Trump Impeachment Tag

CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin on impeachment trial: Trump “is winning here”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 26, 2020 44 Comments

As the Democrats' partisan impeachment farce continues to unfold, Americans are tuning it out and even Democrat primary voters are ready to "move on."

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VIDEO: Trump trial team exposed Adam Schiff’s lies and manipulation behind impeachment

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 25, 2020 30 Comments

I was traveling much of this week, so I didn't watch that much of the Democrats' presentation of their case in the Senate impeachment trial. I saw bits and pieces, and checked in from time to time on Twitter. The dominant presence was Adam Schiff. It seemed that almost every time I turned on the TV, he was talking and talking and talking.

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GOP Senators Outraged By Schiff’s Reference to “Head on a pike” Story: ‘Every one of us knows it is not true’

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on January 25, 2020 35 Comments

In his closing statements, House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff (D-CA) went too far in citing a CBS News-run rumor that President Trump threatened to put the heads of GOP senators who voted for removal on a pike.  This was never, according to numerous Republican senators, said.

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LIVE: Trump Defense in Senate Impeachment Trial Starts

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 25, 2020 33 Comments

Trump's defense starts today in the Senate impeachment trial. For a preview of the arguments, read Trump's Trial Brief.

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TDS Fatigue Continues: Impeachment Ratings Not Strong, Dropping Each Day

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 24, 2020 25 Comments

I blogged in November about the low ratings of the impeachment inquiry hearings. I mentioned how it relates to Trump Derangement Syndrome fatigue. The actual impeachment trial has lower ratings and each day loses more viewers.

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LIVE: House Managers Wrap Up Impeachment Opening Arguments

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 24, 2020 16 Comments

The Democratic House Managers will wrap up their opening arguments in front of the Senate today for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial.

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MSNBC Hosts Furious That Senators Not as Committed to Impeachment as They Are

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 24, 2020 28 Comments

If you've watched any of the impeachment trial on TV this week, you know that it's been an incredibly boring affair. In spite of this, the hosts at MSNBC, who are deeply emotionally and professionally invested in the outcome, are annoyed that members of the Senate aren't sitting on the edge of their seats.

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Dem Senator: Idea That Democrats Have Been After Trump Since Day One is a ‘Conspiracy Theory’

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 23, 2020 54 Comments

Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii thinks you're stupid. That's the only conclusion any reasonable person could reach based on her recent appearance on MSNBC.

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Murkowski Wants to Know Why the House Didn’t Use Courts to Get Testimony, But Demands Senate Do It

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 23, 2020 30 Comments

Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, one of the moderate GOP senators, lashed out at the House Democrats before heading in for day three of the impeachment trial.

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LIVE: House Managers Enter Day Two of Opening Statements

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 23, 2020 12 Comments

The Democratic House managers will continue their opening statements in front of the Senate for the second day.

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TDS-Afflicted Schiff Admits on Senate Floor Impeachment is About 2020

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 23, 2020 29 Comments

Before the trial starts today, I'd like to remind you of what Rep. Adam Schiff, who suffers from an intense case of Trump Derangement Syndrome, said yesterday in his opening statement.

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Impeachment: Republican Senators “recognize the trial … as an attempted political decapitation”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 22, 2020 29 Comments

My Cornell University theme song is Green Day's Boulevard of Broken Dreams:

I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have ever known, don't know where it goes, but it's home to me and I walk alone.

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CNN Political Analyst Makes Up Fake Quotes from Republican Senators

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 22, 2020 26 Comments

Wednesday afternoon, CNN Political Analyst and former Clinton White House Press Secretary, Joe Lockhart, tweeted a made up story about Republican Senators "who only watch Fox News" saying that if what Schiff is saying is true, they're up a creek.

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LIVE: House Managers Formally Make Case to Remove Trump at Impeachment Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 22, 2020 36 Comments

On Tuesday, the Senate debated and voted on rules for President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. The trial resumes today at 1 p.m. ET when the House managers will formally present their case to remove Trump from office.

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Nothing will be gained by appeasing Democrats on impeachment witnesses

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 21, 2020 28 Comments

Consider me blessed. I was traveling and then attending to personal matters most of today, so I didn't get to watch the Senate impeachment trial proceedings. What did I miss? Adam Schiff and other Democrats scratching their nails on a blackboard?

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LIVE: Senate Takes Up Resolution Setting Rules for Impeachment Trial

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 21, 2020 11 Comments

President Donald Trump's impeachment trial kicks off this afternoon at 1 PM ET when the Senate takes up the resolution to set the rules for the trial.

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Gallup Poll Shows 51% Against Removing Trump While 44% Approve of Him

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 21, 2020 16 Comments

A Gallup poll released on Monday shows President Donald Trump has a 44% approval rating as the impeachment trial begins today. The organization also discovered that 51% of the public is against convicting Trump and removing him from office.

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If Senate Republicans take the hard vote now on impeachment witnesses, they will not regret it in November

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 20, 2020 48 Comments

Mitch McConnell released a resolution to be introduced Tuesday that sets the schedule for the Senate impeachment trial. (Trying not to laugh) The proceedings will start at 1 p.m. each day (to accommodate the Chief Justice's day job schedule), and go for 12 hours. Rinse and repeat. Whoever said Mitch McConnell doesn't have a sense of humor?

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