RESIST the calls for impeachment wrap-up in two weeks!!

[Grasswire2]

Trump is calling for a Senate vote ASAP!

This means there is MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE criminality not yet exposed to public view.

They should not determine OUR investigation's direction!!

The more evidence, the more public opinion is moved toward removal from office.

No hurry. NO HURRY.

More witnesses, please!

[The_Counsel]

1. That Means the Fix Is in in the Senate.

Someone--probably in the group that had lunch at the White House today--will move to dismiss and that will be that.

That's the plan.

IF it happens that way, someone should be removed from the Senate. And I don't mean "wait for the next election" either.

It sickens me that not enough of us is willing to put partisanship aside and follow the LAW for once....

[Pepsidog]

27. Yes Rs want to get it over so they can start indicting Dems.....

[DENVERPOPS]

42. Has anyone seen

Has anyone seen the ads being run by "Republicans for the Rule of Law".......A group of true Republicans running anti trump adverts?
Evidently, they even bought spots on Fox News.........

[guillaumeb]

2. Recommended.

Do NOT allow the GOP to control the narrative.

Watergate was not wrapped up in 2 weeks.

[DENVERPOPS]

23. Reminder

A reminder that Clinton' impeachment took five weeks......all for a lie about a personal matter that didn't affect the nation or the U.S. internationally.

Republicans constantly harped that Clinton lied to congress.......HELL, Trump lies to them all day everyday for over three years.

The Republican Party has become the party of complete and un-ending hypocrisy...........

[guillaumeb]

25. One fact:

Hearings opened on May 17, 1973, and the Committee issued its seven-volume, 1,250-page report on June 27, 1974, titled Report on Presidential Campaign Activities. The first weeks of the committee's hearings were a national politico-cultural event.

United States Senate Watergate Committee - Wikipedia

https://en.m.wikipedia.org › wiki › United_States_Senate_Watergate_Commi...

13 months

[Grasswire2]

61. yep

we have just begun to fight

[MoonRiver]

3. I agree. This is what happened with Mueller's investigation.

[Grasswire2]

8. Yeah. Soon we'll see Barr telling us what the verdict is, before any trial.

RESIST THIS!!

Chuck Todd was running with it today. "Dems wrapping up by Christmas!"

[Pepsidog]

28. F Chuck Todd. Replace with Joy Reid or someone better.

[DENVERPOPS]

40. We don't need Barr

I'll bet anyone a hundred bucks on how this will turn out when the Senate Republicans get a hold of it and vote.......

AND when the Senate Republicans vote it down, it will further embolden the Republicans to even greater scandals and corruption.

No matter who wins the Dem primary, for sure we can already guess who will "win" the presidential election.....with a little help from Putin of course.......

**********************************************

This whole massively corrupt Republican Party and Presidency will be remembered in history, but I fear the most memorable will be the day of the election, and the days immediately after the election.......

Either way, if the Dems win, it will be a nightmare of biblical proportions, if Trump wins, it will be cataclysmic......

Has anyone seen the ads being run by "Republicans for the Rule of Law".......A group of true Republicans running anti trump adverts?
Evidently, they even bought spots on Fox News.........

[dweller]

4. that just means

there are more crimes on the horizon
to be comitted and discovered

✌🏼

[Grasswire2]

6. absolutely!!

Pompeo and Mulvaney -- it's their time in the barrel!!

[kentuck]

5. He took a count of Senators today.

At this time, he probably has the votes to escape conviction, and might even have a majority of the Senate on his side?

[Grasswire2]

7. I think the luncheon today was to shore up wobblies who might allow a vote on anonymous balloting.

Look at the people invited.

Wobblies.

[kentuck]

10. A lot of Republican arms are going to be very sore by the time he has finished twisting them.

I guess that is something Americans have to accept?

[Grasswire2]

11. Maybe he is hinting that Mnuchen will write them checks if they stay with him.

He does tend to snap his fingers to make that happen using the people's money.

[bdamomma]

65. Accept??

or abuse? I think it is way past the time get the hook.

[0rganism]

9. it doesn't matter to them, they've already won and they win more the longer it goes on

GOP reps succeeded in making the impeachment inquiry proceedings as ugly, divisive, and partisan as they are. they've managed to taint an entire constitutional process. the longer Democrats interact with it, the more of the GOP taint rubs off on them. this was the Republicans' best case scenario, given the facts of the case.

there was never a significant risk of the president being removal by the senate, so all they needed to do was make the proceeding as nasty as possible and let the media work its magic. if Democrats take the bait and draw out the hearings, it only exposes us to more of the same.

[Grasswire2]

12. totally disagree

...and polling shows differently.

[0rganism]

13. been to 538 lately?

looks like support for impeachment nosedived during the public hearings.
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/impeachment-polls/?ex_cid=rrpromo

for this to have any long-term beneficial impact for us, support really has to be over 50%.

[kentuck]

14. What have they won?

Democrats cannot rely solely on the polls on something so important for our nation.

[0rganism]

15. fair point, but i do think it will draw us further away from removing Trump in 2020

our representatives, in the absence of a coherent electoral strategy, are doing the next best they can to honor their oaths of office, and i do appreciate that. maybe i'm overly focused on the end-game of removing Trump from the presidency, which looks like it's getting further and further away.

[kentuck]

17. In my opinion, Democrats cannot surrender an inch or they will pay for it.

They must remain on the offense and keep Trump and the Republicans on the defensive.

[0rganism]

20. agree, and it's awfully hard to do when an entire major party ditches the constitution

Democrats try to uphold the Constitution while Republicans are more than happy to tear it down for $$$.

imho, we are in the deepest shit now.

[catbyte]

31. I'm coming to the conclusion that republicans know they're safe. They know that Democrats would

never, ever nominate a despicable piece of shit like that thing currently infesting the White House so there's no fear of being faced with their own hypocrisy. It's the only explanation that makes sense besides the fear of their base.

[frazzled]

16. How, exactly?

They are immune to everything: to facts, to public opinion, to ethics, and now even to our national security and the safekeeping of our very democracy. It’s inconceivable, but it’s true.

We knew this was the probable outcome from the beginning: the president will be impeached, and then a sham trial in the Republican- controlled Senate will fail to convict him.

I’m still very happy that we have done what we’ve done, for the public, the country, and for history. But unless something extraordinary happens, I’m afraid a real trial in the Senate is a pipe dream. I think there’s little we can do.

[kentuck]

18. This strategy?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212716621

[Bayard]

21. I'm afraid of that too

The more I see of rethugs in these hearings, the more they remind me of a pack of rabid dogs. Howling and frothing at the mouth. We won't have any control of that in the Senate hearing. I'm wondering if Justice Roberts can/will gavel them down.

They're not interested in facts or criminality, only staying in power. I don't see any, or maybe only a few, crossing over from the Dark Side. If the worst happens, tRump will be crowing about how Dems tried to remove him in this vast plot, and he prevailed. His rallies will be more toxic than they are now. Thinking of the prospects makes me despair for our future.

How reliable a source is The Hill?
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471542-poll-finds-sharp-swing-in-opposition-to-impeachment-among-independents

[gratuitous]

19. I agree

Unless you're a blitheringly ignorant illiterate, you know that the Constitution grants the sole power of impeachment to the House of Representatives. Not Donald Trump. Not Mitch McConnell. Not William Barr. The House. Democratic Representatives should take every public opportunity available to point this out, and keep pointing it out. Tell the American people that, like them, your trust is in the Constitution. Quote Barbara Jordan, if it feels right: "My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total."

Besides, the House hasn't even drawn up, let alone debated or voted on, any articles of impeachment. Is this unseemly rush to get matters before the Senate an admission of guilt? Or is this public exercise of the Constitution hurting a certain political party? Why are Republicans afraid of the Constitution? Are they incapable of carrying out their oath of office? They should resign.

Until then, the House should keep its own counsel, and continue to run as it always has by majority rule.

[sprinkleeninow]

34. I'm with all you have said. eom

[StarfishSaver]

22. Some DUers are making the same demand

Don't fall for the okie doke!

[empedocles]

32. Again

[Grasswire2]

50. Exactly

Didn't Obama tell Dems not to be "bamboozled" once, a while back?

[StarfishSaver]

67. I don't think all of them are being bamboozled

Some of them are trying to bamboozle.

[erlewyne]

24. Trust Nancy Pelosi

She will make the right decision,

[ancianita]

26. Never let them run the messaging or the timeline! EVER!

[MontanaMama]

29. The party of traitors will want this wrapped up in two weeks.

If it takes longer than that, they’ll say impeachment can’t happen because it’s too close to the election. We can’t listen to their hysteria or let them control the narrative. I have faith that Speaker Pelosi will light the way.

[SonofDonald]

55. They know what they are doing

And that they've thought this out well into the future.

They know what's at stake and that they can't fail.

We deserve no less and I'm confident that they have this dialed and dead to rights.

Makes me smile

[TryLogic]

30. I want to see the money trail. And all those pages of withheld evidence from DOJ & State Dept.

Ukrainians made sweeping changes via the ballot box. In addition to impeachment, wouldn't that be nice here!!!!

[hadEnuf]

33. The traitorous GOP doesn't need to be convinced that Trump should be impeached & removed,

the American people need to be. Convinced without any doubts left.

Trump and his sewer dwellers would like nothing more than to ramrod this thing through with an almost guaranteed acquittal by the senate so they can do their "vindicated" bullshit dance again and pretend it never happened.

The longer this goes on, the more evidence comes out. Keep their noses to the grindstone.

I would not be surprised if Ukraine is just the tip of the iceberg in this mess.

[Kurt V.]

35. there shouldn't be a time line one way or the other. There will be a fairly natural progression.

2 weeks or 2 months. let the process play out.

[rockfordfile]

52. I agree

[crickets]

63. Yes. It takes as long as it takes. nt

[sprinkleeninow]

36. Ignore the calls from the repubs to wrap it up!

Keep it going, keep it on point, straight down the middle, not veering off to the left or right, steady as she goes.

Been praying my heart out over this for us Democrats and patriots to be victorious.

'He' may not be removed, but his place in the oval office damaged beyond restoration.

Dear God, You continue to hear my strong prayers. Hear and have mercy! Save us and our nation!

[brooklynite]

37. How about we let Pelosi and Schiff make the decisions?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

41. Hmmmmm.

[dhill926]

45. yup....

[we can do it]

69. 👍🏼

[Laura PourMeADrink]

38. Ok...well only caught a second but think Coons on.cnn said same

Talking to Erin B ...not moving needle, repuke senators won't even discuss,. Trump blocking witnesses...

[mjvpi]

39. The GOP has a systemic Russia problem.

From Trump to McConnel’s super pac. The President, the VP, Secretary of State, Secretary of Energy, the Attorney General and a whole lot of others who work for the aforementioned conspired to either promote the Ukraine conspiracy or cover it up. They should all be banned from participating in our government ever again, at the very least. Jail time for obstruction and lying to Congress. Then there is what happened with Russia in 2016.

I remember how things were swept under the rug after Reagan. Thanks, in no small part, to Barr. People like Elliot Abrams should have never been able to surface again in the guise of public service.

[patphil]

43. I'd like to see the House vote on Articles of Impeachment to be taken in January.

And the Senate trial to be held in February.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

47. Coons in CNN feared they'll call Hunter

[Laura PourMeADrink]

44. But poll posted today said favoring Impeachment is down

Not saying listen to dingbat, of course, but a good strong organization always takes the temp on what they are doing. Remediates if necessary.

[Grasswire2]

49. what poll? nt

[4139]

54. Emerson, but also Marquette

“ The latest national poll from Emerson College finds 45 percent oppose impeaching President Trump, against 43 percent who support it. That's a 6-point swing in support from October, when 48 percent of voters supported impeachment and only 44 percent opposed....

This is the second poll this week to show voters are increasingly likely to oppose impeachment, ....

A Marquette University survey of Wisconsin, a battleground state that Trump turned red in 2016 for the first time in decades, found 40 percent think the president should be impeached and removed, against 53 percent who do not think so....”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471542-poll-finds-sharp-swing-in-opposition-to-impeachment-among-independents%3famp

[rockfordfile]

56. So what.

[4139]

57. The poster asked "what poll"

[Grasswire2]

58. here's a much broader review of polls

[link:https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/public_approval_of_the_impeachment_and_removal_of_president_trump-6957.html|

[Laura PourMeADrink]

62. Thanks ! But thought we were at 51? Regardless

Needle not going up. It may indeed go up.

[Demsrule86]

46. And what did you expect? The Senate was never going to convict...I had real reservations about

impeachment...but we had little choice. Trump is a criminal. We will be lucky to keep the house and win the presidency if impeachment opinion goes down really low...but we have time before the next election so fingers crossed.

[SayItLoud]

48. Why I think they (gop Sens) will not seek to dismiss...

tRUMP wants the talking/screaming points that "I was found innocent". Every rally, every photo op in front of Helicopter 1 will give him the platform that he wants. He's still screaming "No obstruction, No collusion, No nothing" after Mueller report contrary to the evidence.

Prepare for this, it's coming. Not ONE Senator will vote country over tRUMP base. Just sayin...

Someone, set me straight if you see it otherwise.

[Ferryboat]

51. Too many questions unanswered

Rudy and Rick Perrys interest in the energy sector.

Parnes and Furman currently under indictment or investigation. What secret mission was "the big guy" sending them on?

What was Nunes doing overseas those two?

Let it sit awhile, no need to be hasty.

PS probably have the names wrong in regards to Nunes overseas adventure.

[mainstreetonce]

53. So many people have ignored subpoenas to testify

Why couldn't Hunter do the same thing?

[samnsara]

59. i want it to last a year!

[Kid Berwyn]

60. Move on!

Nothing to see here, peasant!

Are you resisting a direct order to move on?

Show me your papers!

[bdamomma]

64. I think there should

more testimony and more witnesses too.

Repigs like McConnell will not shove this under the rug, or that should be our que to push back hard.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

66. I read this that the resistance moving was calling to stop...

Duh

[backscatter712]

68. I want to wait longer before sending the impeachment to the Senate.

Even if we can't get the GOP to do an about-face, go to the White House, and tell him they can't cover his ass anymore like they did with Nixon, we can make sure that if they decide to just lockstep it and acquit, that they'll make complete asses of themselves and utterly discredit the GOP for three generations.