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Biggest Takeaway From Impeachment Hearings? No, Not Trumps Guilt But Schiffs Brilliance
dailynooze
Friday November 22, 2019 · 9:52 AM EST
The House impeachment hearings have ended and, after a parade of witnesses, weve come to learn what we already knew. In the simple words of Rep. Denny Heck, The president did it.
It was always going to be hard to come to any other conclusion after the release of the telephone transcript of the conversation between Trump and Ukrainian president Zelensky. The smoking gun was never going to come out of the impeachment hearings as it was already revealed in Act One of this national tragedy.
But many did learn of something new the impressive ability and smarts of the man chosen by Nancy Pelosi to be the face of the House Intelligence Committees impeachment hearings, Adam Schiff.
The Stanford graduate and Harvard-trained lawyer ran the hearings like the consummate professional that he is. He was cool, calm and collected at all times, even when Republicans on the committee tried to rattle him with useless points of order and requests. Schiff kept order over hearings that many feared could devolve into a TV spectacle; a circus.
For those who did not get the chance to see Chairman Schiff in action, here is a video of his closing statement made at todays final public hearing (at link):
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/11/22/1901201/-Biggest-Takeaway-From-Impeachment-Hearings-No-Not-Trump-s-Guilt-But-Schiff-s-Brilliance?fbclid=IwAR0nn8FeRTkA6f4b3sWqEwlKY8XuLvl7lVFamsK3ZpwbI67r-sRBPqhse8c
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Biggest Takeaway From Impeachment Hearings? No, Not Trump's Guilt But Schiff's Brilliance (Original Post)
babylonsister
Nov 2019
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Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)1. Even to the final gavel!
Well done.
tblue37
(65,393 posts)2. K&R. nt
mopinko
(70,113 posts)3. if we had 9 adam schiffs on scotus, all this shit would be over. all of it.
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)4. When we once again have a Democratic President
it strikes me that Schiff would be an excellent candidate for the Supreme Court,
librechik
(30,674 posts)5. I concur! Like watching a skilled matador leading the bull around
with his superman cape!
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,349 posts)6. Chairman Schiff kept it orderly and within the rules