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groundloop

(11,519 posts)
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 11:03 PM Jan 2020

Which Senators have been skipping out of their duty as jurors?

I've been hearing that upwards of 20 Senators have either been away from the hearing for an extended time or have left early. WHO ARE THEY? We need to call them out for not doing this one simple little job of listening to the trial.

If any of them are one of the Senators who works for me they're getting an earful. It's pretty easy to get the impression that those particular Senators have no intention of making an informed decision (surprise surprise), even if we can't change their minds we need to embarrass the hell out of them.

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Which Senators have been skipping out of their duty as jurors? (Original Post) groundloop Jan 2020 OP
They need to forfeit their votes. C_U_L8R Jan 2020 #1
I think Leningrad Lindsey gave an interview. Him and Moscow Mitch should doc03 Jan 2020 #2
They recused themselves. Cartoonist Jan 2020 #3
Senator Schuman indicated about 10. LiberalFighter Jan 2020 #4
McConnell's rule banning C-Span cameras keeps Republican Senators' actions from being witnessed. gulliver Jan 2020 #5
Lindsey Graham, we hear, has barely attended. nt Grasswire2 Jan 2020 #6
All Senators work for all of us. If you can't keep yourself LuckyLib Jan 2020 #7

gulliver

(13,186 posts)
5. McConnell's rule banning C-Span cameras keeps Republican Senators' actions from being witnessed.
Wed Jan 22, 2020, 11:17 PM
Jan 2020

Sure, McConnell doesn't want Republican Senators to have their nameplates showing in front of an empty chair. But what he's also getting is much better for Republicans. We don't see that the Republicans were actually present for damning testimony. The American people don't get to witness a Republican Senator juror in real time watching convincing evidence on the floor and, later, doing nothing about it.

LuckyLib

(6,819 posts)
7. All Senators work for all of us. If you can't keep yourself
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 03:24 PM
Jan 2020

in a chair long enough to do your job, then resign. My Dad would say, “Throw the bums out!”

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