Leroy42 wrote: » So, does Trump go down as the 4th President to be brought up on Impeachment?
AbusesToilets wrote: » I know that the Senate gets to make its own rules with respect to the trial. Would the "Prosecution" be able to call from Trump to testify, and would he be mandated to appear?
Quin_Dub wrote: » In the normal course of events you'd assume that he would appear , but given all that has happened so far he might decide not to. I'm not sure how the process works in terms of who has the ability to issue subpoenas in the Senate , if McConnell (or the GOP side of the senate) are involved , it would be a huge call if issued a subpoena. Hard for them to force the Biden, Schiff and the Whistleblower to appear if they allow Trump refuse to testify. If he does appear I expect the following to happen. He will answer every softball setup question from the defence council which will allow him a pulpit to talk about "deep state conspiracies" but he will claim executive privilege for every prosecution question..
aloyisious wrote: » That could depend on the person in the chair of the impeachment hearing, the Chief Justice of the US. He would have an input on the rules of any impeachment procedure to prevent subversion of the trial, also ultimate decision on who could and couldn't be called to testify before the hearing. I don't think he would find it acceptable for Don Trump to ignore a directive to appear and provide documents to the trial, even if Don could not be obliged to testify.
aloyisious wrote: » If you're near a TV now, CNN are interviewing a gent, David Priess, who put together the rules for a senate impeachment trial. He's the author of How To Get Rid Of A President, which came out last month. Incidentally, CNN is reporting that Don has warned Sergei Lavrov that Russia is to stay out of US politics. I suppose he had to issue the warning for optics give his situation now.
marno21 wrote: » McConnell coming out with what we all expected.https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1204514269078982656
aloyisious wrote: » Incidentally, CNN is reporting that Don has warned Sergei Lavrov that Russia is to stay out of US politics. I suppose he had to issue the warning for optics give his situation now.
Quin_Dub wrote: » I just have to post this.. I'm sitting here utterly flabbergasted.. I'm currently on business in Oklahoma. Right now, I'm sitting in a restaurant having a bit to eat and 2 guys are sitting opposite me having dinner. Based on some of the overheard conversation, they are both in the construction business. When their food arrived they both bowed their heads and said Grace. The older of the two led the prayer which along with thanking God for the food also took the chance to thank God for President Trump and to ask God to help the Democrats understand what a terrible thing they doing attacking the President . I'm speechless, I can't even begin to process what I have just seen/heard. I guess this is the "base" we've all heard so much about..
PropJoe10 wrote: » Unfortunately, its not that hard to believe. Anyone that gets their news from Fox and Twitter could really only form the opinion that Trump is some sort of deity and that the Dems are nothing but pure evil. If you can spread misinformation on a large enough scale, it will stick.
StringerBell wrote: » Brainwashing, and conditioning are real. The right wing media has done a great job (for their goals) over the last couple of decades and it isn't a surprise at all that when all you hear is spin that you don't have a clue what is real and what isn't. There is surely a large amount in the US who genuinely believe Trump is sent from God, that he is doing a great job, that he cares about them and that he is constantly under attack from an opposition who are trying to invalidate what they, the American people, want. I have sympathy for those people. The ones who know what he is, not so much and the ones who perpetuate the BS I have nothing but contempt for.
marno21 wrote: » The funniest part of all that is he is literally the antithesis of anything from religion. He's literally the product of the seven deadly sins.
kowloon wrote: » There are those prosperity gospel types. Trump will be wealthy and powerful because God is on his side.
eire4 wrote: » The same people tend to push out the corollary that well the poor are all lazy and that is why they are and deserve to be poor.
eire4 wrote: » A few years ago I was in Oklahoma City to play a game and I was out for dinner with a team mate of mine and his parents who had flown in for the game. We are minding our own business when 2 people approached our table and told us that they were listening to us talking and that we needed to accept Jesus Christ as our lord and saviour. We politely told them we were having a private dinner and did not want to talk with them. To which the started very loudly telling us what horrible people we were and how we were going to hell. I will never forget the whole scene it was just crazy.
