McConnell speaking now whining about Schumer.

[madaboutharry]

He is whining about Schumer's letter and demands for the impeachment trial.

He needs to thread this needle. The democrats have the power to hold the trial back if it is clear that McConnell is planning to sabotage it.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

1. Could... he... talk... any... ... ... slower?

[hedda_foil]

3. Have you ever met a fast turtle?

[Golden Raisin]

12. He jammed those lifetime conservative Federal Judges in pretty damn fast.

[The_Counsel]

14. This.

Hey Mitch? Until you follow the law and do right by the people, SHUT YER FUCKIN' PIE HOLE!

[hedda_foil]

24. I sure can't disagree with you there.

[DeminPennswoods]

29. Like Comcast's Slowski's

LOL!

[dewsgirl]

8. I know right, even slower than usual.🙄

[Maribelle]

2. He sounds like he has a mouth full of grits

or he is drunk again.

[grumpyduck]

4. Mitch, STFU.

[malaise]

5. Please proceed MoscowMitch

Make a complete fool of yourself

[uponit7771]

6. So the meat of his complaint is Schumers request is untimely because there hasn't been a vote yet

... on impeachment?

Whatever

[The_Counsel]

16. I Know, Right...? I Mean...It's Not Like McConnell Himself Isn't Talking Acquittal....

...and Trump hasn't even been impeached yet!

That's one of the fundamental problems with impeaching a president: It's impossible for the jury (in this case the Senate) to have not heard the facts of the case--at least the basics--before they are formally presented.

[uponit7771]

7. REALLY Moscow Mitch ?!!?! A typo, you're taking up folks time for a typo and some timing?

[dewsgirl]

9. Live stream🙄

[DENVERPOPS]

28. Hysterical

Look around......He is talking to a bunch of empty seats........LOL

Was it Clint Eastwood that was talking to an empty chair years ago.........LOL

[Satch59]

10. Can he be any more vile?

Saying they didn’t get the witnesses they wanted...yes because the administration obstructed it!! How can anyone in Kentucky vote for this POS??

[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. This is CORRUPTION.

Moscow Mitch is another Putin Puppet

[Deb]

13. Dear Senator Schumer, let them stew over the holidays.

We get it.

[GeorgeGist]

15. Frankly, I don't think Schumer will hang tough.

It's not his style.

[CanonRay]

17. Whatever McConnell says he'll do, get it in writing

He'll agree to something, then screw you over later. He's a snake and cannot be trusted.

[Cosmocat]

18. Fucker had the nerve to call the house "slapdash,"

In its impeachment process while publicly saying he is working hand in hand w the white house on it for the senate.

[andym]

19. He revealed the GOP mantra re: impeachment: "the House did sloppy work"

Expect to hear that over and over and over from them. The answer is that the work was incomplete because Trump and his men obstructed their testimony.

[Timmygoat]

20. OK folks - a challenge

Can anyone shine a light on why Mitch McConnell was hurriedly pushed out of the military?

[Scarsdale]

22. Unacceptable conduct

in the showers, I heard. Someone must have bent down to pick up the soap, and ol' Mitch thought he was making a pass at him. It only took 3 weeks!!

[Timmygoat]

23. Thanks Scarsdale

I always wondered about that, no wonder they do not speak about it.

[Scarsdale]

31. So, Mitch moved

to much more accommodating working conditions - in DC. Remember when one of his male aides left to take another job (a few blocks away) Mitch CRIED when he said "Goodbye" He was heartbroken. I guess aides with "special skills" are more rare than we thought!

[N_E_1 for Tennis]

26. From Wikipedia

In March 1967, shortly before the expiration of his educational draft deferment upon graduation from law school, McConnell enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve as a private at Louisville, Kentucky.[14] This was a coveted position because the Reserve units were mostly kept out of combat during the Vietnam War.[14][15] His first day of training at Fort Knox was July 9, 1967, two days after taking the bar exam, and his last day was August 15, 1967.[10][14] Shortly after his arrival, he was diagnosed with optic neuritis and was deemed medically unfit for military service.[14][16] After five weeks at Fort Knox, he was honorably discharged.[14] His brief time in service has repeatedly been put at issue by his political opponents during his electoral campaigns.[14][16] Although McConnell has allowed reporters to examine parts of his military record and take notes, he has refused to allow copies to be made or to disclose his entire record, despite calls by his opponents to do so.[14] His time in service has also been the subject of criticism because his discharge was accelerated after his father placed a call to Senator John Sherman Cooper, who then sent a wire to the commanding general at Fort Knox on August 10, advising that "Mitchell [is] anxious to clear post in order to enroll in NYU".[14][15] He was allowed to leave post just five days later, though McConnell maintains that no one helped him with his enlistment into or discharge from the reserves.[14][15] According to McConnell, he struggled through the exercises at basic training and was sent to a doctor for a physical examination, which revealed McConnell's optic neuritis.[10] McConnell did not attend NYU.[14][15]

[Scarsdale]

32. Yeah, right.

Next they will say he thought the other recruit was female.

[atreides1]

27. As the story goes...

Alan Lynch, a Lexington Postal Clerk, served in the 100th Army Reserve Unit, Louisville, Kentucky. He was in another unit in 1964 but the Army did a consolidation of units and he was transferred to the 100th in 1965 or 1966. He performed several duties while he served in the military as a postal clerk and personnel officer. Mr. Lynch has a remarkable story about the summer of 1967.

The summary of the story is as follows:

In the summer of 1967 Lynch reported for his summer active duty in the 100th Training Unit Army Reserve. The Unit did their summer active duty at Ft. Jackson, South Carolina. Lynch worked for S-1, the administrative arm of any army unit. Lynch worked for a Major, who was the assistant Adjutant and new to the unit. During his active duty in August of 1967 Lynch remembers coming into the office and noticed that the Major was upset. He asked him what was going on and the Major told him the following:

A new member of the 100th Army Reserve Unit in Basic Training at Ft. Knox was arrested in the barracks for sodomy. The guy is getting out of the military and the excuse will be due to an illness, an eye disorder. The Major then told a joke about it saying, "I guess the guy couldn't see the difference between guys and girls."

Lynch asked him how this guy could accomplish this and get a release from the army. The Major told him that the soldier had served as an intern to Senator John Sherman Cooper and Senator Cooper called the Commanding General of Ft. Knox to arrange the discharge.

At the time the Major told Lynch the name of the soldier but the name didn't stick to his brain. Lynch said frankly it was not important at the time because the name McConnell meant nothing to him. It was not until the issue was raised in McConnell's senate race of 1990 that he remembered the incident. Lynch provided the information to reporters with the Courier Journal and Herald Leader but they did nothing with it because they didn't have any real evidence. They only have the story of Lynch.

McConnell has been able to brush this whole thing off as a tempest in a teapot.

[DENVERPOPS]

30. Maybe McConnell

is "buddies" with Lindsey?????????????????? Maybe Mitch gave some color glossies of the two of them to Trump in order to get Lindsey to throw a 180 and start supporting Trump. I was thinking it was Putin's Kompromat, it may have been Mitch's......

[Mersky]

21. Ah, heck, so much juggling today

I'll have to watch this later. Thanks to those commenting.

Have the rules committee going on over here: https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=12789856

[Caliman73]

25. There needs to be serious and multiple calls for him to recuse himself.

Graham and Paul as well. McConnell has violated his oath to the Constitution (I know he has done it repeatedly) in this situation where loyalty should be to the rule of law not to one man. He has violated the trust of the American People in deciding that he is going to act as a defender of the president rather than a Trier of Fact who decides based on the oath to do "impartial justice based on the laws and Constitution".