"If you don't respond to 75% of the American voters and have witnesses, it's a job only half done"

[Dennis Donovan]

Link to tweet

Jake Tapper ✔ @jaketapper

Former WH chief of staff John Kelly advises the Senate: "If you don’t respond to 75 percent of the American voters and have witnesses, it’s a job only half done. You open yourself up forever as a Senate that shirks its responsibilities.”

https://www.nj.com/politics/2020/01/trumps-former-chief-of-staff-says-senate-impeachment-trial-without-witnesses-is-a-job-only-half-done.html …
Trump’s former chief of staff says Senate impeachment trial without witnesses is ‘a job only half...
John Kelly spoke to NJ Advance Media in advance of Friday's vote on whether to call witnesses to testify in Trump's impeachment trial.

2:06 PM - Jan 31, 2020

Yeah, thanks for the tip, General...

[empedocles]

1. Does that mean 'a half ass job'

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Moscow Mitch is counting on the

Media moving on to the next shinny object and the Rethugs will do major Ad buys attacking Schiff,Pelosi,and Nadler as well as Schumer.

[NewJeffCT]

3. After Sandy Hook, 95% of Americans wanted stronger background checks

Paul Ryan and Moscow Mitch said "no" in 2013

In 2014, Republicans flipped 9 seats in the Senate

Moscow Mitch is looking at history and realizes that with their huge media bullhorn, votes to acquit in January & February will be long forgotten by election day.

[guillaumeb]

4. Well said.

Unfortunate, but we all know that the US corporate media will quickly move to another topic.

[0rganism]

5. half done? that's a lot of partial credit

for this assignment, i'm giving them 36% at most. sad, really, but it's what i've come to expect from the institution that brought us Justice Kavanaugh.

[pansypoo53219]

6. the moron made sure it was rigged FOR him.