****LIVE IMPEACHMENT TRIAL VOTE 2/5/20 THREAD 1****

[BumRushDaShow]

VOTING ON EACH ARTICLE SEPARATELY


ARTICLE 1 - 52 Not guilty / 48 guilty

ARTICLE 2 - 53 Not guilty / 47 guilty

[BumRushDaShow]

1. The clerk is reading the 1st Article of impeachment

[BumRushDaShow]

2. Voting -ROLL CALL

Each to say "guilty" or "not guilty"

[crickets]

4. This is surreal to listen to. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

5. Yup.

It's been a LONG 2 months!!!

[riversedge]

3. 1st ----Sen Axexander says no.

[Mersky]

6. collins - not guilty on Article I

So weak it’s sad.

[blogslut]

7. I believe the word I'm looking for is...

Auuuuggggghhhh!

[OliverQ]

8. I feel nauseous that in a few minutes America will officially be a dictatorship.

[BumRushDaShow]

9. Confirmed Manchin as - GUILTY

[Mossfern]

10. I monitor my blood pressure

I may have to wait an hour or two in order take it.

[Mersky]

11. gardner - not guilty

Doesn’t want to be re-elected

[Mersky]

12. Manchin! Guilty! Yay!

[Wednesdays]

13. 34 "Not Guilty." It's official. nt

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Confirmed Romney - GUILTY

[crickets]

15. Romney broke what was a straight party vote up to now.

[Mersky]

16. Murkowski - not guilty

[BumRushDaShow]

17. Confirmed Sinema - GUILTY

[Mersky]

19. GOOD.

[Mersky]

18. Thank you, Romney!

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Can capitalize his name now.


Eta: Meh, I dunno after he voted not guilty on Article II.

[BumRushDaShow]

20. TALLY ARTICLE 1: 52 ACQUIT - 48 CONVICT

[crickets]

22. Well at least Trump did not get his full party vote. nt

[brettdale]

21. Not Guilty

Now is the time to put the heat of Burnett and release the apprentice tapes.

Because trump will never be held accountable for anything he has done in office.

[BumRushDaShow]

23. Clerk reading Article 2

[jpljr77]

24. "A Bi-Partisan Vote to Remove Donald Trump from Office"

That's the headline. He thought it was going to go the other way. But it didn't.

Good job, Mittens.

[Mersky]

25. The mic going silent was deafening.

I am so angry.

[crickets]

27. I know, I thought the broadcast had frozen. The microphones should not have been turned off. nt

[Mersky]

32. Has become a distinctive sound with disappointing votes

Like what an empty cave would sound like. Hollow.

[Different Drummer]

29. Ditto,

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. Thanks for doing this, but I can't stand to watch it.

I'm mad enough without listening to the quislings try to rationalize their corruption, greed, and moral rot.

The big battle is still November. There will be lots of skirmishes leading up to that Armageddon of the U.S.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. The key here is that so far, the (D)s have held together and the (R)s have not

[LaurenOlimina]

28. This obstruction vote has to be not-guilty.

The Republicans ARE the obstruction. They are co-conspirators.

[Mersky]

35. Yes, they are committing a fraud upon the American people.

[blogslut]

30. I just noticed the House managers, seated there by the Rostrum, watching these votes

Jerry Nadler is breaking my heart.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. Yup they would be there because they are sitting in a "court of impeachment" (as the prosecutors).

[BumRushDaShow]

34. Article 2 - ROLL CALL

[BumRushDaShow]

36. Confirmed Collins - Not guilty Article 2

[Mersky]

37. Shame on burr.

[BumRushDaShow]

38. Confirmed Manchin as - GUILTY Article 2

[Mersky]

43. Am grateful. Thank you to Manchin.

[Lucid Dreamer]

39. Seconds Article - 34 "Not Guilty." It's official. nt

[Different Drummer]

42. Yep. The country lost today.

DD

[Wednesdays]

40. It's official... Trump is completely off the hook. 34 votes "Not Guilty."

[BumRushDaShow]

41. Confirmed Romney - NOT GUILTY on Article 2

[BumRushDaShow]

44. Confirmed Sinema - GUILTY on Article 2

[Mersky]

46. Good.

[LaurenOlimina]

45. Did I just hear Romney Not Guilty?

[Mersky]

49. Yes, he voted not guilty.

[lamp_shade]

51. Yes. He said up front that he'd vote to acquit on the 2nd article only.

[LaurenOlimina]

55. I don't trust this turtle not to do something stupid...

[LaurenOlimina]

66. Notice how few people McTurtle could name compared to Schumer...

[BumRushDaShow]

47. TALLY ARTICLE 2: 53 ACQUIT - 47 CONVICT

[crickets]

48. Romney only bothered to vote guilty on Article I.

I am a bit unimpressed by that.

[BumRushDaShow]

50. Roberts now reading a statement - "Hereby acquited of all charges"

[BumRushDaShow]

52. Turtle - thanking Roberts.

[crickets]

53. This man can hardly contain his glee. The smirk keeps peeking out. Vile. nt

[Mersky]

58. His giddy is showing. Has more blush than his usual pond scum palor.

[BumRushDaShow]

75. But remember

it WASN'T "unanimous".

[BumRushDaShow]

54. Senate will be giving Roberts the "golden gavel"

Usually give to new Senators with 100 hours...

[nolabear]

60. They are just giving one another all kinds of awards aren't they?

Petty leaders always do.

[Satch59]

64. And the game show continues...

Gets a golden gavel...whoo!!

What a disgrace...bring on the ouster campaigns of McConnell/Graham/Collins and all...

And bring on the subpoenas and hearings for round 2!!

[BumRushDaShow]

56. Turtle thanking the 2 classes of Pages (the last class left midway and a new class is in now)

[BumRushDaShow]

57. Turtle thanked the Capitol Police

[Miles Archer]

59. An adorable finish! Roberts gets a golden gavel. Mitch is thanking everyone who made it possible.

Today's take-away...VOTE IN NOVEMBER.

[NRaleighLiberal]

61. fuck. all. republicans. PERIOD.

[BumRushDaShow]

62. Schumer is thanking the Capitol Police as well as the Pages.

[crickets]

63. Schumer is giving closing remarks, thanking the pages and other staff.

[BumRushDaShow]

65. Schumer also thanking the Heads of Accessibility/Capitol facilities/Chamber attendant/Cabinet shop

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& the cleaning and maintenance crew for moving the furniture.

[ecstatic]

67. Now comes the walk of shame. I hope each and every

one of those filthy republican whores feels like the dirty, worthless POS scumbuckets they are. I'm hoping that karma will be swift and brutal.

[BumRushDaShow]

68. Roberts making a statement - thanking for helping with "ill-defined responsibilities"

[crickets]

70. Noticed that. What a cop-out.

Followed by, "come on over to the SC chambers and visit anytime!"

No shame there.

[BumRushDaShow]

69. Turtle - ***SENATE AS A COURT OF IMPEACHMENT STANDS ADJOURNED***

[BumRushDaShow]

71. Roberts being escorted out of the chamber

[BumRushDaShow]

72. Deputy Sergant at Arms escorting the House Managers out of the chamber

[BumRushDaShow]

73. Turtle - ***ABSENCE OF A QUORUM***

And that's all folks!

[Leghorn21]

74. I really thought the gopees would burst into applause at the end, seriously

I find it interesting that they didn’t...clap clap, clap, chanting “Four more years!”...but nope

BumRush, THANK YOU for your magnificent job running these impeachment threads!! WELL DONE

[crickets]

78. Agreed! Thanks to BumRushDaShow for all of the hard work in these threads.

Thanks to all of the people who joined in with comments and links as well. It made it a lot easier to follow events.

[crickets]

76. MSNBC pointing out that all of the Republicans are going to get kicked in the teeth

by the facts as Bolton's book come out in 5 weeks. The majority of citizens wanted to see evidence and hear witnesses, and they will learn everything the Repubs were trying to hide regardless.

Remember in November, folks.

[Mersky]

77. Was a perfunctory, all was normal about these proceedings with a yuckety-yuck quip

From roberts. He earned his oversee the destruction of the balance of powers badge from the federalist society today.

[greatauntoftriplets]

79. How soon will Spanky start gloating?

[BumRushDaShow]

80. But it wasn't "unanimous"

I.e., for Article 1, it was "bipartisan".

[greatauntoftriplets]

83. That should make Republicans happy!

They've been whining about that for weeks. Yes, I know they're Republicans.

Now waiting for him to go after Romney.

[BumRushDaShow]

84. When it comes to their audience of "one"

then what THEY think is not important. It's what their "audience of one" thinks - and it is playing as "not exonerated unanimously".

AND the Democratic Caucus held fast, which makes it worse, regardless of the outcome, because all the media assumed that (D)s would lose at least one Senator and thus the "acquittal would be bipartisan", which didn't happen.

And I wouldn't worry about RMoney. He is a very wealthy Vulture Capitalist, so he is no milquetoast. In fact anyone who does that type of business is vicious as hell. Plus he grew up with a father who was a governor so he knows all about "politics".

[greatauntoftriplets]

85. You make very good points.

But we're all in a terrible position, a terrible time really, and I fear for our future.

[BumRushDaShow]

86. I do agree

I'm usually a big pessimist but sometimes it is the "little moments" - like Pelosi's "clap" or her ripping up the speech - or something like this where the narrative was going to be "I'm completely, totally, unanimously exonerated" and that won't be able to happen.

So instead of a dozen crowing talking points, a bunch were removed.

All we can hope for is that we do even more this November than we did in 2018. The Presidential elections tend to have higher turnouts anyway and 2018 was actually unprecedented in terms of "mid-terms" for turnout. So it's critical that it gets overwhelming this November.

[greatauntoftriplets]

87. I just seem to be in a very pessimistic mood of late.

But I'm also very tired and it apparently gets worse when I'm like that.

[underpants]

81. Clinton had 95 votes to convict. Trump had 95 as well.

Just something to note.

Two articles each.
Clinton
Article I 45 Yes - 55 No
Article II 50 - 50

Trump
I 48-52
II 47-53

[BumRushDaShow]

82. THANKS TO ALL WHO HAVE STAYED WITH THIS FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS

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