So in reaction to the possibility of witnesses being called during the impeachment

[Nexus2]

Republicans pul their old stand by of threatening to gum up everything (Cabinet appoints, Covid relief, etc) essentially holding the nation hostage more or less out of spite and that was a big reason the Democratic Party side backed down? That's what Neal Katayal seemed to be saying on MSNBC this morning.

[servermsh]

1. Some things that happened

- House Managers were not allowed, by rule, to call for witnesses before Saturday morning

- Ahead of time, Sen Schumer said they could call witnesses if they wished.

- The House Managers decided to call witnesses

- The Senate voted to call that witness

- Senate Democrats put pressure on the House Managers to make a deal instead. (Of course Republican Senators also did not want witnesses). Pressure came at least from Coons and Manchin.

- House Managers made the deal to only enter the public statement into the record

- The Trump lawyer stated the public statement was not true

[soothsayer]

2. @SenateGOP was willing to tank the economy, stymie vaccinations, and let children go hungry to stop

Link to tweet

?s=21


Mueller, She Wrote
@MuellerSheWrote
A reminder that @SenateGOP was willing to tank the economy, stymie vaccinations, and let children go hungry to stop a witness from testifying against Trump. #2022Iscoming

[Nexus2]

5. Its like the nation is being extorted by a gang of thugs.

"Nice country ya got here, be a shame if something happened to it."

[Bettie]

3. The funny thing is

that they will do that anyway. They will hold up anything they can just to be assholes.

Because being assholes is what they do.

[Laelth]

4. That, and the Senate has other work it needs to do.

We got the key affidavit admitted, re. McCarthy’s conversation with Trump while the Capitol was under siege. That was enough.

-Laelth