****Live Impeachment hearing - THREAD 7****

[BumRushDaShow]

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[BumRushDaShow]

1. OMG Armstrong just yielded to GYMSUIT

[backtoblue]

4. Ahh. Mute

[PA Democrat]

7. Christ has he been tested for rabies?

He is howling and foaming at the mouth.

[Mersky]

12. Yeah, and after congratulating himself for making it past 5 o'clock

I know I’d prefer it if republicans didn’t waste time with blowing smoke.

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Karlan looking at Gymsuit like he has lost his mind

[gademocrat7]

3. Gym jacket off is off the rails.

What a freaking blow hard.

[IcyPeas]

9. just watched him and now I realize I have no idea what he said

screaming and speed talking -- I just tune out

[BumRushDaShow]

13. He was yelling at Karlan

about the wording from the call transcript and the "our country" part supposedly meaning it wasn't "personal"

[dchill]

5. Gish me, Jacketoff!

[Mersky]

16. LOL

[BumRushDaShow]

6. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) up

[elleng]

11. with cart of trump's PATTERN of Behavior.

They want facts? We're PROVIDING them!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

8. save power -- turn off SCREECHY Gym Jacketoff's mic

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Scanlon showing a chart on the screen

showing the obstruction and cover-up - a pattern.

[Karma13612]

14. Scanlon uses a nice fact pattern slide

A Perfect layout showing that Trump has a habit of behaviour!

Very easy to follow.

[IcyPeas]

18. entering a tweet about Baron from the first lady

[BumRushDaShow]

15. Feldman - "We the american people are the victim of high crimes and misdemeanors "

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Ciciilline putting the list of the 400 pieces of legislation passed by the House languishing in

the Senate.

[crickets]

24. I cheered! It's about time that became part of the record, loudly. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

26. He put other stuff in the record that I missed while typing

All to blow away the GOP talking point about them doing "nothing".

[BumRushDaShow]

19. GOP entered Melania's whine against Karlan invoking Barron's name.

[Mersky]

22. Good grief. Is the grand overreaction party.

[crickets]

27. I kindof have to give that one to her. As correct as the point was, he is a minor.

He has nothing to do with this and had no choice in his birth or his name.

[marybourg]

63. It wasn't about him; it was about his father. The man who did the naming.

[crickets]

105. He was mentioned by name so, yes, by definition it was about him.

I don't like any of the Trumps, including Barron tbh. Can't stand them. But my thought process is, if that were my minor child who was mentioned in this context, for any reason whatsoever, I would be livid on behalf of my child. Who wouldn't? Rules for one have to be good enough for all, fair is fair and all that. He is a child, his name came up, it shouldn't have. Karlan apparently felt the need to apologize, and good for her. I admire that she did that.

If the Trumps want to continue to make a stink over it after an apology, well then they can stuff it.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX) up

Talking about all the threats and firings by Drumpf as part of his attacks against others in the government who were investigating him.

[in2herbs]

21. I remember hearing/reading that Ukraine did not get the full $391million and that was specifically

because Trump's delay caused the mandatory cut-off period for the funding to expire. Why are the D's not discussing this? Also, why isn't Trump's withholding of the $400 M ($391M) being interpreted as Trump's using this tax payer money for his re-election campaign and pursue campaign financial violations?

Also, as an AZ resident I want to apologize for Lesko and Biggs and any other R from AZ that is on the cte. Their ignorance is not representative of all Arizonans and hopefully Mark Kelly will prove this to be true.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Garcia showing chart with timeline of the orders to obstruct taken from the Mueller report

[elleng]

25. Dems doing a pretty good job DEMONSTRATING facts at issue,

with charts and lists, IN the record.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. Joe Neguse (D-CO) up

[Mersky]

29. Yup. That's tRump - will go after anyone by tweet or twit

Is a central part of his tyrannical ‘pattern’.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. Neguse listing all the statements and tweets by Drumpf's attacks

against the whistleblower and joking about execution and attacking people like Yovanovich. I.e., bringing up witness intimidation.

[spooky3]

33. He is drilling! Going after Turley! Nt

[IcyPeas]

35. good use of his time. great points.

[IcyPeas]

31. is there anywhere online we can see the various charts they refer to?

[BumRushDaShow]

39. They may end up releasing them as attachments when they put out the transcripts of this

[BumRushDaShow]

32. Neguse is ripping Turley a new one comparing how Clinton produced documents and testified

where Drumpf has done none of this.

[spooky3]

36. He was great! Nt

[PatSeg]

42. Yeah this is refreshing

after all the speeches.

[Karma13612]

34. Rep Neguse-love you!!

He is nailing Turley

Yay

[BumRushDaShow]

37. Neguse got Turley on this being the first time in history that a President

has insisted on not allowing his staff to testify.

[crickets]

40. Turley tried to weasel the answer and Neguse would not let it go - good for him.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. Lucy McBath (D-GA)

Bringing up the witness intimidation and thread from Drumpf regarding Yovanovich to "go through some things".

And how Drumpf live-tweeted during her testimony.

[marlakay]

41. I notice a bunch of democrats in a row

And some empty seats, did some of the republicans leave?

[crickets]

43. That, and there are fewer of them. (24 vs 17, I believe.) nt

[BumRushDaShow]

44. Greg Stanton (D-AZ) up and discussing obstruction

and Karlan just apologized for invoking Barron's name.

[BumRushDaShow]

45. Greg Steube (R-FL) up

[IcyPeas]

46. she just apologized for bringing up Baron and

wishes trump would apologize for things he says.

[backtoblue]

58. That was a good thing to do on live tv

Now they cant "demand an apology" from her. When asked, she could simply say that she's already addressed that.

[BumRushDaShow]

47. Steube is whining about process

[spooky3]

55. Turley looks as if he's finished his Thanksgiving dinner and wants to nap. Nt

[IcyPeas]

48. they all just keep repeating the same things time and time again

[PatSeg]

59. That's all they've got

[BumRushDaShow]

49. Steube just yielded to Ratfucker.

[ALBliberal]

51. Pls tell me who Ratfucker is thanks

[BumRushDaShow]

54. Sorry - John Ratcliffe (R-TX)

[ALBliberal]

62. Well I felt it could be any republican up there ha ha!

[BumRushDaShow]

64. True!

[IcyPeas]

56. John Ratcliffe (Texas)

John Lee Ratcliffe is an American politician and attorney who has served as the congressman for Texas's 4th district since 2015. He has been regarded as one of the most conservative members of Congress. He is a prominent Trump supporter. Wikipedia

[Mersky]

66. Congressman from TX-4 that lives in an extremely wealthy

area outside of Dallas in an otherwise underprivileged district that reaches the eastern corner of Texas. He’s a fine example of wealthy interests keeping the poor down by selling bad policies veneered with wedge issues and fox news type non-reality.

[BumRushDaShow]

50. Turley is an idiot

He ignores that refusing subpoenas IS obstruction.

[Mersky]

52. stub confusing facts of the case with hollow talking points

Is typical kind of crap he’s come up with in these hearings.

[BumRushDaShow]

53. Madeleine Dean (D-PA) up

[ancianita]

60. Clear questions and elegant conclusion! Dean is great!

[crickets]

68. She went down a checklist of current possible charges and their definitions with the witnesses.

It was very well done.

[ancianita]

76. Right. Absolutely. Thoroughly done.

[BumRushDaShow]

57. Dean reiterating the facts of threats by the President against employees

along with refusals to allow anyone to testify - as being obstruction of justice.

Her theme - "Words matter".

[BumRushDaShow]

61. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell (D-FL) up

[IcyPeas]

67. she was born in Equador. naturalized American citizen.

[BumRushDaShow]

71. Yup and she mentioned taking the oath twice

once to become a citizen and the 2nd to become a member of Congress!

[BumRushDaShow]

65. Mucarsel-Powell - playing Drumpf's presser clip inviting "investigations" of Biden

by Ukraine and China.

[crickets]

74. I also love the replay of Mulvaney's "get over it!" presser.

That turkey needs to be played again and again.

[BumRushDaShow]

77. Exactly!

[Marthe48]

69. Thanks for getting the thread up

and keeping them going

[BumRushDaShow]

73. You are welcome

and I even had to dig out the power cord for my little convertible laptop that had gotten down to 13% power left.

[Marthe48]

106. Oh no!

Keep yourself powered up, too

I read if you want a little faster charge, put the device on airplane mode, turns off a lot of apps and background, and builds the charge a little quicker. I tried it, think it might help a little

[BumRushDaShow]

110. I was using this as my "portable" - my main laptop stays plugged in and is on the other side of the

sofa (didn't feel like sitting there).

[Marthe48]

130. need the comfy spot!

and after today, you deserve it

[BumRushDaShow]

133. Yup!

[BumRushDaShow]

70. Mucarsel-Powell playing Mulvaney's clip of the quid pro quo

and his "we do this all the time" and "Get over it".

[BumRushDaShow]

72. Veronical Escobar (D-TX) up

[padah513]

75. Thanks for the threads BumRushDaShow

Your time and dedication are greatly appreciated.

[BumRushDaShow]

79. You are welcome!

[BumRushDaShow]

78. Escobar just played clips of both Nixon and Drumpf saying they can do what they want as President!

[ancianita]

82. Thank you so much for all your committed effort today! We appreciate you!

[BumRushDaShow]

85. You are welcome

I think I need an adult beverage after this.

[ancianita]

90. At least one!

[BumRushDaShow]

95. A strong one too!

[crickets]

80. Adding my thanks also

Great job, BumRushDaShow! Thank you so much for posting so many of these threads today!

[BumRushDaShow]

83. And thank you for helping to guide the discussions and bump the threads!

[BumRushDaShow]

81. QUESTIONS DONE - CLOSING REMARKS - Collins (R-GA) up first

[IcyPeas]

84. here's a protein bar and a cup of coffee BumRushDaShow

[BumRushDaShow]

87. LOL

Had some Junior mint hot chocolate. It was good! Should have spiked it.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

86. has he been taking lessons from SCREECHY Gym Jacketoff?

[BumRushDaShow]

89. He sounds like a cheap carnival barker

[ancianita]

88. Mr. Glossover Collins glosses over all evidence and Trump's own video admission.

[BumRushDaShow]

93. Exactly

It's amazing they have ignored ALL of the tweets and press conference remarks - right out of their mouth - that bragged about what they did that was illegal.

And the only response when pressed on this (outside of the hearing setting) is - "well they were joking".

[Hermit-The-Prog]

101. it's reverse Nixon. from "I am not a crook" to 'I'm crooked! Get over it!'

[crickets]

109. Good one. That about sums it up. nt

[MFGsunny]

131. Priceless!

Best summation of today. Period.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

94. summary of GOP: stop listening to evidence! listen to our whining and conspiracies!

[elleng]

99. On mute, I see he's still flapping his lips.

[Midnightwalk]

91. Turley is feckless and reckless

Some of these questions should be going to Turley. What happens to the republic if the president is above the law? Why isn’t that the case here. Why isn’t trump’s statement that article 2 can do whatever he wants a declaration that he is above the law and therefore must be removed?

Turley is the type of academic moron who will decide too late that oops i got it wrong. Sorry.

[ReformedGOPer]

92. Why do all the cons have to yell?

[Hermit-The-Prog]

96. trained by Fox; cult thinks volume trumps reality

[BumRushDaShow]

97. ...

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

102. I know, right?

I left the room for a few minutes and all of a sudden I could hear somebody hollering and yelling without stopping to breathe, and I thought, well, that has got to be one of the GOPers - and sure enough, it's that jackhole Collins, who must be taking Red Bull intravenously.

[ReformedGOPer]

98. Collins: All while our president is overseas, working with our allies.

[IcyPeas]

100. regarding mentioning Baron:

Your husband publicly mocked a 16-year-old girl two months ago (meaning Greta Thunberg)

Link to tweet

[Hermit-The-Prog]

107. and Baron was neither mocked nor 'used' personally.

It was only a juxtaposition of a name and a title.

[IcyPeas]

111. plus she apologized anyway, still waiting for trump to apologize

[Mersky]

114. +1

[padah513]

103. I can't hear a word he's saying (muted him)

But I believe they call that grandstanding

[BumRushDaShow]

104. Collins done. Nadler fussing with Collins who submitted request for their own witnesses. Nadler up.

[Mersky]

108. What I've learned, collins, is that perhaps the republican members

On the committee aren't qualified to be there. Your hollering of this and that don't land as real legal arguments. It's all cover and smear to help tRump get away with bribery.

You can lie to his base, but you aren't fooling the majority of the people who don't want a lying, cheating, self dealing, embarrassing, and ultimately dangerous president to get away with bribing a foreign country with tax dollars to help him get reelected.

[elleng]

112. Glad Nadler quoted turley from the past!!!

[crickets]

113. I love how Nadler is going down the quitcherbitchin' checklist!

[Mersky]

118. Bwah!

[Mersky]

126. Crickets!

Thanks for being in here!

[crickets]

140. Aww- back at ya, Mersky!

[Mossfern]

115. What just happened

at the end?

[nolabear]

119. Comert et al we're trying to get the last word and obstruct the adjournment.

It was a setup.

[BumRushDaShow]

121. Collins was trying to do other motions to request witnesses etc. and was shot down

[C_U_L8R]

128. They certainly aren't helping their cause.

Maybe a handful of fox idiots will get off on these stupid antics but most of the world sees though their bullshit. Republicans look complicit... and look like failures.

[nolabear]

116. If he hadn't cut them off they'd have interrupted forever.

Assholes.

[crickets]

123. Yep. The childish "typical" at the end probably made somebody feel good,

but it made them sound like a spoiled brat.

[BumRushDaShow]

117. HEARING ADJOURNED OVER THE FINAL CIRCUS PERFORMANCE BY COLLINS.

[IcyPeas]

122. bravo

[Bayard]

120. Gawd, they can't even shut up when Nadler is trying to close the hearing!

I think I finally figured some of this out.

The rethugs are putting on the screaming circus at these hearings because they know the tRump cult will be reminded of tRump and how he does the same thing. That includes the lies, ignoring the Constitution, and wiping their feet on the law.

[BumRushDaShow]

125. He ordered them to "fight" more for him.

[demtenjeep]

129. Gomer Gomhert crying and saying this is typical

poor stupid baby

[Mersky]

124. Thank you, BumRushDaShow!

You've been an anchor in these hearings threads. Really appreciate your efforts and talent.

[BumRushDaShow]

134. You are welcome

Accidentally posted some comments for this thread in thread 5 trying to multitask.

[Mersky]

137. Lol.

I am mostly, consistently untimely. Have been relieved I can wander around with comments, but know folks reading won’t be too confused because you’re on it.

Those comments on # 5 are kinda neat - digital artifact of juggling threads.

[BumRushDaShow]

138. LOL

I guess they did come after I announced the #6 thread.

Was going to try to transfer them but... ha. My brain is shot.

[PatSeg]

127. Thank you BumRushDaShow!

Your threads made this hearing more tolerable!

[BumRushDaShow]

135. You are welcome

Need this -->

[bluestarone]

132. Thanks to ALL Hearing threads!!

[BumRushDaShow]

136. Gotta keep DUers up for those who can't follow so closely!

[bluestarone]

139. Back at ya!! Thank god for the smart ones here!!!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

141. thank you!

I missed several segments. These labelled threads made it easier to get up to speed.

[BumRushDaShow]

142. You are welcome

And you can ignore my last couple posts at the end of thread 5 after I switched threads (they belonged in thread 7 ).