As things stand at the moment, it’s looking like the full House could vote on articles of impeachment as early as next week. If the House does indeed vote to impeach the president, the process would then transfer to the Senate for a trial.
The current Democrat angle of attack to delegitimize a potential Senate trial by highlighting recent comments from Mitch McConnell about coordinating with the White House while totally ignoring a recent clarification from Tom Daschle, who was the Majority Leader during the impeachment trial of then-President Clinton:
. @TomDaschle tells me just now: "My former staff reminded me this morning that while I was not in contact with the White House during the trial, they were. There was a need to coordinate on many levels. So I want to be sure that I didn't give you the wrong impression." https://t.co/d3sAvtM5l7
— Jonathan Swan (@jonathanvswan) December 13, 2019
Democrats at the time didn’t have any problem with Daschle’s staff coordinating with the White House, but this is the era of Trump, when memories are short and Resistance is strong. Because of that, Democrat Rep. Val Demings is saying Sen. McConnell should recuse himself:
Senator McConnell has promised to sabotage the impeachment trial and he must recuse himself. No court in the country would allow a member of the jury to also serve as the accused’s defense attorney.#DefendOurDemocracy
— Rep. Val Demings (@RepValDemings) December 13, 2019
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.@RepValDemings calls for @senatemajldr to recuse himself.
"The moment Senator McConnell takes the oath of impartiality required by the Constitution, he will be in violation of that oath. He has effectively promised to let President Trump manage his own impeachment trial."
— Mike Memoli (@mikememoli) December 13, 2019
Demings would obviously rather leave all this in the hands of the totally impartial Democrats.
Like the Democrats were ever impartial
— Rick Beasley (@RickBeasley15) December 14, 2019
You Democrats have not even been close to being due process, legitimate, ethical, or impartial! Stop being hypocritical. A lot of Democrats have wanted to impeach from Day 1 without ANY legitimate reason! #DrainTheSwamp #2020RepublicanLandslide
— GL (@ammochris87) December 14, 2019
Because that impeachment hearing was soooooo impartial ?????
— Bob Kilcup (@BKNomad264) December 14, 2019
@RepValDemings
So in turn, all of the Failed Democrat candidates as well as the ones still running should also recuse themselves since they can’t be impartial.#gomitchgo— tgrahamcw2 (@tgrahamcw2) December 14, 2019
What are the odds that McConnell would recuse himself?
LOL. That's not gunna happen. https://t.co/0nPoOxNNOW pic.twitter.com/whAXOdClcm
— Douglas Patch (@DouglasPatch) December 13, 2019
We don’t think so either.
