Breaking: Democrats will force vote on impeachment trial...

[pbmus]

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[secondwind]

1. Not sure this way is okay. Hope this doesn't backfire on them.

[dem4decades]

2. How so?

[Poiuyt]

11. Never ask for testimony unless you know what they're going to say

Bolton might give good answers, but I wouldn't trust Mulvaney.

[sdfernando]

3. This is hardball and forces the rethugs to go on record for each witness

Don't think for a second that if the situation were reversed and it was a Democratic President being impeached by a rethuglican house and the rethugs were in the minority in the Senate that Turtle-face wouldn't be doing the exact same thing!....its his M.O. and we need to throw it right back in his turtle-face!

[LiberalFighter]

4. The Republicans face the most risk.

Failure to check the illegal actions of the President.
Putting their vote on the record when they know voting no is wrong.

[DeminPennswoods]

5. WaPo has a poll today that 71% of Americans

think witnesses should be called and 64% of Republican think so, too.

[gratuitous]

7. The fly in the ointment is . . .

The problem with any poll is that it doesn't recognize the iron whim of Senate Majority Leader McConnell. I really thought he'd bitten off more than he could chew when he held up the Garland Supreme Court nomination. But he was quite equal to the task of gumming up the works for an entire year. A 3-1 majority of voters doesn't faze him in the least.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. only a threat to his personal power, seat, or majority will faze Moscow Mitch

He has to be made uncertain of maintaining power before he will bend to the will of the people.

[DeminPennswoods]

12. It sure will faze at least a few of the senators McConnell needs

to make 51 votes.

Schumer intends to make motions to call witnesses. The more vulnerable Rs will have to go on record with a vote not to hear testimony.

[uponit7771]

13. THIS !!!! 94 % of America favors some time of gun legislation and Moscow Mitch could give a damn

[malaise]

6. Schumer will be on Chris Hayes

in a short while from now

[Talitha]

9. Thanks for the heads-up, malaise!

I'm in Central time, so it'll be coming on in less than 15 minutes.

[malaise]

10. On now