Schiff refers to CBS 'head on pike' story, infuriating GOP:

[Frank Apisa]

None of the Republicans were going to vote to convict Trump. They are looking for reasons to say they HAD to vote to acquit. And this is the reason they will draw on.

The cowardly Republicans of the Senate know that the only reason they are voting to acquit Trump...is fear. Their careers and financial future are in jeopardy if they make the wrong move here...and unfortunately, the "wrong move" IS THE WRONG MOVE FOR OUR REPUBLIC.

They are giving one man the power to do what he wants...without fear of reprisal. They may well be creating a dictator...and an especially ignorant, classless dictator.

Those of you cheering what is happening ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

[Earl]

That makes at least three things Schiff/Nadler/Pelosi did to piss off the very people they needed.

The first was Nadler’s misstep where he said any senators who voted against the motion to allow witnesses was engaged in a cover up. It’s never a good move to imply people you are trying to persuade as being criminals if they don’t agree with you.

Second was Shifty’s head on a pike fairy tale. Lefties won’t/can’t admit it, but the man has some serious credibility issues.

Third was the sheer length of the prosecution’s opening statements. Democrats could have said everything that needed said in half the time they took—and done it easily. Ever been held in a captive audience—unnecessarily lol? It sucks. It starts getting old after 20 minutes and this thing dragged on into the wee hours of the morning.

The attitude of listeners is ‘ok, we get it, now please shut up already’.

I’d say the whole thing has been brilliantly mishandled by Democrats up until now.

Oh those unforced errors.

[Earl]

None of the Republicans were going to vote to convict Trump. They are looking for reasons to say they HAD to vote to acquit. And this is the reason they will draw on.

The cowardly Republicans of the Senate know that the only reason they are voting to acquit Trump...is fear. Their careers and financial future are in jeopardy if they make the wrong move here...and unfortunately, the "wrong move" IS THE WRONG MOVE FOR OUR REPUBLIC.

They are giving one man the power to do what he wants...without fear of reprisal. They may well be creating a dictator...and an especially ignorant, classless dictator.

Those of you cheering what is happening ought to be ashamed of yourselves.

Otra vez.

You are presupposing that the Republican Senators are not honorable men and women.

Since every Democrat Senator will vote for conviction, are they honorable men and women?

That’s rhetorical, lol.

The outcome will be determined by the compelling or non compelling nature of the case presented by Democrats.

Checks and balances are still extant. The trial itself is the proof of that. One man is not running the show.

Were you as passionate when Bill was not convicted?

Any guesses?

No matter how much exculpatory evidence is, or could be, introduced by the Republicans, every Democrat will vote for conviction.

It is what it is as Chipper Jones said.

[Frank Apisa]

Otra vez.

You are presupposing that the Republican Senators are not honorable men and women.

Since every Democrat Senator will vote for conviction, are they honorable men and women?

That’s rhetorical, lol.

The outcome will be determined by the compelling or non compelling nature of the case presented by Democrats.

Checks and balances are still extant. The trial itself is the proof of that. One man is not running the show.

Were you as passionate when Bill was not convicted?

Any guesses?

No matter how much exculpatory evidence is, or could be, introduced by the Republicans, every Democrat will vote for conviction.

It is what it is as Chipper Jones said.

https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...78#post3454878

[PoliTalker]

Hello dukkha,

Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, center, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., react to the final statement of House Democratic impeachment manager Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif.,
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep...threat-baloney

Senate Republicans -- including potential swing-voters -- expressed outrage Friday after lead House Impeachment Manager Adam Schiff, D-Calif., referred in his closing remarks at President Trump's Senate impeachment trial to a report that GOP members were told they'd face dire consequences if they voted to convict the president.

"CBS News reported last night that a Trump confidant said that key senators were warned, ‘Vote against the president and your head will be on a pike.’ I don’t know if that’s true," Schiff said, while trying to persuade his Senate colleagues to vote with "moral courage" rather than in their political self-interest.

Several senators went on record objecting to Schiff's comment.

"I thought he was doing fine with [talking about] moral courage until he got to the 'head on a pike.' That's where he lost me,” Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska.

After listening silently for most of the trial so far, several Republicans reportedly shook their heads and could be heard saying, “That's not true,” after Schiff made the remark.

“I hope it’s not true,” Schiff responded before continuing.

Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, considered another key Republican vote, agreed with Murkowski.



Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., said, "No Republican senator has been told that. What he has proven to all of us is, he is capable of falsehoods and will tell it to the country. And would tell it to us when we are sitting in the Senate chamber. When every one of us knows it is not true."

Sen. James Lankford, R-Okla., who has also said he would be open to witnesses, told reporters it’s “completely, totally false.”

None of us have been told that,” he said. “That’s insulting and demeaning to everyone to say that we somehow live in fear and that the president has threatened all of us.″

Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, called the story "baloney." She said she was listening to Schiff, "until he got to the part where he just completely made a bunch of bullcrap up."

Nobody has to be told what they already know.

The entire remaining Republican Party lives in fear of being tweet-shamed.

[Earl]

https://www.justplainpolitics.com/sh...78#post3454878

Yours was redundant too, Frank.

[Earl]

Hello dukkha,



Nobody has to be told what they already know.

The entire remaining Republican Party lives in fear of being tweet-shamed.

You are presupposing that the Republican Senators are not honorable men and women.

Since every Democrat Senator will vote for conviction, are they honorable men and women?

That’s rhetorical, lol.

The outcome will be determined by the compelling or non compelling nature of the case presented by Democrats.

Checks and balances are still extant. The trial itself is the proof of that. One man is not running the show.

Were you as passionate when Bill was not convicted?

Any guesses?

No matter how much exculpatory evidence is, or could be, introduced by the Republicans, every Democrat will vote for conviction.

It is what it is as Chipper Jones said.

[Frank Apisa]

Yours was redundant too, Frank.

Okay.

[Earl]

Okay.

All God’s chillen (sic) have redundancies.