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kentuck

(111,103 posts)
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 07:10 PM Jan 2020

A vote for "No Witnesses" is a vote for complicity.

Every Senator is granted the right to vote to acquit or to convict. They have a right to their own opinions. We may not agree with their vote but they have that right.

But they do not have the "right" to vote to prohibit witnesses in a trial or to prohibit evidence in an impeachment. They have the power to do it, but they don't have the right. It is anti-constitutional and anti-American to do such a thing.

If there are no witnesses and no documents, it is not a fair trial.

If they vote to acquit or convict after listening to the relevant witnesses and seeing all the relevant documents, they will have much better standing in the eyes of the law and the American people, whether or not we agree with their decision, in my opinion.

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A vote for "No Witnesses" is a vote for complicity. (Original Post) kentuck Jan 2020 OP
Furthermore, not only will they be complicit... kentuck Jan 2020 #1

kentuck

(111,103 posts)
1. Furthermore, not only will they be complicit...
Thu Jan 23, 2020, 07:43 PM
Jan 2020

...they will be held accountable in the next election. They should not think they can slide one by the American people this time around.

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