Yamiche: Senators Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is sitting legs crossed watching most of the trial

[soothsayer]

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Yamiche Alcindor
@Yamiche
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Feb 11, 2021
Replying to @Yamiche
Senators Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is sitting legs crossed watching most of the trial very closely.

Meanwhile, Senator Grassley seems to be spending much of this trial reading and looking down even as videos are being shown.

Yamiche Alcindor
@Yamiche
Senator Marco Rubio was looking down and reading as lead House impeachment manager Rep Jamie Raskin talked about former Pres Trump encouraging people to be violent at rallies.

Context: Rubio told me today former presidents can't be impeached so clearly his mind is not changing.

[gratuitous]

1. Uh, Marco?

Trump was impeached while he was still president. I know, technicalities. Also the Constitution (remember that quaint old document?) says quite plainly, "The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments." Are you shirking your constitutional duty?

[crickets]

2. Interesting that Mitch is paying attention.

Performance? Looking for holes for the Repub team to take advantage of? Or is he really taking it seriously?

[soothsayer]

4. Body language says the truth hurts

[madaboutharry]

3. Rubio is an empty phony nobody.

He is terrified Ivanka will primary him.

[bdamomma]

5. Mitch watching

but is he listening.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. Radical Rotten Rubio has found his excuse and it doesn't matter if that excuse is ridiculous.