Consensus seems to be that the "President's" "Defense" team will do all they can to

[Atticus]

shift the focus to Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

We should repeat this to anyone who seeks to "discuss" their presentation: "The Bidens have been 'totally exonerated' of any illegality in Ukraine. You know what they have to do with this impeachment? DIDDLY SQUAT! That's not opinion; that's FACT!"

[skip fox]

1. Guilini is already "on the case." Here's a clip of him this very morning on F&F:

https://www.mediaite.com/opinion/watch-fox-friends-desperately-try-to-wrap-up-rudy-giulianis-hot-mess-of-an-interview-were-done/

[C_U_L8R]

2. They gotta compete with Saturday cartoons and weekend fun.

No one's gonna see their hot mess loose cannon diversions.

[jimfields33]

3. The republicans are saying Representative Shiff opened the door

I watched some yesterday and didn’t get that impression. They will lie and distort all they can.

[in2herbs]

4. Other than because they're Rs, how can they open the door to a Biden testimony and

deny other testimony?

[H2O Man]

5. Recommended.

Right. They are also already quietly attacking some of our floor team for being "weak on defense." They will go as low as possible. Thus, we need to be fully engaged in a grass roots' offensive. All Senators -- Democrats and republicans -- have had a significant increase in contacts (phone calls, e-mail, etc) this week. Let's flood them.

[Tennessee Hillbilly]

6. My predictions for what they will do

-- They will declare (falsely) that the impeachment of trump was illegal, un-constitutional, and invalid.

-- They will complain (falsely) that the repugs weren't allowed to take part in the House impeachment hearings.

-- They will relentlessly bombard their audience with lies about Joe Biden.

-- They will repeatedly rant about how this whole thing is so unfair to trump.

-- They will proclaim that trump is totally innocent in every way, and has never done anything wrong in his entire life.

-- They may try to shorten the trial by using only one or two of the three days allowed to them for arguments.

[DeminPennswoods]

8. Don't follow Trump's tweets, but pretty sure that's a good

guide to what they'll say.

[meow2u3]

7. In short, Trump's defense is going to try to put the victim on trial instead of Trump

as a mob-style diversionary tactic. They're Bruce Cutler to Trump's John "Teflon Don" Gotti.

[abqtommy]

9. tRUMP's drfense team is only playing to his base and that's a solid minority. The only way we

lose the 2020 election is through corruption/dirty tricks and ratfuckery. Let's all advocate for a fair
and secure election with an overwhelming turnout.