{"id":38482,"date":"2019-12-19T09:38:43","date_gmt":"2019-12-19T17:38:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=38482"},"modified":"2019-12-19T11:19:15","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T19:19:15","slug":"hold-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/12\/19\/hold-on\/","title":{"rendered":"Hold On!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday’s impeachment hearings were an exercise in boredom, until the votes that made the Fuhrer of the Republican Reich the Impeached Resident.\u00a0 Now what?\u00a0 Bought Bitch Moscow Mitch has made it abundantly clear that he considers his job is not to run an impartial trial, but to protect Trump.\u00a0 This morning I heard him call the Articles passed in the House “constitutionally incoherent”.\u00a0 He said he does not consider them worthy of consideration.\u00a0 Way back during the Mueller Report days, when Nancy Pelosi still opposed impeachment, I said several times that Democrats, and honest Republicans, if there were any, should impeach Trump to present the case to the American people.\u00a0 Then, they could hold the Articles of Impeachment to deny Trump his demanded acquittal in Bought Bitch Mitch’s kangaroo court.\u00a0 In retrospect, it was a good idea.\u00a0 If we can’t get a fair trial, hold on!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Moments after a historic vote to impeach President Trump, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the House could at least temporarily withhold the articles from the Senate \u2014 a decision, she suggested, that could depend on how the other chamber chooses to conduct its trial on Trump\u2019s removal.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot name managers until we see what the process is on the Senate side,\u201d she said, referring to the House \u201cmanagers\u201d who present the case for removal to the Senate. \u201cSo far we haven\u2019t seen anything that looks fair to us. So hopefully it will be fair. And when we see what that is, we\u2019ll send our managers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The comments came as a group of House Democrats pushed Pelosi (D-Calif.) and other leaders to withhold the articles \u2014 a notion that has gained traction among some on the political left as a way of potentially forcing Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to conduct a trial on more favorable terms for Democrats. And if no agreement is reached, some have argued, the trial could be delayed indefinitely, denying Trump an expected acquittal.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pelosi would not answer questions about whether she was entertaining an indefinite hold on the articles \u2014 one that could prevent a trial from taking place before the next presidential election…\u00a0 [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O’Donnell have more.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pelosi Wants To See \u2018Fair\u2019 Process Before House Sends Impeachment Articles<\/a><\/p>\n