BREAKING NEWS (FOX NEWS): GOP Senate Majority Leader McConnell Says He "Hasn't Ruled Out Witnesses" at Trump Impeachment Trial
If this is what Pelosi has gotten from McConnell after holding the articles just a few days, a few weeks should do it for getting a *deal* on witnesses.
If this is what Pelosi has gotten from McConnell after holding the articles just a few days, a few weeks should do it for getting a *deal* on witnesses.
1/ Where we were just *days* ago? McConnell making clear the Senate would move to a quick vote on the articles after a presentation by each side *without* live testimony.
Then Pelosi held the articles.
Then the explosive Duffey Letter dropped.
*Now* Mitch is back on his heels.
Then Pelosi held the articles.
Then the explosive Duffey Letter dropped.
*Now* Mitch is back on his heels.
2/ And somewhere in there, *64% of Republicans* told pollsters that they wanted live witnesses, along with 71% of all Americans.
And somewhere in there Trump threw McConnell under the bus by publicly whining about Pelosi, thereby confirming she was winning.
Which she is. Bigly.
And somewhere in there Trump threw McConnell under the bus by publicly whining about Pelosi, thereby confirming she was winning.
Which she is. Bigly.
3/ Meanwhile, the Democrats are continuing their investigations and their litigation and accurately informing a federal court that McGahn's testimony could lead to more articles of impeachment, which fact itself underscores the reasonableness of holding onto the current articles.
4/ With each passing day, more Americans want live witnesses, more evidence emerges that underscores why those witnesses are needed, and Trump makes clearer and clearer (and in more and more *public* terms) how *desperate* he is to get this over with. Which underscores his guilt.
5/ In just the past few days, since the articles of impeachment were held, the odds of additional articles of impeachment have increased substantially and the odds of a bipartisan majority vote for conviction in the Senate (whether two-thirds or not) have increased substantially.
6/ More broadly, America is learning that now that articles of impeachment have put Trump on *notice* of the consequences of further invitations of foreign interference in our elections, there's no rush to end the ongoing investigations into what he's hiding and what else he did.
7/ The last week has seen a total victory for the Democratic argument, which in this instance is a total victory for our democracy and rule of law. And it remains the case that the worst-case scenario for the Democrats is just holding onto the articles indefinitely—which is fine.
8/ The McGahn case won't be heard until January—which means the House argument that it should hold the articles in *part* because more articles may be forthcoming once the testimony Trump obstructed goes forward is an active and compelling argument through at *least* next month.
