McConnell vows to stop impeachment in fundraising video

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Bruce Schreiner, Associated Press Updated 9:17 pm CDT, Saturday, October 5, 2019

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell vows to stop any Democratic push for impeachment in a social media campaign ad that he's using as a platform to raise campaign funds off the inquiry of President Donald Trump.

In the brief Facebook video, McConnell makes it clear that the Republican-controlled Senate with him in charge will be a firewall against efforts to remove Trump from office.

"All of you know your Constitution," McConnell says in the video. "The way that impeachment stops is with a Senate majority with me as majority leader."

The Senate leader, a steadfast Trump defender, avoided the impeachment issue during public appearances in his home state of Kentucky this past week.

Read more: https://www.chron.com/news/us/article/McConnell-vows-to-stop-impeachment-in-fundraising-14495505.php

[LonePirate]

1. So, underneath his shell, McTurtle is soft on crime.

[regnaD kciN]

2. And he'll maintain this, unless and until...

...Trump’s cratering popularity becomes a hazard for his party — at which point, he’ll quietly give the approval for enough senators in swing states to vote to convict, while he himself continues to express never-ending loyalty to 45.

[alittlelark]

3. OK - he will be a 'juror' during senate impeachment hearings.

And said ‘juror’ is attempting to make re-election $$$ off the potential sale of his vote?? He is behaving as a political prostitute - I added ‘political’ cuz prostitutes generally provide an honest service for the $$$ u give them - ‘political prostitutes’ stiff u 99% of the time.

[cynical_idealist]

20. EXACTLY!

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[Skittles]

4. so he is declaring the outcome without hearing the evidence

that sounds repukian to me

[djg21]

23. Shouldn't he have to recuse himself from any vote on impeachment.

A juror would be removed for expressing an opinion before assessing evidence, and a judge would be required to recuse him or herself. I can’t imaging there is law on the issue, but it seems utterly inappropriate for the Senate majority leader to prejudge the issue and in essence promise to disregard evidence to curry political favor.

[Skittles]

24. any judge or juror would be fired from their position

but with repukes, the rules are different

[cstanleytech]

5. Moscow Mitch is still Putin's Bitch I see as we all know how much Putin wants to keep

his asset in the White House.

[Kablooie]

6. Can't someone find a way to impeach McConnell? Please?

[sakabatou]

8. You can't impeach a member of Congress

However, Congress can remove a member by two-thirds vote, iirc.

[sakabatou]

7. If McConnell was a possible juror, he wouldn't be picked

[Grokenstein]

9. No surprises there.

Putin's Little Mitch has been pretty blatant about his corruption and hypocrisy lately. But hey, it makes a great quote for a Dem's campaign ads.

"All of you know your Constitution," McConnell says in the video.

Ah ha ha ha. He knows they don't. God Emperor Puppet Sharpie ain't the only one who "loves" (exploits) the poorly educated.

[Sherman A1]

10. Agreed

I am surprised it took him this long to make any statement on this. Mitch must be slowing down a bit or had to wait for directions.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

11. McCONnell is selling his government power for personal gain. . . . nt

[global1]

12. Can This Be Construed As Jury Tampering?....nt

[onenote]

17. no

[no_hypocrisy]

13. He made a public statement two weeks ago that is the opposite:

If House acts on impeachment, Senate must have trial, Mitch McConnell says


Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said months ago that if the House goes ahead and impeaches President Donald Trump, the Senate ‘‘has no choice’’ but to conduct a trial to determine whether the president is removed from office.

The Kentucky Republican told NPR that ‘‘if the House were to act, the Senate immediately goes into a trial.’’ McConnell made the comments long before House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the House would begin an impeachment inquiry into the president.

McConnell had not previously indicated whether the Senate would act on any articles of impeachment, though the Constitution anticipates that it would. It’s commonly assumed that the GOP-held chamber would acquit Trump just as Democrats held together in 1999 to deny the GOP House from winning a conviction of President Bill Clinton.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/09/27/house-acts-senate-must-have-trial-mitch-mcconnell-says/kCSN3TiEb7LPhu8vSZNEiL/story.html

[blueinredohio]

14. But the impeachment could go forward if McConnell loses.

The new leader may not be so Trump friendly and indebted to Russia.

[getagrip_already]

18. at that point, trump won't be in office......

They are both up in 2020. If moscow loses, there is no way trump wins. moscow mitch won't lose saidly. But we can still tip the senate. maybe. if the real russians don't get into voting systems again.

It will be a horror show for a new dem potus without the senate.

[onetexan]

21. that's correct, we must win back the Senate and continue to prosecute the traitors

[rickyhall]

15. McTraitor strikes again.

[Perseus]

16. You have to give them credit, they are not ashamed about being as corrupt as they are

They just go and tell the World about it.

That SOB should also be impeached.

[bluestarone]

19. Who's watching the money coming in?

NOBODY!

[orangecrush]

27. THIS!

[TomCADem]

22. McConnell Does Not Even Make a Pretense of Justifying Trump's Conduct

In essence, it is so what if Trump is conspiring with Foreign Governments to interfere with the U.S. elections? So long as it keeps us in power, we are all in.

[Progressive Jones]

25. This would do massive damage to the GOP, as impeachment popularity is growing daily. nt

[elleng]

26. so we post videos of him saying he has to go through with it.

[Calista241]

28. MM controls the impeachment trial process. He'll let Trump lawyers question witnesses.

It’ll be a show trial, but it’ll have the look of a legit inquiry. Comey, Clapper, McCabe, Orr, the Fusion GPS people, the whistleblowers, Strozk, Page; they’ll all be up there under oath answering questions from Trump’s attorneys on live TV.

Basically, it’ll be a goat rodeo.