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IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,075 posts)
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 03:02 PM Dec 2019

Thune promises 'fair process' in Senate impeachment trial

Source: KELO TV (CBS) Sioux Falls SD

"SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — It’s been a big story all across the country, the impeachment of President Donald Trump.

Now that the House of Representatives has voted to impeach the President, the Senate is set to decide President Trump’s fate on remaining in office.

KELOLAND News sat down with the second-in-command in the upper chamber, Sen. John Thune (R-SD), and asked him about how the Senate is going to handle the process.

“In the Senate we will conduct a fair process. We will give both sides an opportunity to be heard, and hopefully draw a conclusion without it dragging on for a long period of time,” Thune said."

Read more: https://www.keloland.com/news/politics/thune-promises-fair-process-in-senate-impeachment-trial/



Pandering to his locals. I also have a letter from him outright lying concerning the Downing Street Memos, too. So take what he says with a grain of salt.
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Thune promises 'fair process' in Senate impeachment trial (Original Post) IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 2019 OP
He is a beauty ain't he! Wellstone ruled Dec 2019 #1
Don't you mean an oil tanker full of salt? cstanleytech Dec 2019 #2
Oh yeah, but his mouth refuses to say the word witnesses. NCjack Dec 2019 #3
Get it etched in stone CanonRay Dec 2019 #4
That is why I put it here... IthinkThereforeIAM Dec 2019 #5
"We'll give him a fair trial and then acquit him" rurallib Dec 2019 #6
"Sentence first! Trial later!" LastLiberal in PalmSprings Dec 2019 #9
Yeah, right sakabatou Dec 2019 #7
The Brooklyn Bridge is up for sale. amb123 Dec 2019 #8
Thune says: T-r-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-u-s-t me. keithbvadu2 Dec 2019 #10
Okay Lucy whistler162 Dec 2019 #11
Liar! mountain grammy Dec 2019 #12
I believe him completely and implicitly not. dchill Dec 2019 #13

IthinkThereforeIAM

(3,075 posts)
5. That is why I put it here...
Mon Dec 23, 2019, 03:40 PM
Dec 2019

... so we all can see what the, "#3 GOP Senator", had to say to the small market(s).

PS: The link works fine.

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