"Nadler is not holding his breath waiting for GOP senators to come around to his way of thinking. vanityfair.com/news/2020/01/n…
“ 'I was criticized by Republicans for saying in prior years that you shouldn’t have a partisan impeachment…. However, I’ve changed my mind. This is a partisan impeachment,' he told me.
“ 'I must tell you, it never entered my mind when I said things like that, that we would have an American political party that would totally not care about the Constitution, about the law, about the integrity of elections. It never occurred to me, but now we have that.' "
"Bolstered by Bolton’s revelations, Nadler doubled down on his somewhat controversial remarks from the first night of the impeachment trial — which prompted a complaint from Collins and an admonishment from Chief Justice John Roberts —
"that Republican senators were engaged in a cover-up if they blocked witnesses.
“ 'The vote for witnesses is if they want a fair trial. A vote against witnesses is if they want a cover-up,' he reiterated to me.
“ 'The vote for witnesses is if they want a fair trial. A vote against witnesses is if they want a cover-up,' he reiterated to me.
“ 'Any 10-year-old knows you can’t have a fair trial without witnesses. And yet, that’s the position they’re taking because they have no witnesses and they’re afraid of the witnesses,' he added, dismissing Republican talking points about the House process.
“Everything’s a distraction.”
"Nadler has no time for Republican senators’ feelings.
“ 'They said they got upset. I don't think they’re really upset, they’re just looking for an excuse,' he told me. 'They’re not going to vote for or against witnesses because I said something nasty.' "
“ 'They said they got upset. I don't think they’re really upset, they’re just looking for an excuse,' he told me. 'They’re not going to vote for or against witnesses because I said something nasty.' "
