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Impeachment? Now What?
Trump impeached, then acquitted…or will he be?
In this Holiday Season, one of the best gifts that liberals/progressives, hell, even moderates has been given is the one starting with the letter I: Impeachment. Here’s a picture of it, nicely wrapped up.
But seriously, folks, Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi is well aware that if the Articles of Impeachment are sent over to the Senate now, Trump will be given an acquittal. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McCconnell has made it clear that he’s the jury foreman who’s made a deal with the defendant and his attorneys; the fix is in, and those pesky little things such as facts and justice will have nothing to do with this trial. So what can Pelosi do?
McConnell’s Maneuvers
“Moscow Mitch” McConnell is a shrewd, sly politician whose Machiavellian take on politics goes back to his earliest days in Kentucky’s electoral battles. Before he took office as a U.S. Senator, he served as a Deputy Assistant Attorney General in the Gerald R. Ford administration and worked with Robert Bork, Lawrence Silberman, and Antonin Scalia. He learned political deviousness from its…
