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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCan't think of ANY witness who would help Trump or the GQP
Daniel Goldman @danielsgoldman 29mI truly cant think of one helpful witness for Trump (particularly given cross examination). Can any of you?
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...their threat to drag the trial out with more witnesses is just a bluff. If they had something exonerating, they would have already produced it.
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Can't think of ANY witness who would help Trump or the GQP (Original Post)
bigtree
Feb 2021
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They don't control the senate so they can't decide to drag it out indefinitely However,
mucifer
Feb 2021
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mucifer
(23,542 posts)1. They don't control the senate so they can't decide to drag it out indefinitely However,
they can call witnesses who lie under oath.
bigtree
(85,996 posts)5. Democrats have the ability to challenge them
...in their version of a cross-examination.
mobeau69
(11,144 posts)2. Goldman's great! Nt
Autumn
(45,067 posts)3. There is no witness that can help him or the GOP. But the GOP will never vote against him,
they don't have the decency or the moral values to vote to convict him.
bigtree
(85,996 posts)4. look where they are... no Senate, no presidency
...it's hard to think they can't see the political price they're paying.
Autumn
(45,067 posts)6. I laugh at the thought that they defend a man who despised them, a man who
would be fine if his supporters killed them. But it really makes me question their sanity and what on earth can they think the benefit of protecting Trump will be.
H2O Man
(73,537 posts)7. Recommended.
I hope Trump demands to testify. I know he won't. But I wish he would.
nakocal
(552 posts)8. No witness could help Trump
But they provide cover for his treasonous republican supporters in the Senate.