McCarthy recommends Collins, Ratcliffe, Jordan to represent Trump in Senate impeachment trial

[babylonsister]

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McCarthy recommends Collins, Ratcliffe, Jordan to represent Trump in Senate impeachment trial
By Zack Budryk - 12/22/19 11:25 AM EST


House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said on Sunday that GOP Reps. Doug Collins (Ga.), John Ratcliffe (Texas) and Jim Jordan (Ohio) should represent President Trump in the upcoming Senate impeachment trial.

“These are individuals I would actually pull in at the White House,” McCarthy told Fox’s Maria Bartiromo on “Sunday Morning Futures,” adding “you want people that have been through this, understand it, been in the hearings even when they were in the basement,” referencing the Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility where the initial closed-door House impeachment hearings took place.

All three members named by McCarthy were vocal defenders of Trump during the House’s impeachment hearings, including Collins, who is ranking member on the House Judiciary Committee, and Jordan, who serves on the Judiciary panel and was also temporarily transferred to the House Intelligence Committee for its portion of the impeachment hearings.

Ratcliffe, a former federal prosecutor, was nominated to replace Dan Coats as Director of National Intelligence in July following his questioning of special counsel Robert Mueller, but withdrew his nomination amid reports that he had embellished his prosecutorial record.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has delayed transferring two House-passed articles of impeachment over Trump's dealings with Ukraine to the Senate and has not named Democratic impeachment managers for the president's trial in the upper chamber.

[dem4decades]

1. That's all you need to know about today's Republican party

[SCantiGOP]

13. No!!

We need Gohmert and Gaetz also. Leaving them off will cut the hilarity in half.

[dem4decades]

16. LOL. Even Republican Senators have their limits i guess.

[monmouth4]

19. To quote President Obama..."Proceed." n/r

[RT Atlanta]

2. Good lord... that's the 'best' they have?

Like, arent there any trained prosecutors/litigators in the republican bunch (unlike the carnival barker/ross perot-esque doug collins)? They dont care and dont appreciate the gravity of the situation.

[dragonlady]

6. The best attack dogs

That's their only viable defense.

[RT Atlanta]

11. Good point... certainly wont win anything on substance

Just distract and annoy

[dem4decades]

17. Lawyers? They decide by decibels. Louder the better for nonsense.

[OAITW r.2.0]

3. Sure, why not? Apparently, there are no Republican Senator's willing to do their job.

House Republicans have proven that they don't care about their Constitutional duties to remove a clear and present danger that is Donald Trump.

[RainCaster]

4. Three drooling morons to protect IMPOTUS

[Brainfodder]

5. Which one is Moe again?

[SCantiGOP]

14. Old Joke recycled: Trump does the work of three men

Larry, Moe and Curly.

And, if you think about it, his personality does combine the temper and meanness of Moe, the cluelessness of Larry, and the refined behavior of Curly.

[greatauntoftriplets]

7. Oh Joy, the three stooges.

Maybe some Republican senators will be so turned off by the screaming that they'll vote to convict? I won't hold my breath, but it'd be nice.

[WheelWalker]

8. Jordan couldn't get before the bar without a jacket in a judicial proceeding.

Will the Senate let him in dressed as Jacket-off Gym?

[UTUSN]

9. Fine!1

[kacekwl]

10. Yes please.

[Talitha]

12. GOP might be going for the 'disgust the audience' tactic.

Viewers will get disgusted with their BS and turn it off -
and will miss hearing the truth from the Dems.
IMO that's all they've got.

[The_Counsel]

15. Seems the Senate Is the Only Place These Cats Can Act as Attorneys

Collins should at least slow down that Gish Gallop that he thinks is so cute and effective. To those of us with more than a couple of active brain cells firing, that little gimmick he’s got going is confusing at best and infuriating at worst...

[Takket]

18. can you imagine these dumbells........

if they actually had to question witnesses in a court type setting with Roberts presiding instead of just editorializing and spouting off whatever they want?

McConnell already knows drumpf's only chance is the "no witnesses" sham trial, and this will only serve to reinforce that, seeing the bloviating idiots McCarthy is proposing.