YU Baker!
GOP Senators Predict Bipartisan Acquittal In Trump Impeachment
CST - 12/26/2019 - 10:10
With 67 votes needed to convict the president and remove him from office, and the outcome of a Senate trial all but guaranteed, GOP senators are broadening their sights as they plot their strategy.
Senate Republicans think they’ll be able to pick up one or two Democrats on the final votes for each impeachment article. That would let them tout Trump’s acquittal as bipartisan — an angle they’ve already seized on when talking about the two House votes, in which a handful of Democrats crossed the aisle to join Republicans in opposing impeachment. -The Hill
"I think we might have a couple," said Sen. David Perdue (R-GA), who declined to name names.
"I don’t want to speculate on who — obviously that puts too much pressure on them — but I really think we have people on both sides that are trying to get to a reasonable, nonpartisan answer."
And in a recent interview with Fox News, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) similarly predicted that a few Democrats would break ranks, and that no GOP senators would vote to convict Trump over allegations that he abused his office by asking Ukraine to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, as well as other matters related to the 2016 US election.
"It wouldn't surprise me if we got one or two Democrats. It looks to me over in the House, the Republicans seem to be solid and the Democrats seem to be divided," said McConnell.
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) told Fox News, "I think he will get every Republican’s vote for acquittal. And I think he will pick up some Democratic votes for acquittal."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), meanwhile, is pushing for at least three or four Republicans needed to force the Senate to call witnesses in Trump's trial, including former national security adviser John Bolton and acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/gop-senators-predict-bipartisan-acquittal-trump-impeachment
RuhRho…sombody worried:
Senator
@MarshaBlackburn
should resign from Senate #Whistleblower Caucus. Her comments are completely contrary to everything that Caucus is supposed to stand for and protect.
CST
https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/1210220760922558464
moar Epstein/whistleblower lawyer:
The actions of anti-#whistleblower partisans will come back to haunt them when Democrats are one day back in power. I'll be continuing to fight for accountability in govt regardless but they won't be happy given fewer whistleblowers will be willing to come forward.
https://twitter.com/MarkSZaidEsq/status/1210221277929254913
According to the investigative journalist, one big question is whether the articles of impeachment will be dismissed. If they are not dismissed, a second big question is "how long various legal challenges may take to get resolved through our court system".
"I see little likelihood that a conviction will occur at any time, let alone so rapidly as in early January 2020", the analyst emphasises. "If the Senate trial proceeds, it is likely that deliberations will be extended, possibly into the primary season and then disturb plans of Senators Cooker, Klobuchar, and Warren, should these candidates remain in the race to challenge President Trump for re-election".
What the Democrats have really done by impeaching Trump is "inflame the Republican base and enervate Independents who are unhappy with the glacial pace of positive change in government", Ortel believes.
"With each loopy pronouncement of Democrats regarding impeachment, President Trump will have more fodder to raise campaign contributions and more arguments to bring voters out to the polls in what promises to be the wave election of 2020", he says.
The day Trump was impeached, his re-election campaign raised $5 million in donations. At the same time, according to Federal Election Commission data, the Republican National Committee broke its record in November, gaining $20.6 million.
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201912251077787358-live-with-it-nancy-pelosi-senate-is-sole-arbiter-of-rules-in-trumps-impeachment-trial–analyst/
#BREAKING: Initial: North Korean missile lands 2,000km east of Hokkaido, Japan- via
@UN_NERV
https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1210223475018928135
#BREAKING: Rough impact point, 2,000km east of Hokkaido, Japan, if reports are accurate.
Estimated distance would be: ~3,500km
Possibly an ICBM?
https://twitter.com/ELINTNews/status/1210224902248304641
CST
Bvlly, a Toronto-based rapper, was shot and killed early Christmas Eve in what police are calling a homicide
https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1210227110398152704
‘Pathetic’: Canada’s CBC under fire when Trump’s cameo in ‘Home Alone 2’ disappears from Christmas broadcast
https://twitter.com/DonaldJTrumpJr/status/1210228197180297216
BREAKING: Japan news organization NHK retracts news bulletin saying North Korea fired a missile into the sea off Japan’s Hokkaido
CST - https://twitter.com/NewsBreaking/status/1210228781165748226
Or is it a fantasy?