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John Dean recommends Rule XI impeachment committee (Original Post) Bradshaw3 Feb 2021 OP
That's what I've been saying for weeks! servermsh Feb 2021 #1
What would be the other benefits? Bradshaw3 Feb 2021 #2
I don't understand the thinking behind wanting a quick trial in the Senate. crickets Feb 2021 #3

servermsh

(1,373 posts)
1. That's what I've been saying for weeks!
Mon Feb 1, 2021, 03:48 PM
Feb 2021

They should have sent impeachment to a committee while continuing to do the main normal Senate work on the floor.

Imagine weeks of damaging committee coverage.

This doesn't seem like what Democrats want to do, though.

Bradshaw3

(7,953 posts)
2. What would be the other benefits?
Mon Feb 1, 2021, 04:15 PM
Feb 2021

I would like to know more and it may be too late. I believe they had to impeach him but another Senate vote that just goes along party lines seems unsatisfactory. Although impeachment from a historical perspective was required and it will at least put the repubs on record, not that they or their voters care.

crickets

(26,146 posts)
3. I don't understand the thinking behind wanting a quick trial in the Senate.
Mon Feb 1, 2021, 09:19 PM
Feb 2021

It does seem that committee hearings would be a great way to 'educate the public' as Dean says. We would all be learning what really went on, who was involved, what everyone knew and when they knew it. Why in the world would we not want that when stakes are so high?

Is there some chance that Dems want trump out of the way quickly so that they can go after the smaller fish in peace? Given the uncertainty of a Senate vote to convict, it doesn't make sense not to spend more time in order to make it absolutely obvious that the election was not in doubt, that there was a Big Lie, and that the republic was on the line.

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