***IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY HEARING NOV 19 THREAD (AFTERNOON SESSION) 10***

[BumRushDaShow]

Thread #4 (afternoon) here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212706114

ROUND 2 - Kurt Volker and Timothy Morrison

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ROUND 1 threads -

#1 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212702820
#2 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212703086
#3 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212703544
#4 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212703876
#5 - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212704180

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Eyes are blurring with the marathon but Sean Maloney (D-NY) is up

is going into the whole Biden bullshit.

[Roland99]

2. Volker wants us all to believe that he's the most naive ambassador ever!

[BumRushDaShow]

3. Maloney really grilling Volker about the Burisma mess

Ukraine being asked to do something inappropriate.

[Mersky]

12. Maloney was intense

Paraphrasing.... Is this what you’re testifying today, that you didn’t see anything wrong with the call, but immediately reported it?

Volker: yes

[BumRushDaShow]

4. Maloney done and Val Demmings (D-FL) up

Demmings telling Morrison that HE skipped his chain of command to go to the lawyers.

BWAH - He skipped his boss to talk to the lawyers.

[Roland99]

8. He's claiming he doesn't agree with her premise

Good for the goose but not the gander?

[BumRushDaShow]

19. That's basically the problem

IOKIYAR

[crickets]

15. Pretty hypocritical of Morrison to accuse Vindman of skipping chain of command,

bypassing Kupperman to go to Eisenberg, when that's exactly what he did. He is about to tie himself in knots not admitting it, or admitting it was about political fallout not an "administrative matter." He is BAD liar.

[MontanaMama]

5. Maloney isn't taking

Volker’s crap.

[Roland99]

6. Val Demings now

The call being secured was for political fallout. That Morrison thought nothing wrong with the call

[irisblue]

7. Gym Jordan is a bad bad man

Also a loud rude fuck head

[Roland99]

9. He won't answer her question as to why he went to lawyers to secure call

Not giving any specifics.

Hmmm. He’s hiding and lying

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Demmings yielding remaining time to Schiff

[Grown2Hate]

11. This Morrison dude cannot answer this simple question: WHAT made you feel the need to go straight

to counsel about this call if you saw nothing wrong? Just keeps talking in circles.

[BumRushDaShow]

16. Because his job was to throw his direct report Vindman under the bus

while doing the same thing that Vindman did!

[crickets]

20. *dingdingding* Winner! nt

[C_U_L8R]

17. So deceptive.

Dishonest operatives like this are ruining the country.

[BumRushDaShow]

13. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) up

[Polly Hennessey]

14. Morrison is having a meltdown.

Squirming in his seat. Hope he doesn’t start crying.

[MFGsunny]

25. Ants in his pants? needs a fix? Morrison's body language is despicably authoritarian & shifty. Yuck.

[spooky3]

32. I know I'd have to wear Depends if I went through what he did today. Just sayin'. nt

[MFGsunny]

44. Reminds me of a bit from musical Chicago ..... Cell Block Tango

HE HAD IT COMING

HE HAD IT COMING

HE ONLY HAD HIMSELF TO BLAME .......

[Roland99]

18. Big sigh from Volker as Krishnamoorthi starts

Volker getting tired/annoyed

[BumRushDaShow]

21. Krishnamoorthi - telling Volker about attacks on the military personnel

including McCain.... And now brought up Drumpf's tweet insulting Vindman today.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. 5-minute questions done MOO MOO CLOSING - MUTE ALERT

[Roland99]

27. More about tv marathon and claiming Dems manufacturing evidence for years

Calling Steele dossier false (which has yet to have any portions proven false)

Calling mueller an expensive failure (ignoring that it made a profit due to Manafort’s forfeiture and also ignoring the many spinoff investigations still active)

[Roland99]

29. Still railing about whistleblower and pushing CTs about Ukraine involvement in 2016 election

[crickets]

30. Gotta get those soundbites for FOX! nt

[Marthe48]

23. Maybe the Dems should treat the hearings

like a cult intervention. Try to deprogram the trumpies, so they'll be free to see the truth.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. It will take years and a lot of pain to deprogram the cultists

[Marthe48]

37. I tuned in toward the end.

volker and morrison look discomfited. No matter if the trumpers stick to their misguided submission to trump, questions and comments that they hear, at least one thing, is going to stick and niggle at them. And probably drive some of them crazy.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

24. Nunes has been dropping acid again.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. MOO MOO DONE. SCHIFF UP

[BumRushDaShow]

31. Schiff publicly states that Volker amended his testimony

[Roland99]

33. Schiff giving Morrison and Volker a pass

Thanking them for 20/20 revisions of their testimony

[BumRushDaShow]

34. Morrison has this look

[Roland99]

35. Bribery is the conditioning of official acts in exchange for something of value

[Roland99]

38. Withholding of military aid should be repugnant to all Americans

in exchange for something benefiting the president personally

[Roland99]

40. Republican objections are that he got caught

Schiff laying the boom!!

[budkin]

36. Can we give it up for Adam Schiff?

The guy is just awesome!

[IcyPeas]

42. yes he is.

[gademocrat7]

46. Yes he is!

[crickets]

50. +1000000

[crickets]

39. Schiff is on fire! Holding back the aid was WRONG

and got people KILLED - how is it Republicans only care that Trump got CAUGHT?

*!!applause!!*

[BumRushDaShow]

41. Schiff - The GOP didn't care about whether what they were doing was illegal - they got CAUGHT!

[BumRushDaShow]

43. Schiff is on fire!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

45. ***ADJOURNED FOR THE DAY***

[Mersky]

47. Schiff: They want to punish the whistleblower, because he (pRes) got caught!

They're mad, not because he committed crimes. But because he got caught!

[IcyPeas]

48. somebody please clap...

[BumRushDaShow]

49. Thank you to those who stuck with this with crazy me

[herding cats]

52. Thank you for doing this!!

It was extremely helpful!

What a day, huh?

[BumRushDaShow]

56. Big time burnout!

Idiot Gymsuit is giving a presser.

First they wanted these witnesses then they said they were the "Democrat" witnesses, now at this presser, they are taking the witnesses back.

[herding cats]

60. It's been a crazy ride today for sure.

It flipped and flopped into territory I didn't expect. No matter their attempts to spin this and the sound bites the got from it, reality is their previous spin is dead and they're off to formulate new ones.

Schiff is literally amazing! His closing arguments were excellent.

[Mersky]

53. IDK how you did it.

But thank you. I'd send you a case of visine if I could.

[crickets]

54. Thank *you* for all TEN threads today!

It was fun, everybody! It's great to get input and perspective from lots of people while watching these.



So hungry, pizza time now! See ya tomorrow!

[JohnnyLib2]

58. Many thanks to you. I relied on these threads all day.

[Roland99]

51. Schiff's closing statement is STUPENDOUS

Should be included in ALL Civics classes from here on!

[herding cats]

62. They were!

He's the right man for this job hands down.

[Mersky]

57. Gordon Sondland 9am ET; Laura Cooper and David Hale @ 2:30pm ET

[BumRushDaShow]

59. Looks like Sondland is at 9 am ET

& Laura Cooper/David Hale @ 2:30 pm ET.

Then Fiona Hill/David Holmes @ 9 am ET on Thursday

[yuiyoshida]

61. devin nunes is an

@$$#0[e.

[Guilded Lilly]

63. Massive thank you to the diligent, dedicated DUers providing all the threads!

[Wawannabe]

64. Thank you!

BumRushDaShow

I read all 10 threads. Appreciate what you did today for DU (us). I can’t watch so these threads are golden.