GungHo wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2019 9:13 pm
How many substantive issues has McConnell pigeon holed? How many votes has he not allowed to happen? how many legitimately nominated supreme court justices has he refused to hold hearings on? Doesn't seem like any of those things have ever come back to bite him or his party because the American people are a willfully ignorant bunch.
That's all C-Span.
Impeachment is Prime Time.
But he's not going to refuse to give trump what trump and his cronies will tout as a 'Not Guilty!' Stamp of Approval from Congress right before the election.
House Impeachment proceedings will set the stage by putting Trump's crimes and slime in full view every day for as long as it takes. This all comes first. It establishes the narrative and shapes the discussion. After months of the Mueller Report (which, what 3% of Americans have seen as text?) becoming a fully watchable and talkable miniseries, McConnell will have a much harder time pretending it means nothing.
Plus, as I mentioned earlier, it's not all McConnell's show. John Roberts presides, and House members from both sides manage the process in the role of attorneys even in the Senate.
The Senate is a jury here, not the judge and not the court system. They'll acquit Trump because they're the GOP, but they'll do it after months of the House bringing the issues and evidence to stark light. This will be McConnell's trial as much as Trump's.
And, anyway, what's the alternative? How does refusing to act on the evidence help anything at all?
Even if Trump were polling 65% and looking to coast to re-election in a Red Map year, the House would still have this duty. The Constitution calls for it.