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1. I still think impeaching Trump, trying him and aquiting him in the Senate risks giving him a free path to say he was exonerated. I agree with @tribelaw strategy of impeaching without the House naming managers so there could be no trial. My comment is about claims that
2. @senatemajldr #MoscowMitch has the power to just blow off the impeachment. Comrade McConnell presides over the Senate except in the trial of the President. For that the Constitution provides the Supreme Court Chief Justice gets the gavel. I don’t think the rules are clear
3. that McConnell could turn it into a farse unless Roberts was complicit. Our goal is to defeat Trump and take control of both Houses of Congress. There will be resistance from traditional Democrats who will be reluctant to kill the filibuster to pack the court. But should
4. Roberts be seen as a partisan hack in the trial he will know he is making a court packing more likely. My point is this, we should not operate under the possible misconception that #MoscowMitch can force his will over the proceeding if we decide to impoeach and try @POTUS.
5. If we do it right we can use the Trump impeachment trial as the device to take the Senate by making the weak @SenateGOP like @SenCoryGardner @SenMcSallyAZ @SenatorCollins @SenThomTillis @LindseyGrahamSC and especially #MoscowMitch look like Russian mob traitors.
6. That might be worth risking a few House seats in Orange County and may actially work to destroy the @HouseGOP for generations.
