Pelosi impeachment manager is calling for McConnell's recusal from Trump Senate trial

[Dennis Donovan]

Source: Miami Herald

BY EMMA DUMAIN AND ALEX DAUGHERTY
JANUARY 15, 2020 05:49 PM

A Florida congresswoman who on Wednesday became an impeachment manager in President Donald Trump’s upcoming Senate trial wants to remove the lead juror: Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.

Rep Val Demings’ position, shared publicly by a just a few other Democrats, could undercut House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s efforts to frame impeachment as an exercise of constitutional duty. Republicans have argued for months that Democrats are on a partisan mission to remove Trump from office.

Yet in selecting Demings on Wednesday as one of the seven impeachment managers, Pelosi is giving a national spotlight to a Democrat who has often gone against House leaders on impeachment issues — she first called for Trump’s removal from office a year before party leadership and is now agitating for McConnell’s recusal.

Her opposition to McConnell’s participation in the Senate trial that is set to start next week stems from the Kentucky Republican boasting that he won’t be impartial in deciding whether Trump should be acquitted or convicted.

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Read more: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article239313188.html

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YES!!

[riversedge]

1. Photo of ⁦@RepValDemings. She looks like she means business--

Listen up turtle!


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[riversedge]

2. #MitchMustRecuse #MitchMustRecuse #MitchMustRecuse new Hashtag.....

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[blm]

4. She's staunchly law and order, and always has been.

[ancianita]

3. Deming is reinforcing Pelosi's efforts of constitutional duty, not "undercutting" them.

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Yes.

[iluvtennis]

13. Yes x 2. nt

[Dennis Donovan]

19. Absolutely. I really doubt she said this w/o the Speaker's knowledge or approval

The reporter was attempting to read the Speaker's mind, apparently.

[dem4decades]

6. Ain't no manager freelancing against Nancy.

[2naSalit]

7. K&R

[bucolic_frolic]

8. The more things that get a good public airing, the better

I'm more worried about Mulvaney telling the truth than the public knowing about what's going on. And for much of the public, this will be their first walk through the whole scandal.

Biden's as witnesses? What can they do , tar and feather them like EMAILS! or Benghazi!? My intuition tells me Trump will be acquitted, but the Biden's will be exonerated. And Trump Impeachment II will have a longer engagement and more successful outcome.

[JudyM]

9. Kamala Harris has been calling for him to recuse himself, as well.

May the ROAR grow louder against him.

[randr]

10. Also the worm Lindsley G. needs to be recused

[azureblue]

11. oh BS to whoever wrote this--

Rep Val Demings’ position, shared publicly by a just a few other Democrats, could undercut House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s efforts to frame impeachment as an exercise of constitutional duty.

No, effin, no... Mitch broke the law when he said he would not impeach Trump. And everything else he said about impeding the trial. Here is the law!

http://foavc.org/01page/Articles/Violation%20of%20Oath%20of%20Office%20and%20Walker%20v%20Members%20of%20Congress.htm

from the second paragraph ---
5 U.S.C. 7311 which explicitly makes it a federal criminal offense (and a violation of oath of office) for anyone employed in the United States Government (including members of Congress) to “advocate the overthrow of our constitutional form of government”. The fourth federal law, 18 U.S.C. 1918 provides penalties for violation of oath office described in 5 U.S.C. 7311 which include: (1) removal from office and; (2) confinement or a fine.

At the present, at the second the trial starts, Mitch has broken the law and rightfully, he should be jailed.
All Demings is doing is enforcing the law - Mitch has violated his oath of office and he should not be allowed to have any part of this trial under penalty of jail.

Quit trying to make this political. It is not. It is about the rule of law and upholding and honoring the Constitution. Something the Democrats are trying to do.And the GOP refuses to do.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

12. K & R!

[bucolic_frolic]

14. Good start, twist it just a little more

[iluvtennis]

15. Excellent news!

[Southern Blueneck]

16. Moscow Mitch should be Recused from Everything

At least, here in America. Maybe he should ask for a job in Putin's next Cabinet.

[Bettie]

17. This just makes me smile

which is uncommon these days....

[nitpicker]

18. Demings wishes for it

But it won't happen in this Senate.