Speaker Nancy Pelosi's Formal Statement On Senate Leader McConnell's Cover-up Resolution

[ancianita]

For the Congressional Record:

“Leader McConnell’s plan for a dark of night impeachment trial confirms what the American people have seen since Day One: the Senate GOP Leader has chosen a cover-up for the President, rather than honor his oath to the Constitution. Shamefully, this sham proposal does not even allow for admitting the House record into evidence at the trial.

“Leader McConnell’s process is deliberately designed to hide the truth from the Senate and from the American people, because he knows that the President’s wrongdoing is indefensible and demands removal. No jury would be asked to operate on McConnell’s absurdly compressed schedule, and it is obvious that no Senator who votes for it is intending to truly weigh the damning evidence of the President’s attacks on our Constitution.

“The public now knows why Leader McConnell has been hiding his resolution: the Clinton comparison was a lie. Clearly and sadly, Leader McConnell has misled the American people. For weeks, he has insisted that he will adhere to the rules used during the Clinton impeachment trial and that ‘fair is fair’ – but his proposal rejects the need for witnesses and documents during the trial itself. In contrast, for the Clinton trial, witnesses were deposed and the President provided more than 90,000 documents.

“President Trump undermined our national security, jeopardized the integrity of our elections and violated the Constitution all for his own personal, political gain. He has repeatedly said that he would do so again. Duty, honor and country are at stake. Every Senator who supports this sham process must be held accountable to the American people.”

https://www.speaker.gov/newsroom/12120?fbclid=IwAR2s_eooTJS4pc3_34WYxH6yfI3pqovnpLzzGKFC7S_7RrMyjsq7Vz23hlQ

[Botany]

1. Every Senator who supports this sham process must be held accountable to the American people."

[ancianita]

2. Amen to that last, best sentence.

[Botany]

3. You can't be for Trump and for America @ the same time. They are mutually exclusive.

The installation of Trump into the White House was the biggest crime in our history, this
"Ukraine stuff" is just a continuation of the Trump/Russia election rigging operation, and
Trump is the biggest crook in America's history.

[ancianita]

4. Even Iran, in their extreme way, is on America's side.

https://www.newsweek.com/iran-trump-kill-reward-soleimani-assassination-1483168

[ffr]

5. I'm with her. The rePuticans have sold their souls to the devil.

TRAITORS!

[ancianita]

7. To the corporate christo-fascist nazi devil -- mammon.

[EndlessWire]

27. I agree. n/t

[lindysalsagal]

6. Kangaroo court for a Captain Kangeroo presidency.

Someone post a pic, please.

[ancianita]

9. Here ya go.

[aggiesal]

11. That's what I've been calling it #McKangaroo Court n/t

[lindysalsagal]

14. Now, we need captain kangaroo.

[ancianita]

16. I'm thinking along more global lines.

Just sayin'.

[TomSlick]

34. Whoa just one minute.

Captain Kangaroo was a good and decent man. I was a huge Captain Kangaroo fan as a child.

There is no basis to compare Captain Kangaroo to the Orange Menace.

[BSdetect]

8. k&r

[Pepsidog]

10. Why can't Pelosi, who I think is great, say Republican instead of GOP. I suspect many people have

no clue what GOP stands for. I know it sounds absurd but so many people are utterly clueless about politics. Dems need to communicate in a manner that most understand.

[at140]

35. Only 10% can name their congress Representative

And voter turnout of Americans is one of the lowest among developed countries.

[Pepsidog]

36. Disgraceful. I have 4 kids who graduated college, one in medical school and the rest successful

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careers. I cannot get any of them interested in any of this.

[at140]

37. I don't blame your kids, mine are similar

one is a lawyer another is doing cancer trials results analysis.
Life in United States for them is full of interesting things to do.
While politics is boring and they do not want to get bored.

[ancianita]

45. One of mine says she's "moved on," and won't talk politics.

[Marcuse]

12. His Heinous has the right to confront, but not to suppress, the witnesses against him.

[ancianita]

21. For the defendant to suppress witnesses by public or private intimidation is witness tampering.

In impeachment, an Obstruction of Congress in the category of high crime.

[ancianita]

44. This is a real TIME issue, right? If so, it's a dreadful image to the world of what we face.

[ArcticFox]

13. There's something important missing:

And the House of Representatives will be opening a public investigation into the assassination of Soleimani. Since the Senate trial will not be televised, hearings will begin immediately.

PS. Reminds me: the revolution will not be televised

[ancianita]

24. Missing from this trial? Given its timing, how would that work?It's important, but in trial context?

[ArcticFox]

38. Missing from that statement

I just think it's high time to play hardball

[Hermit-The-Prog]

15. That formal statement needs to be repeated on tv, hourly.

[ancianita]

17. Absolutely.

[matt819]

18. Nadler, Pelosi, et al

Keep on hammering. Minute by minute, hour by hour. Ceaseless. And loud. And very, very public.

BTW, love the graphic. That should be everywhere. Sadly, though, most republicans would view it with pride. Their grandfathers and great-grandfathers are turning in their graves, having sacrificed for absolutely nothing.

[DeminPennswoods]

19. Now she needs to rescind her invitation to Trump for the SOTU

No point in letting Trump give some unhinged speech in her house.

[ancianita]

20. Since she's under no constitutional obligation, sure. But like the dictator he is

he'll make his SOTT -- State of the Trump -- speech on camera from the dictator's office.

He'll make his own "time to time" state of himself.

[DeminPennswoods]

28. Sure, but it won't be the same

nt

[ancianita]

29. He's hoping people will forget the other branch and that this will be the new normal.

He's prepared to create government norms in his own image.

[jdl123]

22. moscow mitch

It appears as long as mitch has 51 votes in the senate, he can do whatever he wants, so be it. Maybe in November, the democrats can take over both Houses of Congress and the White House? Come on November, lol.

[90-percent]

23. i hope we still have elections

after we become a dictatorship. this is as serious as WW2.


-90% jimmy


welcome to DU!

[ancianita]

25. I wish hope could do it for us. We're going to have to DO something if we see that coming.

But there will be no legal recourse. It will be proclaimed "illegal" by executive dictatorial decree.

[gratuitous]

26. Short and sweet

If the facts - testimony and documents - favored acquittal and exoneration of Donald Trump, these proceedings would be in the open, aboveboard and public. The rest of any commentary is just blowing smoke.

[ooky]

30. I think this has been her plan all along.

She knew that McConnell would set up a sham trial process which she would then use to expose the entire party as having an anti-American agenda, making every Republican incumbent and candidate wear it like a big neon sign around their necks going into the 2020 election.

[lastlib]

31. My fear is that it's over-estimating the concern of the American electorate.

If 63 million people could vote for a polished turd three years ago, and now only 51% supports his conviction, and incumbents generally win re-election, what would indicate that they would be willing to dump these POS Senators who follow McTurdle and the will of the corporate masters?

The message these Senators must be getting from somewhere is, "Don't worry, keep supporting the Shitgibbon--you have nothing to worry about."

[ooky]

46. I don't think the polished turd has picked up any new support since 2016

and about 70% support a fair trial. If some of those voters in the 70% come away feeling like they got a sham trial from the Republicans its not going to help them any politically. If we can get at least 1-2% more of our own people out to vote in the swing states we barely lost in 2016 then we should at least take back the White House. If that happens our chances on the down ticket can only improve.

[warmfeet]

32. Nazi fuckers, eh?

We dealt with them a while back. We can do it again, even if they are in much closer proximity than the last time.

It's feeling a bit like whack'a'mole.

[ancianita]

33. Nice gif. Got a "punch a nazi" one?

[calimary]

39. I like that graphic A LOT! Scary, but accurate.

[Aussie105]

40. Mitch, Don and Vlad walk into a bar.

Bartender says: What you boys having?

Mitch and Don look at Vlad.

Vlad: Double Russian vodka, no ice!

To Mitch and Don: What you boys having?

Mitch and Don, in unison: Whatever you are having of course!

Later, after several rounds, Vlad says to no one in particular: What would make this night perfect, would be the total destruction of the American way of life!

Don: Sure, I owe you that much.

Mitch says nothing but gives them both the thumbs up.
Finally says: I can get the GOP on board with that.

Question: Nightmare or reality?

[ancianita]

43. Thanks ( sad chuckle of recognition).

[King_Klonopin]

41. I was pondering which archetypal, historic dictatorships Trump reflects

I used to think of the Nazis and Hitler, but that is too hacky and reflexive.

I now view him more as a latter-day Roman Empire type of treacherous dick-tator. He would
be the perfect, corrupt Caesar of America, but not necessarily the Fuhrer. They have obvious
traits in common, of course.

The behavior of the Senate, and the corruption of all the supporting cast of traitorous characters
like Paul Manafort, Mike Flynn, Rudy Giuliani, Devin Nunez, etc are all reminiscent of the
characters in a Roman drama and all of their underhanded dealings that went into seizing POWER.

I believe there is a world-class, never-imagined-before, "vast" right-wing conspiracy that has
come perilously close to being revealed by the Mueller investigation and this impeachment process.
Most of the Republicans who are in positions of seeniority and power (Caligula Trump, Mike Pence,
Gen. Flynn, Bill Barr, Devin Nunez, Moscow McConnell, Mike Pompeo, Lindsey Graham, Kevin McCarthy,
Roger Stone, John Cornyn, Tom Cotton, Chuck Grassley, John Thune, Rick Perry, Steve Scalise, Jeff
Sessions, Doug Collins....) have either benefited directly or have knowledge of what is going down.

THEY ALL KNOW WHAT IS AT STAKE IF THE DRAPE IS PULLED BACK.

Putin/Russia has been funneling money into Republican campaign coffers and doing their
dirty work of corrupting our elections via the internet and misinformation. The Republicans
who lust for total power are selfishly willing to accept these tributes, but are too stupid
to see they are being used by Russia in order to flip the whole chess board.

I would love to see the whole thing blow up in their bloated, evil, orange faces.

[ancianita]

42. Totally with you on that. They know they're being used. It's for big money, however it

buys control over lawyers, guns, women and rally dupes. They are the drive behind black markets and mafia governments. For them, it's not personal, just business.

Now that most reading, thinking people know not to trust them, they'll force their dupes to believe we're the ones who are subversive, not they.

I dread where we are headed, but we've got to be ready for a multi-level fight, the only way to stop them. Waiting them out will only bring this nation more misery.

I'm not so sure that they care if they're exposed. That's how "get used to it" confident they've become.

Thank you for your thoughtful post.