The old quid pro quo again for the Dems, eh?![]()
You didn't address the question raised by your own post, how does Pelosi holding back hurt the Democrats?
The old quid pro quo again for the Dems, eh?![]()
It is not like the Senate would actually be doing any (much) work until after the 1st even if the articles had been forwarded.
The Dems in the House made up the rules as they went along...the timeline, too.
"Quickly, quickly, we must do this quickly because our National Security is in danger."
"We must move fast. We can't give the President time to rig the next election."
The Senate will now set its own timeline.
It's not just about THIS one. It sets a horrible precedent for the future.
That's not true, there are no defined rules for an impeachment, and the Democrats were just following the rules established by the GOP in their twelve years of investigating
And if you are concerned with national security why would you send the articles to a kangaroo court in the Senate where everything will be whitewashed quickly
You didn't address the question raised by your own post, how does Pelosi holding back hurt the Democrats?
You didn't address the question raised by your own post, how does Pelosi holding back hurt the Democrats?
That's not true, there are no defined rules for an impeachment, and the Democrats were just following the rules established by the GOP in their twelve years of investigating
And if you are concerned with national security why would you send the articles to a kangaroo court in the Senate where everything will be whitewashed quickly

That is what the Democrats said when McConnell refused to hold hearings on Garland's confirmation.
The first sentence says it all.
It’s the House’s duty to conduct a *full investigation* prior to voting on the articles. They didn’t do this because of ‘the Christmas rush’ so to speak. And now they want to do it in the Senate.
Bull shyte.
The Senate doesn’t have a responsibility to take over the Pelosi’s half-cooked Ukraine investigation/impeachment/thingy. And it’s literally funny that she thinks the articles give her some kind of leverage over McConnell. I know Trump wants [and deserves] a trial but McConnell should vote to dismiss the articles the moment when/if Pelosi decides to stop sitting on them.
Or maybe she could sit on them a little harder so they’ll end up where they belong.
It gives the lie to the narrative that democrats needed to ‘hurry’ because Trump was a threat to ‘rig another election’ when he has yet to rig any election.
Democrats needed to ‘hurry’ because they were desperate to lay a glove on Trump before the election. So now they have him impeached*. But as long as Pelosi continues to sit on the articles, the ‘impeachment’ has the same practical effect as a House Resolution. It’s basically a censure vote with a fancy ribbon on it that says ‘impeachment’.
It’s Pelosi’s move. Republicans are rank idiots if they think the first ounce of pressure is on them to act.
When was the last time you saw a trial where the jury had their mind made up before entering the courtroom.
When was the last time you saw a grand jury where the jury had their mind made up before entering the courtroom.
How does it hurt her cause?
She can keep the articles over Trump's head as long as she wants and echo the rationale that Mitch, Lindsey and the like have already confirmed there will be no fair trial in the Senate, so why send them to a kangaroo court
That's not true, there are no defined rules for an impeachment, and the Democrats were just following the rules established by the GOP in their twelve years of investigating
That is what the Democrats said when McConnell refused to hold hearings on Garland's confirmation.

When was Garland President??![]()

We are talking about action taken by the Senate on their constitutional duties. Nothing was said about the president. Democrats claimed it was unconstitutional for the Senate not to hold hearings on confirmation.