Public Trump Impeachment Hearing Mega Thread

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Can someone sum up the Castor/Taylor/Kent line of questioning thus far for those of us who cannot listen?

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Anonymous wrote:So they are going to have congressional testimony talk about the fallacies of nepotism?

That would be an interesting talk.

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Anonymous wrote:Just looked both at Washington post and fox news online.

We have been divided against each other. I hope whoever led us to this sorry state rots in hell forever.

That would be Putin and aided and abetted by the GOP and Donald Trump.

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Anonymous wrote:This guy Castor knows what he is doing........

Problem is he doesnt have much to work with...

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone sum up the Castor/Taylor/Kent line of questioning thus far for those of us who cannot listen?

He is all over the place and hard to tell where he is going with it. Thus, hard to summarize.

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Anonymous wrote:The idea that they are acknowledging "irregular" channels is astonishing.

Their plan is to argue that the president has sole reign over foreign policy and that the "so-called irregular channel" was his right to pursue. The will claim he can have as many channels as he wants, just like on his cable TV, and he can change them at will, because it is his remote. And as stupid, and wrong as that is, not to mention treasonous when he chooses a channel that hurts the U.S. and it allies, every dude out there who gains his household power by weiling the remote form his couch, will agree.

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Anonymous wrote:Can someone sum up the Castor/Taylor/Kent line of questioning thus far for those of us who cannot listen?

He is all over the place and hard to tell where he is going with it. Thus, hard to summarize.

He's also asking a lot of questions he doesn't know the answers to - a curious strategy for a defensive cross-examination.

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Anonymous wrote:Very poor effort on the part of the minority counsel right now, I'm very surprised, I thought they would have a better defense.

This is what you do when there is no defense.

They could have done certain things...

Please - Explain. How does it prioritize national and global security?

His effort seems rather hesitant and scattershot. I agree with the other posters that it's challenging for this lawyer, as there really is nothing much to work with. To be perfectly honest, I thought the minority counsel and Nunes would be much more aggressive in their attempt to defend the President. "Shock and Awe", or something. I'm not sure what they're trying to do here: is it that they are reserving such tactics for Vindman, and others not born in the US with less universal respect than the first two witnesses? I'm afraid the President is going to haul Nunes and co. to the White House this evening and that going forward, they'll be much nastier...

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I could not follow what Castor was trying - anyone?

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Anonymous wrote:I could not follow what Castor was trying - anyone?

+1. Anyone?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I could not follow what Castor was trying - anyone?

+1. Anyone?

I am not sure he knows. He certainly wasn't asking questions knowing what the answer was going to be.

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Anonymous wrote:https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/470286-plurality-in-battleground-states-support-trumps-impeachment-poll?__twitter_impression=true

A plurality of voters in key battleground states support impeaching and removing President Trump from office, according to new data from Priorities USA, a Democratic super PAC.

Priorities USA surveyed 2,500 voters in Florida, Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania – all four states that went for Trump in 2016 – and found that 49 percent support impeachment and removal, compared to 45 percent who oppose it.

The worst margins for Trump are in Florida, where 51 percent support impeachment and 45 oppose it. In Michigan, 50 percent support impeachment and removal compared to 45 percent who are opposed.

The margins are closer in Wisconsin, at 48 percent-45 percent in support of impeachment and removal, and in Pennsylvania, where voters are split 47 percent-47 percent.

The data finds that voters increasingly view “corruption” as a reason to replace Trump: fifty-three percent of voters cited “corruption” as a reason Trump should not get a second term, matching health care as the top problem spot for the president.

Enuf said!

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Anonymous wrote:I could not follow what Castor was trying - anyone?

+1. Anyone?

He called Rudy “America’s Mayor”!!!!

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Anonymous wrote:I could not follow what Castor was trying - anyone?

He was trying the various GOP theories -

1. That Ukraine interfered in the 2016 election to help Clinton
2. That there's something corrupt in Ukraine with the Bidens
3. That Giuliani/Sondland/Volker were freelancing and Trump didn't know what they were doing

He failed, because these are 2 smart, experienced men.

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SCHIFF: So when you told Sondland to push back, it was by definition because THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WAS BEHIND THE WHOLE THING, right?

TAYLOR: Um. Yup!