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patricia92243

(12,600 posts)
2. That is the reason that I don't understand all the excitement about Bolton testifying. It will not
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 08:58 AM
Jan 2020

make the tiniest bit of difference to Republicans.

uponit7771

(90,359 posts)
4. +1, at this point all of them are trying to end the trial as soon as possible save one or two. All..
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 09:09 AM
Jan 2020

... the republican senators know Red Don is crook and bastard and a sell out to Putin. I don't want to hear any of the "behind the scenes they are not happy with Trump" ... bullshit, their votes speak louder than anything.

5. Bolton as a witness will open the door for other witnesses and documents.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 09:32 AM
Jan 2020

Once those two items kick into place, the pace of the trial slows to where there is absolutely no way it will be finished by the SOTU. Instead of a rally-type victory lap we'll be witness to a complete meltdown in front of the entire world, proving conclusively that Fat Donnie is mentally incompetent and should not be trusted with the nuclear launch codes.

PandoraAwakened

(905 posts)
7. It's not actually about trying to make a difference with them.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 11:26 AM
Jan 2020

Those guys are a lost cause. 1/3 of them are hopeless sychophants, another 1/3 are being blackmailed, and the other 1/3 are purely in it for the dark money. No one is actually expecting a single one of them to suddenly grow a spine.

It's about putting them in a box. It's about putting them on the record supporting increasingly higher levels of corruption as more and more direct evidence comes out. It's about pissing off the public so much about these guys that Democrats end up taking back the Senate in 2020.

Cheers!

D_Master81

(1,822 posts)
3. GOP over the last 4 months
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 09:08 AM
Jan 2020

“None of this is 1st hand information, it’s all just hearsay.”

Bolton info drops

GOP now. “I don’t care what Bolton has to say.”

CincyDem

(6,385 posts)
6. Bolton will either testify in the Senate or he'll testify in the House.
Mon Jan 27, 2020, 09:35 AM
Jan 2020

One way or another, he’s going to tell this story in public under oath.

Nancy’s “we’ll see” says it all.

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