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Atticus

(15,124 posts) Thu Jan 16, 2020, 11:29 AM Jan 2020

The insistence by some in the GOP to have the Bidens testify is nothing more than [View all]

a brazen attempt to have GOP Senators accomplish what Trump could not with his criminal extortion attempt in Ukraine: the smearing of Joe Biden.

Putin has to be grinning ear to ear.

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The insistence by some in the GOP to have the Bidens testify is nothing more than [View all] Atticus Jan 2020 OP

However... kentuck Jan 2020 #1

In a court, yes, but in the impeachment trial, "relevancy" will be determined by Atticus Jan 2020 #2

Understood, But That Raises Another Question: The_Counsel Jan 2020 #4

I expect nothing from Robert's. He will not even attempt to function as a judge. nt Atticus Jan 2020 #5

Senators are the jury and the court. tritsofme Jan 2020 #3

Yep. That's why I expect exactly zero COLGATE4 Jan 2020 #6

So if they bring him in, then what? sboatcar Jan 2020 #7

No. All it would accomplish is the goal of the Zelinsky extortion: a smear of an innocent man Hekate Jan 2020 #9

I'd trade Biden on the witness stand for Trump on it jmowreader Jan 2020 #8

Never Hekate Jan 2020 #10