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Mersky

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76. Ugh, good he's done shoehorning the impeachment process into regular court proceedings

Tue Feb 9, 2021, 06:03 PM

Feb 2021

That isn’t what the Constitution allows for, so they need to get over it.

If mcconnell hadn’t recessed the Senate until January 19th, the Constitutional remedies for dealing with a pResident that pumped-up and directed violent mobs to the Capitol might have satisfied his artificial requirements. If this was a court of law and I was a lawyer, I’d argue his requirements are unreasonable for starters. I mean, just because he lost his job does not mean he didn’t commit the acts being alleged or shouldn’t be held to account for them.

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****GQP response thread**** [View all] lindysalsagal Feb 2021 OP

Offering no legal argument whatsoever The Blue Flower Feb 2021 #1

Thank you! Mike 03 Feb 2021 #2

I'm watching it only because....... calguy Feb 2021 #12

Me too KTinaY2008 Feb 2021 #34

I am trying to listen. barbtries Feb 2021 #17

Obsucation PirateRo Feb 2021 #3

Now he is just flattering the senators. unitedwethrive Feb 2021 #4

They're already crashing and burning, really boring doesn't counter emotional video shown by dems .. uponit7771 Feb 2021 #5

He's trying to make little jokes every once in a while. Lars39 Feb 2021 #6

we all know what a record is, right? the thing you put the needle down on. Badumdum. This thing on? fishwax Feb 2021 #9

How utterly tasteless pandr32 Feb 2021 #20

He just stuck his hand in his pocket for effect. Lars39 Feb 2021 #26

I'm trying to listen. barbtries Feb 2021 #7

+1, he's also very boring but I think that's a strategy uponit7771 Feb 2021 #19

Probably true pandr32 Feb 2021 #65

I believe they call this "riffing" Drum Feb 2021 #8

He is appealing to decency, which I thought it was a Dem before I finished the dishes and saw Beringia Feb 2021 #10

So far I've got: BlueSpot Feb 2021 #11

"MY senator" has a "my pillow ring" lol nt orleans Feb 2021 #28

He just described negligence and has no clue how it does not apply. Egads. EOM TruckFump Feb 2021 #13

He's saying edhopper Feb 2021 #14

Jerry Seinfeld he ain't Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #15

So far, his tactics include stroking egos, and throwing tRump's mob under the bus. ariadne0614 Feb 2021 #16

I wish he'd stop sucking his teeth Cirque du So-What Feb 2021 #18

Oh, ick! pandr32 Feb 2021 #66

Is this the guy who got added to tRump's team really late? woodsprite Feb 2021 #21

I've had law professors more interesting than this guy qazplm135 Feb 2021 #22

omg!! this is the defense team? orleans Feb 2021 #23

Thanks for posting this thread pandr32 Feb 2021 #24

Counting coup -- The Defense opening Generic Other Feb 2021 #25

Absolutely... seems like a filibuster killing time SayitAintSo Feb 2021 #27

So this asshole is going to blame this on partisanship. Fuck him. spanone Feb 2021 #29

I changed the channel when the GQP started...just had breakfast and went to keep it down. KewlKat Feb 2021 #30

I have it on mute, so I can see the idiot, but don't have to listen to his crap. Irish_Dem Feb 2021 #37

BREAKING: President Trump requests use of Airforce One if forced to appear in Congress_ Generic Other Feb 2021 #31

Dumbass really asked for this? Not the onion? KewlKat Feb 2021 #40

Easy solution: tell him no, and subpoena his ass. Squinch Feb 2021 #44

Absolutely pandr32 Feb 2021 #69

From my private video vault of clips NSFW and lame Generic Other Feb 2021 #81

From my private video vault of clips NSFW and lame Generic Other Feb 2021 #82

Geez Etherealoc1 Feb 2021 #32

This guys a shyster...to go into the Senate Chamber and lecture these esteemed egos. spanone Feb 2021 #35

Thanks for the second thread. nolabear Feb 2021 #33

All this "something happened" business. I'd better NEVER hear nolabear Feb 2021 #36

Getting into some thinly veiled threats now BlueSpot Feb 2021 #38

Apparently he thinks the nation will come to a halt because of impeachment. crickets Feb 2021 #42

So, I guess all this word salad amounts to a defense that ooky Feb 2021 #39

Did he just warn Eric Holder? Montauk6 Feb 2021 #41

"This attack on the Constitution will not prevail." crickets Feb 2021 #43

Ohhhhh, OK, I get it now.... Montauk6 Feb 2021 #45

BECAUSE NEITHER FORD NOR CARTER NOR BUSH SR. CLAIMED THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN, YOU ASS!!!... Montauk6 Feb 2021 #46

This is a collage of disjoint, soundbite crappola Mersky Feb 2021 #47

Boy, with friends like these... nolabear Feb 2021 #48

Mafiosi lawyer is up IcyPeas Feb 2021 #49

Oh geez, all that for that Mersky Feb 2021 #50

Up now: David Schoen crickets Feb 2021 #51

Is he get paid by the word or by how boring he is? RANDYWILDMAN Feb 2021 #52

Well, you get what you pay for pandr32 Feb 2021 #72

It seems to me that he is only making the case for impeachment Greywing Feb 2021 #53

This new guy sure yells a lot BlueSpot Feb 2021 #54

I see the knuckle breaker has arrived. nolabear Feb 2021 #55

Schoen is accusing Democrats of abusing impeachment for political gain. crickets Feb 2021 #56

BEWARE1!1! superpatriotman Feb 2021 #57

Did they just whine about a 16 hour presentation? ismnotwasm Feb 2021 #58

Just got back from lunch after watching the opening of school-drop-out-rock... haele Feb 2021 #59

Pursue impeachment looonnng after blah,blah,blah leaves office... Mersky Feb 2021 #60

So their video shows politicians talking about impeaching a president....bad president spanone Feb 2021 #61

complete with dramatic music Kali Feb 2021 #62

Sinister music... nt. BlueIdaho Feb 2021 #73

He broke his own case with that video BlueSpot Feb 2021 #64

👆 This. crickets Feb 2021 #67

The defense so far EndlessWire Feb 2021 #63

I'm only listening, PRETZEL Feb 2021 #68

You are correct BlueSpot Feb 2021 #70

Red is fussing and fuming and gulping water BlueIdaho Feb 2021 #71

Wait a minute ... is he arguing that impeachment is unconstitutional? Greywing Feb 2021 #74

WHY IS THIS ASS STILL TALKKING???? ARGHHHHHHH nt orleans Feb 2021 #75

Ugh, good he's done shoehorning the impeachment process into regular court proceedings Mersky Feb 2021 #76

Taking the vote now. crickets Feb 2021 #77

3 rethugs so far KewlKat Feb 2021 #78

As to the who-has-a-spine today vote Mersky Feb 2021 #79

56-44 YAY!!!! Mersky Feb 2021 #80

I was listening on the radio and tuned in to someone reading a poem Politicub Feb 2021 #83