I can’t sleep because of how bad this argument is.
https://twitter.com/imillhiser/status/1360429655073972226
1) The senate has standing rules to allow it to do legislative work while taking testimony; the tension between them is largely a canard.
2) It’s vitally important to preserve testimony and very hard to call these witnesses in other forums.
2) It’s vitally important to preserve testimony and very hard to call these witnesses in other forums.
3) It will be easier for Republicans to defend acquittal votes politically without hearing sworn testimony or seeing damning subpoenaed documents. They’ll have a ready excuse if it comes out later.
4) The moment the acquittal takes place the whole political dynamic will shift.
4) The moment the acquittal takes place the whole political dynamic will shift.
5) Putting on the best case you possibly can is self-evidently the right thing to do. It honors the lives that were lost and stands up on behalf of the people who were traumatized. I’ve heard voters prefer that to half ass efforts.
6) A lot of us want to know the whole truth. As the late breaking McCarthy call shows, it hasn’t yet been told and could have political ramifications beyond what we presently imagine.
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