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MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 15:29:40 2019

McConnell reaffirms he has 'no choice': Senate will take up impeachment if it passes House
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Monday that if the House impeaches President Trump he will “have no choice” but to hold a trial in the Senate and a vote on removing the president from office.

His comments in an interview with CNBC confirm the position he took in an interview with NPR in March, and the conclusion of a Senate staff memo that was obtained by HuffPost.

“Under the Senate rules we’re required to take it up if the House does go down that path, and we’ll follow the Senate rules,” McConnell said Monday. “It’s a Senate rule related to impeachment that would take 67 votes to change, so I would have no choice but to take it up. How long you’re on it is a whole different matter, but I would have no choice but to take it up based on a Senate rule on impeachment.”

Even before the House began work on impeachment, speculation surfaced that McConnell could simply stall the process when and if it reached the Senate, possibly using the same rationale that he used to bury President Obama’s nomination of Merrick Garland to the Supreme Court in 2016: that with a new election looming, the voters should have a “voice” in the process. The Senate majority leader, who exercises virtually unchallenged power to determine what comes to the floor for a vote, has also been unilaterally holding up consideration of hundreds of bills passed by the House this year, including a widely supported measure on background checks for gun purchasers.

The Constitution gives the Senate the power to try the president if he is impeached by the House, but it does not set a timetable for the process.

But McConnell said he was prepared to see a trial — which would require 67 votes for conviction and removal from office — play out, and the Senate staff memo backs that position. “There is no way we could somehow bar the doors and prevent the managers from presenting the articles to the Senate,” stated the memo. “The rules of impeachment are clear on this point.”

McConnell said the same thing in the NPR interview: In case of impeachment, “the Senate has no choice. If the House were to act, the Senate immediately goes into a trial.”

McConnell’s political interests appear to be complicated. If the president survives a Senate trial, he could claim vindication in his reelection campaign. But the removal vote is seen as dangerous for some Republican senators up for reelection in 2020 in states where Trump is less popular, including Susan Collins of Maine, Cory Gardner of Colorado, Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Martha McSally of Arizona.

“Voters are going to see this as a stinking fish. I don’t think voters are going to want their member of Congress or Senate to be up here defending the president’s actions,” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., told Politico. “It’ll be interesting to see what happens when Republicans come back from this [October] recess.”

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announced the formal impeachment inquiry into Trump last Tuesday after the White House released a memo of Trump’s conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Following the decision was the release of an anonymous whistleblower complaint against the president over his repeated attempts to enlist Ukrainian officials to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son, and allegedly withholding almost $400 million in military aid from Ukraine as leverage. Depositions and hearings on the matter are already scheduled for this week.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 30 15:40:54 2019, in response to MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 15:29:40 2019.

Did you actually read what you posted?

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 15:44:35 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 30 15:40:54 2019.

i know mcconnel !!

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Sep 30 15:46:27 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 15:44:35 2019.

Personally?

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK CONVICTION

Posted by AlM on Mon Sep 30 15:54:29 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 30 15:40:54 2019.

Title corrected again. Not asserted by the article, but true nevertheless.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 16:07:59 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Sep 30 15:46:27 2019.

enough to know he will protect trump !!!

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 16:09:08 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK CONVICTION, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 30 15:54:29 2019.

CORRECTED BACK

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by AlM on Mon Sep 30 16:29:48 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 16:09:08 2019.

The House impeaches. McConnell can't prevent it.

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Re: MOSCOW MITCH WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 30 16:39:31 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 30 16:29:48 2019.

Correct.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Sep 30 16:45:10 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 16:07:59 2019.

And rightly so.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 30 16:45:43 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by ChicagoMotorman on Mon Sep 30 16:45:10 2019.

Party before country.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by bingbong on Mon Sep 30 16:54:58 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 30 16:29:48 2019.

The only thing he can do is a sham trial after a sham "investigation". Of which he has recent experience.

Senate rules mandate he address this. Only issue is how well he will.

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Re: MCCONNEL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 17:16:09 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 30 16:45:43 2019.

HE WILL PROTECT TRUMP FIRST

REPUBLICANS FIRST NOT COUNTRY

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 17:16:25 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 30 16:45:43 2019.

HE WILL PROTECT TRUMP FIRST

REPUBLICANS FIRST NOT COUNTRY

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 17:18:28 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 30 16:29:48 2019.

sure about that ?

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by AlM on Mon Sep 30 19:15:32 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 17:18:28 2019.

Yes.

But impeachment is not removal from office. That requires conviction by the Senate, which isn't going to happen unless he murders someone.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 19:45:37 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 30 19:15:32 2019.

you are right

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 30 20:18:27 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by AlM on Mon Sep 30 19:15:32 2019.

I'm not even sure about that.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Mon Sep 30 20:19:41 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 30 20:18:27 2019.

TRUMP IS THE LATEST TEFLON REISDENT

WE HAVE SEEN THIS BEFORE ...........REEEEEEEGAIN !!

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by Elkeeper on Mon Sep 30 20:23:35 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 30 16:45:43 2019.

Wife before country, too. Elaine Chao McConnell is still Transportation Secretary. Everyone seems to forget this!

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Tue Oct 1 01:19:43 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Sep 30 15:40:54 2019.

You can infer it from these two lines:
The Constitution gives the Senate the power to try the president if he is impeached by the House, but it does not set a timetable for the process.
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“There is no way we could somehow bar the doors and prevent the managers from presenting the articles to the Senate,” stated the memo. “The rules of impeachment are clear on this point.”

I realize this is naive but I think that it should be a "fair and speedy trial" and the outcome should be based on facts and evidence, not how it effects Senate re-election prospects. This is one of the areas where the change to direct election of Senators wasn't fully thought out.

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Re: MCCONNEL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by https://salaamallah.com/ on Tue Oct 1 01:25:12 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Tue Oct 1 01:19:43 2019.

he will block everything

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by Olog-hai on Tue Oct 1 05:37:42 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL NOT BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Henry R32 #3730 on Tue Oct 1 01:19:43 2019.

Oh, it was fully thought out all right, and had the precise effect those in power wanted it to have.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by AlM on Tue Oct 1 08:34:16 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by 3-9 on Mon Sep 30 20:18:27 2019.

There would of course have to be numerous witnesses. And there could be no possibility that he was just standing his ground.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Oct 1 09:51:56 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by AlM on Tue Oct 1 08:34:16 2019.

And that his victim was white.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by AlM on Tue Oct 1 09:53:03 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Oct 1 09:51:56 2019.

Nah. Ben Carson or Clarence Thomas would qualify.

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Oct 1 09:55:20 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by AlM on Tue Oct 1 09:53:03 2019.

“I thought he was one of the good ones. I guess our president knew better.”

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Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT

Posted by AlM on Tue Oct 1 10:12:57 2019, in response to Re: MCCONNEL WILL BLOCK IMPEACHMENT, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Oct 1 09:55:20 2019.

Heh.

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