles will be sent to the Senate for Trial, as - at this stage - there is no guarantee from Mitch McConnell of a fair trial. Trump clings to his belief that his call to Zelensky was “perfect”.

Previous thread: www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/3732056-Trump-and-the-Giant-Impeachment-Trump-thread-97

Some journalists and commentators also suggesting that the Trumpers are rattled ... let's hope so.

WP and NYT also running with the McConnell maths.

Senator Dianne Feinstein (R) is flipping.

Senator Dianne Feinstein @SenFeinstein 1hr

The LA Times misunderstood what I said today. Before the trial I said I'd keep an open mind. Now that both sides made their cases, it’s clear the president’s actions were wrong. He withheld vital foreign assistance for personal political gain. That can’t be allowed to stand.

My knowledge of presidents is woeful, but they’re mostly democrats aren’t they?
Then there’s Trump

Claws, Dianne Feinstein is a Democrat.

Emmelina

The # on Presidents by party

note; some 2 term POTUS switched party between their elections to office

Federalist (1)
Unaffiliated (2)
National Union (2)
Democratic-Republican (4)
Whig (4)
Democratic (15)
Republican (19)

How bizarre this has become.

Joseph A. Bondy @josephabondy 1hr

Although we couldn’t arrange to have Lev Parnas watch the trial with us because his GPS ankle monitor is not allowed, Lev will join us in DC tomorrow to show support for a fair trial, with witnesses & evidence. #AmericansWantWitnesses #LetLevSpeak #LevRemembers #CallTheWitnesses

Oops, sorry Across. Thanks for the correction.

Kushner back in the news, dipping his toe into Palestinian politics. I don’t think this will go down well. Not at all. Particularly considering he isn’t an elected official nor expert of any kind.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar 25mins

JARED KUSHNER on Palestinian leadership: "They’ve screwed up every other opportunity that they’ve ever had in their existence.”

twitter.com/atrupar/status/1222295283314327552?s=21

"McConnell Says GOP Doesn’t Have Votes to Block Impeachment Witnesses"

I don't believe this for a second. They just want to make it look as if they don't. That way it will appear that they had to convince some of their colleagues rather than it being a 100% partisan vote.

I think you're right Across - McConnell and his minions have no morals, no decency, no backbones.
Deplorable.

Kushner is deplorable.

The Feinstein reporting shows how desperate the GOP is for a crack to appear in the Democratic wall ...

Expect more cats.

A clowder in fact (at least Trumpism is introducing me to some new and non-expletive words).

I watched some of Kushner on Israel/Palestine. That man is awful. No fairness, no empathy or sensitivity

This is scathing...

www.haaretz.com/us-news/.premium-sorry-jared-this-time-it-s-not-the-palestinians-who-ve-screwed-up-it-s-you-1.8467901

www.salon.com/2020/01/29/trumps-legal-team-gave-thousands-in-contributions-to-republican-senators-ahead-of-impeachment-trial/

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-impeachment-lev-parnas-capitol-hill-testify-witness-a9308546.html

Did you HEAR Dersh??? Trump did do a quid pro to help his election BUT because he believed his election was ‘in the public interest’ then it’s NOT impeachable. He was ‘acting for what he thought was the good of the country’ so he gets a pass.

I. Just. CAN'T. DEAL. With This!!!!!!

Oh for crying out loud 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Oh for laughing out loud, over here! I've just had to put my tea down before I spilled it!

It's that Trumpie-baby has collected around him, people just like him. So they can't stay on his message and they continually undermine him and each other.

Dear me.

I’m sure he’s promised they will be well compensated for their efforts.

Emmelina

I'm sure you're right. But Dersh is in it for the big bucks; a book and movie deal.

We've had to switch channels. It just got to be too much. We'll tune back in once we've cooled down. lol

The “felonies” Cruz refers to Trump asked Parnas to do, allegedly ... #CantMakeItUp

Ted Cruz @tedcruz

Scenes from the impeachment trial: Schumer invited Lev Parnas to be his personal guest today at the trial. Minutes ago, Parnas was ejected from the gallery...because he’s wearing an ankle bracelet mandated bc he’s a criminal defendant accused of serious felonies! #CantMakeItUp

Bwah ha ha ha ha, Claws! You are absolutely right. I've felt so many times today that I'm just falling down the rabbit hole.

It's all a sham isn't it? Is it tomorrow they vote whether to allow witnesses?

Meanwhile, the cracks aren't appearing in the Democrats wall, but rather the wall between Trump and Mexico.

www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/30/trump-border-wall-between-us-and-mexico-blows-over-in-high-winds

Full of hot air, gone with the wind...

Israel and the Palestine. With two states, could Israel go to war with the Palestine instead of having a duty of care with their own citizens?

That’s very funny. I hope it fell into Mexico and they have hauled it away for scrap!