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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow Democrats Won Day One of the Impeachment Trial
https://politicalwire.com/2020/01/22/how-democrats-won-day-one-of-the-impeachment-trial/How Democrats Won Day One of the Impeachment Trial
January 22, 2020 at 6:14 am EST By Taegan Goddard
Playbook: Substantively, Senate Republicans defeated every effort by Senate Democrats to alter the rules of the impeachment trial to allow for guaranteed access to witnesses and documents.
Politically, though, there is some upside for Democrats. If you accept the argument that President Trump is likely going to be acquitted, isnt it better for Democrats to own no part of the trial, so they can call it a sham and beat Republicans over the head with it later this year? They will lose these procedural fights, complain loudly about it and wave the trial in the faces of vulnerable Republicans as an example of the partys fealty to Trump.
Politically, though, there is some upside for Democrats. If you accept the argument that President Trump is likely going to be acquitted, isnt it better for Democrats to own no part of the trial, so they can call it a sham and beat Republicans over the head with it later this year? They will lose these procedural fights, complain loudly about it and wave the trial in the faces of vulnerable Republicans as an example of the partys fealty to Trump.
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How Democrats Won Day One of the Impeachment Trial (Original Post)
babylonsister
Jan 2020
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. The brought forth facts and evidence . .
They were the adults in the room.
CurtEastPoint
(18,656 posts)2. And of course the rag Daily Mirror touted how Dems blew it and lost.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)3. Repuklican senators got a peek at campaign attack materials
DEMs will hang around their necks for the rest of their political lives.
UpInArms
(51,284 posts)4. I was hoping that anyone would say
If these records/witnesses show that we are wrong, why dont you want them to be allowed?