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servermsh

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1. It was not about trying to get 67 votes. It was about embarrassing Republicans.

Reply to BeyondGeography (Original post)

Sat Feb 13, 2021, 05:41 PM

Feb 2021

Just spend ONE second thinking about how this would have been run if the parties were reversed!

Go ahead! Do it!

Everyone knows Republicans would have HAPPILY run an impeachment committee for MONTHS, bringing out one embarrassing witness after another. They would have coordinated their message for MONTHS! They did it with the fake Benghazi!

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Re. witnesses, Raskin said McConnell's statement shows they wouldn't have made a difference [View all] BeyondGeography Feb 2021 OP

It was not about trying to get 67 votes. It was about embarrassing Republicans. servermsh Feb 2021 #1

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