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Rand Paul Warns Republicans of Electoral Consequences if They Back Dem Witnesses But Refuse to Call Hunter BidenSenator Rand Paul (R., Ky.) warned fellow caucus members that voting against subpoenaing President Trumps preferred witnesses in the Senate impeachment trial would be tantamount t0 voting to lose your election.
If you dont want to vote and you think youre going to have to vote against Hunter Biden, you should just vote against witnesses, period, Paul said, adding that his first preference would be a trial with no witnesses.
. . . If they insist on having people like Bolton coming forward, my insistence will be not just one witness. But that the president should be able to call any witnesses that he deems necessary to his defense, Paul stated.
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Last week, McConnell signaled that Republicans, who hold a 53-47 majority in the Senate, had secured the minimum 51 votes required to move forward with a trial mirroring that of former president Bill Clinton, in which a vote to call witnesses took place after opening arguments. But a vote to allow witnesses to be called seems likely, after GOP leadership suggested Republicans generally are not interested in the motion to dismiss.
https://news.yahoo.com/rand-paul-warns-republicans-electoral-133351658.html
NCLefty
(3,678 posts)greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)Is an interesting guy. I personally don't think
witnesses will end well.
DURHAM D
(32,616 posts)interviews with Lev. Then we will shut up about the Bidens.
MerryBlooms
(11,773 posts)marble falls
(57,395 posts)mwooldri
(10,303 posts)And Mr. H. Biden refuse to show up. And for good measure file a lawsuit questioning the subpoena.
What's good for the goose....
unblock
(52,397 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,921 posts)It wasn't OK, but I do get it.
CatWoman
(79,302 posts)and I more than get it.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,794 posts)Mersky
(4,986 posts)To call him as a witness is to perpetuate the very crime.
paul damn well knows this, and he ought to be ashamed of himself.
Eta: If Hunter did appear, hed probably make the republicons look very bad. But pauls gonna talk this up to leave lingering questions in the minds of fox news viewers, as Hunter probably wont be called, and to skew away from the real matters of the pResident having diverted congressional funds to benefit his re-election campaign by leveraging a foreign govt. Duh, I just have to state what an obvious ruse this Hunter Biden as witness tactic is.
duforsure
(11,885 posts)By funneling money for their re-election campaigns , and with hackers help them win? I suspect that is very likely sad to say.
Buckeyeblue
(5,504 posts)But he come by his crazy notions honestly,. His dad is totally nuts.
scarytomcat
(1,706 posts)lark
(23,179 posts)He's a disgusting, amoral, lying, greed pig, Russian Repug who cares nothing about America, it;s laws or it's people - but only cares for power and $$ and will do anything PUtin says to get it.