What this will cost Mitch McConnell

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Give Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell this much: at least he's open and transparent about his plan to rig the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump. McConnell -- who will serve as both judge and juror -- came right out and said that he will work"in total coordination with the White House counsel.

Elie Honig McConnell is not the only future impeachment juror to have made rash statements about the upcoming trial. Senator Lindsey Graham, abandoning all pretext of impartiality, proudly declared that he's"not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here." And this tendency to pre-judge crosses party lines.For example, Elizabeth Warren has stated that what Trump"has done is an impeachable offense, and he should be impeached.

eliehonig Opinion My absolute favourite was McConnell suggesting that it was unseemly for D “jurors” (Schumer) to request trial witnesses —but hunky dory for the “jury foreman” to align the jury’s position with the accused, pre-trial. We’re in la la land!

eliehonig Opinion Cost him? Nobody holds these crooks accountable

eliehonig Opinion that way they must abstain from voting.

eliehonig Opinion republican senators that know trump is guilty but still defend him should be accessories and also impeached.

eliehonig Opinion Dems getting destroyed as I write this. Stumbling for answers and looking like complete dopes. Completely falling apart. This is going to be a sore eye for many years to come on the Democratic Party. Years. Not to mention getting destroyed in the 2020 run.

eliehonig Opinion Now you Democrats are feeling the heat

eliehonig Opinion Blah blah blah

eliehonig Opinion Hope McConnell's partisan behavior cost him the senate majority leadership role. In fact, he should resign from the senate! These jokers need to be held accountable.

eliehonig Opinion Just unbelievable.

eliehonig Opinion Really! Did you even watch any of the hearings

eliehonig Opinion Hopefully everything!

eliehonig Opinion Is this something like Schiff conspiring with the whistleblower?

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eliehonig Opinion so is the witch hunt in the house

eliehonig Opinion 🤣🤣Zucker thinks we already forgot what the House just pulled under Shifty🤣🤣

eliehonig Opinion According to the liberal media. What about the partisan circus we are seeing in the House you hypocrite.

eliehonig Opinion MMMM HMMMM...

eliehonig Opinion But the House process was fair and right down the middle. I don't remember any criticism of that for some reason. The enemy of the people speaks

eliehonig Opinion I hope with all my might he is not reelected back to the Senate. He DOES NOT deserve to be there.

eliehonig Opinion There will not be a real trial in the Senate. They aren't going to follow their constitutional duties. They will let trump run the trial. And he'll find himself innocent. Case closed. And we the people are stupid enough to let it happen.

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eliehonig Opinion Well the Democrats said they were gonna impeach 3 years ago.. did you file that info with the Epstein investigation?

eliehonig Opinion No. The house impeaching a prez just because they can without just cause and holding BS secret hearings and NOT calling any Republican witnesses is destructive to the constitution. And the fact not one single bipartisan vote but in fact the opposite. That’s America’s problem

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eliehonig Opinion The funny thing is this is going to be one of the biggest failures the democratically controlled Lower Chamber has seen in a long time! The process the Upper Chamber will follow is the same as when the dems set the terms for Bill Clinton's impeachment. Dems can't argue this one!

eliehonig Opinion The American People demand a money laundering criminal investigation of Joe Biden, Hunter Biden, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, Mitt Romney their involvement with Burisma Holdings.

eliehonig Opinion Moscow Mitch will go to history as one of the biggest traitor in U.S history. His family will be very proud

eliehonig Opinion I think Republicans are completely miscalculating this. Lying, distorting and catering to Trump is actually hurting them more than if they just agreed what he did was wrong but then said its not bad enough to remove him from office. This catering BS is not a winning strategy.

eliehonig Opinion Is funny watching democracy die little by little.

eliehonig Opinion McConnell is not deserving of his position as Majority Leader in the Senate. He’s completely biased and that is not his role with reference to the inevitable trial for Trump.

eliehonig Opinion What do you call Constitutional process? The one we all watched take place in the House railroad station? I hope POTUS has a real trial with all the witnesses he deserves to present. All of them. This garbage must end.

eliehonig Opinion If you all think for one second that the Democrats wouldn’t do the same thing then I want to smoke with you’re smoking.

eliehonig Opinion He's a captive

eliehonig Opinion Destructive? CNN'S bias is revealed. To voters, it is CONSTRUCTIVE

eliehonig Opinion Hopefully it will cost senatemajldr his job.

eliehonig Opinion Thats normal btw they're also coordinating with House Dems....fake news Clueless News Network.

eliehonig Opinion The question is does JohnRoberts_CJ have the desire and right to remove senatemajldr MoscowMitch for his shenanigans w/ the White House? Would CJR LET this illegal BS taint what would be HIS courtroom?

eliehonig Opinion Vote him out!

eliehonig Opinion This is why we need term limits. The drive to stay in Congress at any costs is too much. President has term limits why not Legislative Branch?

eliehonig Opinion Trump wins easy in 2020

eliehonig Opinion You mean he’s acting like Schumer and Nadler? Haaa!!!!!

eliehonig Opinion Are you kidding me!!! Now you are worried about process. After the Dems literally trampled the process and the President’s due process. Come on, we are not as stupid as you think we are.

eliehonig Opinion CorruptMedia

eliehonig Opinion Hes already lost his soul. Pretty sure his dignity is gone too. What else does he have?

eliehonig Opinion What constitutional process?

eliehonig Opinion The Democrats helped Bill Clinton

eliehonig Opinion And they should do it in the basement. There will be no democrat witnesses allowed.

eliehonig Opinion realDonaldTrump should call 1,000👈 Witnesses and exposed the Democrats corruption for the entire world to see!😂

eliehonig Opinion SO FUNNY! Urbana defines you as a “DOINK”

eliehonig Opinion That's funny coming from CNN whose complicit with Dem and left libs frame job attempts for last 3yrs. Trump2020LandslideVictoryBaby

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