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avebury

(10,951 posts) Tue Nov 19, 2019, 08:22 PM Nov 2019

I was not able to listen to much of the hearings today.

How did the Democrats do today? What impact will today have on the masses?

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I was not able to listen to much of the hearings today. (Original Post) avebury Nov 2019 OP

crickets Demonaut Nov 2019 #1

What are you trying to say? SunSeeker Nov 2019 #3

Schiff's closing remarks provided an excellent summary of the day's testimony and Trump's crimes. SunSeeker Nov 2019 #2

Demonaut

(8,914 posts)

1. crickets

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 08:23 PM

Nov 2019

SunSeeker

(51,523 posts)

3. What are you trying to say?

Reply to Demonaut (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 09:49 PM

Nov 2019

SunSeeker

(51,523 posts)

2. Schiff's closing remarks provided an excellent summary of the day's testimony and Trump's crimes.

Reply to avebury (Original post)

Tue Nov 19, 2019, 09:48 PM

Nov 2019

He summarized why it was a bribery: Trump conditioned providing an official act (missiles, White House visit) for a thing of value to Trump personally (manufactured dirt on Biden and Crowdstrike and a Biden-besmirching public announcement by Ukraine of an investigation into Biden/Burisma and 2016 US election/Crowdstrike servers).

In short, it was missiles for manufactured dirt.

Here's his brief closing statement, a must watch:

Link to tweet

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