Pelosi statement on Senate vote this afternoon:

[George II]

JANUARY 31, 2020 PRESS RELEASE

Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi released this statement after Senate Republicans voted against calling witnesses and compelling documents in the impeachment proceedings:

“The Senate Republicans’ vote against calling witnesses and compelling documents in the impeachment proceedings makes them accomplices to the President’s cover-up.

“The President was impeached for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. He is impeached forever. There can be no acquittal without a trial. And there is no trial without witnesses, documents and evidence.

“It is a sad day for America to see Senator McConnell require the Chief Justice of the United States to preside over a vote which rejected our nation’s judicial norms, precedents and institutions to uphold the Constitution and the rule of law.”

Link to tweet

[Raven]

1. It's a sad day the the CJ said not one word about it/

[leftieNanner]

3. I guess he's bought and paid for too

[Stuart G]

13. Wht is the CJ?

[MLAA]

14. Chief Justice Roberts is cut from the same cloth as the republican senators

[Harker]

15. I don't quite know where to start. n/t

[Wounded Bear]

23. In this case, I think it means Court Jester...

CJ lately has been used to refer to Chief Justice Roberts.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

24. Absolutely! Guess we should have thought outside the

box? Legally, that is. What would have compelled him to act? What arguments?

[bucolic_frolic]

28. There were suggestions here and there that Democrats

should petition Roberts for bench warrants, sort of an old mainstay of common law, for witnesses, but I never saw that we actually did that. It would force Roberts to rule, but I guess they figured he could still be overruled by majority.

[2naSalit]

2. K&R

[bdamomma]

4. K&R

nt


So I guess the ball is in our court now.

[llmart]

18. Yes it is.

Every last one of us on DU must step up and do something to assure we have the biggest, bluest wave they've ever seen. Open up your wallets and give to Dem Senate candidates in states that we can flip. Phone bank, canvass, call, protest, put up signs, whatever you can do. Do not go quietly. Do not be afraid to speak out to anyone, I don't care who they are. They want us to be intimidated and afraid.

I'm seeing more and more people openly talk about this travesty of an administration and I think that's a good sign.

[Maraya1969]

32. All of them need to be labeled 'Traitor" in their next election

A lot of people do not understand how awful their actions were to the safety and democracy of our nation.

Raise money on their actions. Let people know what their actions meant - they were all part of the cover up of the president of the US in a situation that was injurious to our National Security.

No more is the GOP the party of the rule of law. They are the party of corruption.

[sheshe2]

5. I love that woman. nt

[bdamomma]

16. Me too sheshe2

I feel so bad for our country

[llmart]

19. I admire her tremendously.

What a true patriot she is.

It's going to take women to right this ship. Let's do this!

[sheshe2]

20. I agree, llmart.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

22. Huh? W

[Tumbulu]

33. I do too, one of my friends said she wanted the ticket to be Pelosi and Schiff-

I loved every one of those Managers, I relished their brilliance, courage and spunk. But my goodness, Adam Schiff was such an orator. But even he could not break through their compacted hearts.

[sheshe2]

34. They were all amazing.

They are true Americans.

I think Schiff was getting a little hoarse toward the end of the day, yet his message was powerful.

[Wellstone ruled]

6. Madam Speaker will win

this in many ways with Moscow Mitch and a few of his cohorts becoming a Asterisks in the History Books .

[George II]

7. ASSterisks.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Oh yes.

[AllaN01Bear]

8. along with the thing in the white house and the upper crust r things in the senate , they all

need to be removed in november .

[crickets]

10. Pelosi has spoken powerful truths.

The Senate Republicans [are] accomplices to the President’s cover-up. He is impeached forever. There can be no acquittal without a trial.

Repeat it over and over, everywhere.

[pangaia]

11. well said.. however.

what it really is, is a bloodless, fascist coup (well, mostly bloodless),
and republican traitors destroying american democracy, and every structure to run and protect the country..

[Evolve Dammit]

12. The GOP are traitors to the U.S. Constitution. Providing comfort to Russia by withholding

military aid to an ally fighting a war with same, for personal political gain. I don't know how it gets more blatant than that. Repeated and constant efforts to aid or minimalize Russian interference or transgressions by Drumpf.
Fuck the GOP, in perpetuity. They have proven who they are, and they are attacking AMERICA (ALL OF US). The old GOP is dead, and the ones that remain and have any conviction at all, remain silent. Disgusting. You are part of the cult now. Happy landings.

[bdamomma]

17. Cults

all go down.

[Scotch-Irish]

37. It took a lot to bring down Hitler's cult.

I hope we take care of it more quickly and without loss of lives.

[C Moon]

39. Hitler had more public support.

But that could be given to the GOP with some sort of 911. I believe that's what they tried with Iran in early January.
They'll try again, though.

[Evolve Dammit]

42. Very concerned for the younger generations. We have lost our way and the law has been blown up.

I suppose when Drumpf kicks off, we may have a chance. This November is pivotal.

[flying_wahini]

41. I'm with you Evolve Dammit.

The cult is the new oligarchs and Democracy just died.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

21. Same old same old

[Ahpook]

25. That's it!

It is done. That is all she has to say or can do! Why are we so powerless?

Mitch and Trump can bring this country to its knees in this way? Good luck voting them out! When one man (Mitch) has this much control over our system, IT IS DEAD!

What are we going to do?

Protest? Vote? They laugh at you! You think these people give a crap about a handful of people hanging around in the streets? Bullshit

[rockfordfile]

38. You vote them out of office.

That's how they got into office to do the un-American corrupt lying things.

[Iliyah]

26. It was not a trial . . .

therefore, Republicans can talk until they are blue in the face, no acquittal, no exoneration. It has verified that shithole is a criminal, he is guilty.

Across broad, even thru all the purging of voters, gerrymandering, foreign help, stealing and cheating, Democrats will win.

Yay!

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Senate Republicans did not exonerate the President, they made themselves accomplices

She's got that exactly right. Incredible how much she followed and deeply understood the Constitutional framework these past 2 years. But that's what you get with a smart, experienced, career politician with a keen knowledge of political winds.

They should keep things humming. Hold hearings with Bolton, who I'm beginning to think the last red-blooded conservative (at least you know what's he thinks because he'll tell you). Impeach Barr, he's covering up for everybody. Oh, that's right, subpoenas are irrelevant now. Just hearings then. Is that what Clint Eastwood meant with that empty chair?

[Mossfern]

29. Some of the responses to her statement on Twitter

exemplify the sentiment of Hillary's "deplorable" comment.
We should not respond in kind, one can be stronger by taking the high road.

Just a bunch of wannabe school yard bullies who think they're cool, but are in reality just toads.

[BootinUp]

30. I'm proud of our party tonight and especially Pelosi and Schiff. nt

[KY_EnviroGuy]

31. Lots of happy global billionaires tonight. They are the REAL accomplices.

They sit very smug in their gated properties, penthouses and yachts, happy their profits invested in right-wing politicians are paying off with the slow destruction of good democracies everywhere.

Many of our politicians are totally under the thumb of this class of people. This will not change until big money and corporate leverage is removed from global politics.

Let's all be sure to mail a thank-you note to our favorite CEO, autocrat or aristocrat......

[Botany]

35. "There can be no acquittal without a trial. And there is no trial without witnesses, documents ...

... and evidence."

[Cha]

36. KR!

[Marcuse]

40. When the defendant can do anything he wants: