Do you think Dems were wise to take up so much time presenting their ammendments? nt

[LAS14]

[leftieNanner]

1. Absolutely!

I believe that the amendments part of the process does not count against their 24 hours. But it was a great way to get a lot of detailed information into the record.

[rzemanfl]

2. Yes. n/t

[Big Blue Marble]

3. Yes, yes, yes,

They were cleverly able to layout the evidence and the need for witnesses in prime time.

Thanks Midnight Mitch.

[empedocles]

4. It's for the record, as well as the news cycles

Good work

[Greybnk48]

5. Yep. It might be the only time the public hears or sees this.

This whole thing is disgusting. Thanks goodness for Adam Schiff and our excellent Dems.

[FBaggins]

6. Sure!

It didn't really take up "so much time". The trial under those rules began this afternoon as scheduled.

What does it hurt to get the opposition on record voting for things that are easy to paint as unreasonable?

[Leghorn21]

7. OH HELL YEAH

I dug tf out of it, for real

[SamKnause]

8. Hell yes.

I caught on to what they were trying to accomplish right away.

It was a brilliant move.

[greenjar_01]

9. Lemme guess

You don't?

[LAS14]

14. I worried that a lot of people would get really bored and sleepy and turned off. nt

[Blaukraut]

17. It's an impeachment trial. It's not supposed to be entertaining. n/t

[greenjar_01]

19. Riiiiiiiiiight

[2naSalit]

10. Yup. Very wise. ...nt

[Turbineguy]

11. Oh yes.

"Trump is guilty. If we had witnesses, they would tell you how guilty Trump is. They would say, "Trump is guilty!". And then you would know that Trump is guilty."

[wendyb-NC]

12. Yes.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. 53 Republicans are on the record for OPPOSING

The reasonable. The Democrats are peeling away the layers of deceit that make up the Senate GOP. Exposing them for the Trump ass-kissers they are.

Mitch McConnell might not know it yet, but he just may have lost the Senate and solidified a more United House under Nancy Pelosi.

[coti]

15. What else is there to do, exactly, other than NOT present evidence or witnesses? nt

[W_HAMILTON]

16. Absolutely.

And it apparently caught Trump's defense team off guard, because articles were reporting yesterday how they were expecting it to be a lazy day of procedural motions and instead they found themselves scrambling to come up with defenses on the fly in response to the House impeachment managers using their time to begin making their case.

[jcgoldie]

18. If they don't call witnesses or subpoena papers...

...then that was the only way to get the evidence into the record.

[scheming daemons]

20. Yes... anything thst lengthens the trial is good

GOP wants this to go away as soon as possible, and before the State of the Union.