Impeachment Hearings

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(01-22-2020, 08:30 AM)Belsnickel Wrote: So, reading over the remarks from yesterday I do find it interesting that the defense of Trump is that abuse of power is not an impeachable offense, but also how much the defense team lied. They really are just preying on the gullible. I can't believe how much of a disconnect from reality the actual defenders of Trump have. I would have zero issues with an acquittal of Trump is there was a good faith argument being made, but there isn't. The idea of "high crimes and misdemeanors" absolutely includes abuse of power and that they have chosen to drag the slimeball Dershowitz up there to reverse his position from 1999 is just showing how much the Republicans are reaching.

Their target audience is those that they have convinced that Joe Biden did something despite insurmountable evidence to the contrary. Those who don't understand facts and choose to ignore anything that disputes their world views.

You have to assume someone like Susan Collins will get hit hard for this. She likes to play the "I am open to listening" or "this concerns me" but then she falls in line behind McConnell. 

If the defense continues to take this route where they unequivocally lie and grandstand while not making any actual arguments and she joins with the other GOP senators in accepting it, she's going to have to justify that in her reelection campaign.