Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Tuesday bluntly acknowledged some of the political realities surrounding the upcoming Senate impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, notably saying,"I'm not impartial about this at all."
"I'm not an impartial juror," he said flatly."This is a political process. There is not anything judicial about it. Impeachment is a political decision."The frankness of his remarks infuriated Democrats and added to a tension-filled day in the Capitol where senators jockeyed for political leverage ahead of the House impeachment vote Wednesday so they can fulfill their constitutionally prescribed roles as jurors in a trial set to begin in January.
Exactly how many Democrat Senators have called for impeachment or censure of the President in the past 3 years? For that matter, several are still in the race for the presidential nomination, and would love to see Trump removed before having to face him. 'Impartial'?😂😂😂
JacksonLeeTX18
JacksonLeeTX18 HE needs to step down! The American people want to hear and know ALL of the facts!
JacksonLeeTX18 Instant perjury!!!
JacksonLeeTX18 Really? Who else is more biased than SheJack? I’ll wait .........
JacksonLeeTX18 RepLee convenienty FORGETS SHE TOOK AN OATH WHEN SHE IS SWORN IN FOR EVERY TERM OF OFFICE! BUT WATCH HER LIE LIE... WITHOUT HESITATION! SHE YELLS AT HEARING WITNESSES REMINDING THEM THAT THEY ARE UNDER OATH-WELL SO IS RepLEE!
JacksonLeeTX18 This Congresswoman is nothing but belligerent buffoon, full stop.
JacksonLeeTX18 McConnell, Graham, & Blunt have proven they can't be impartial jurors. This is why McConnell can not, will not allow a fair Senate trial. The flouting of impartiality in a fair trial would doom them & the evidence would bury the GOP. 25th Amendment is still an out for them.
JacksonLeeTX18 Laughable that any Democrat would even consider Fairness. They are all hypocrites. HYPOCRISY
JacksonLeeTX18 senatemajldr
Even blacks hate sheila...she is not a good woman
I’d say he’s looking to get excused from Jury Duty. I do not understand how a disgruntled employee is allowed to make important decisions on laws while he is possibly up for impeachment.
I can't decide who is worse, McConnell or Trump. They seem pretty much on the same level. Not a good thing.
Weaponizing the constitution & it's principles with negative emotions will have damaging effects when you have your eye on supremacy - Trump impeachment was ill motive
Politics McConnell is spitting in the face of democracy. Much like gangs would spit in the face of the law. Which assault is worse?
Really hahaha IMPARTIAL HAHAHAHA SERIOUSLY SHE WENT THERE HAHAHA UNBELIEVABLE I THINK WE HAVE SEEN PLENTY OF IMPARTIAL TO LAST A LIFETIME, ITS BEEN IMPARTIAL FOR 3 DAMN YEARS CRIED IMPEACH DAY AFTER ELECTION MY GOD LOL IMPARTIAL LOL GOT TO LOVE THE DOG N PONY SHOW ,WAKE UP PEEPS
so many people brain washed because the are programmed to vote by the label of there upbringing. Why people can not think for themselves without looking at the name label dem or rep makes them weak, it's like 2 teams playing against each other every damn day,pathetic politicians
Hahahahaha they should be concerned of there on oaths hahaha like the pot calling the kettle cnn will never broadcast positive things always negative unless its who they want in office watch those ratings dive take a hike cnn.
Politics Trump 2020
If Mr McConnell will be a juror on president's Trump impeachment case and by his own mouth declares he is not impartial, is he a qualified one? Will he recused himself from the impeachment case? Maybe we are not listening to his loud and clear statement.
Good Ha Ha like the [House ] set the perfect standards for impartial process. And CNN preaching about being impartial. How about start with impartial media coverage then maybe you would have a little better ratings and respect.
Another lier. Brought to you by cnn!
This creature has been sitting in Congress Critter for 14 years and she still doesn't know how things work, let alone what the Constitution means or says. This entire impeachment exercise was merely for talking points going into the 2020 elections..
Unlike the the horribly impartial actors in the House Mr McConnell is being straightforward and honest. We don’t expect any Dems to get that
I Guess what the a Democrats have not figured out yet, that its the Republicans turn. Democrats played this process as dirty as they could. Trump 2020 more than ever!!
If you took mitch out of the picture you could probably make progress but not with him he wants one thing and thats to keep trump right were he is so as far as im concerned they BOTH can GO
Oh, shut up 'BLACK LADY.'
America should be more concerned that partisan hacks like JacksonLeeTX18 were the ones voting to impeach a President.
You poor tyrants
Individuals from the White House including Trump must testify. This is the only way for the people to know the truth and the senate must take their oath seriously, if not then they should be removed as well.
Tough shit. Now you know how it feels.
impartial juror FAIR? hhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha OK THEN hahahahahahahahahah why not have Maxine Waters the Judge hahahahahahaha, Stop it hahahahahahahaa Hillary need a Job?
They don’t get to ‘negotiate’ the Senate trial. That’s bribery and extortion for political gain. Impeach Pelosi now!
What negotiations? Send that waste of tax payers dollars over to the senate 🤟
What a joke 😂
Politics One question: didn't senators watch the hearings as led by the democrat Congress as every American? If yes, what wrong if they make a judgement based on facts and the fairness demonstrated in the house 🤔. Can someone help me understand this? Just an observer 🤔
Coming from Sheila Jackson Lee I don't even think I would care
The impeachment coup against President Trump, manipulated by several haters, caused 'the illegality of the result' due to the wrong start. Illegal works can only be thrown into the trash. US law cannot be trampled. Thank you McConnell for guarding the US Constitution.
This is to all the democrats: When can you bring yourself to help the poor people, who are about to lose there SNAP benefits? Many will suffer as a result of this! Simply Ignoring the situation won't make it go away! Hello?
No impeachment dem hoax once more
The five 2020 Democrats running in presidential primaries, who are Senators, have already repeatedly disqualified themselves as they've said repeatedly he should be impeached. Kamala Harris has also, before she dropped out.
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Please remind us which Senate Democrats are impartial jurors, I'll wait... 💅
He should be removed from participating
Yeah right! I'm am sure Sheila Jackson's mind was made up to impeach Trump long before any phone call to Ukraine. You guys cannot be serious! If there was a snake on the ground, right in front of your eyes , it would bite you in the ass.
Hahahahaha says the party that created Antifa and the KKK and paid for fake FISA
Were the Dems impartial in the House where they have stayed that this impeachment started three years ago? The Dems are full of bullshit every single day!
It’s not a court or legal proceeding.
It’s a political process. There’s zero expectation for impartiality.
Politics As if HouseDemocrats were unbiased regarding articles of impeachment.
is on air right now conning they're viewers, saying that realDonaldTrump tells lies, which is fake news! They are saying that by saying things over, and over, makes people believe lies. The funny thing about that is, that's exactly what CNN, and Democrats do, to con people!
Impartial? This term is dead.
Yet JacksonLeeTX18 says nothing about her party violating house rules. And of course cnn doesn’t challenge her
Holy pot calling the kettle black, Batman
Like the Dems in the Biuse were impartial hahahahaha
Ya think? McConnell has sold his soul to the pursuit of power and graft. And he is winning
What all the democRATS already did?.... Get over There are 4 more years comming
McConnell & Graham should recuse themselves … or Justice Roberts should remove them as jurors … if you, or I, were called to jury duty and told the Judge we wouldn't be impartial, the Judge would tell us 'Thanks, but no thanks, and byebye'.
Sheila Jackson reaks with racism
BTW, Not one Democratic Presidential candidate can be on the jury. Can't be impartial if your running for the job.
The Republicans talk about the Dems charades and they are ones setting the charades.
It’s over for the Democrats Shelia jackson you just go and impeaches somewhere else But not at the senate door U HERD
The Republican Party members were bought and paid for by Vladimir Putin....PERIOD
...as if representative Jackson and her Co-Representatives were impartial?
Politics Another house nigga
Can you pre-perjure yourself?
Bless her heart. She wants to sound smart.
The oath should be administered under penalty of perjury ... so any violation can be a criminal offense.
Yes, I'm sure Sheila Jackson Lee would be a perfectly impartial juror! 🤣😆😂😅
The great state of Texas would like to, once again, apologize for this nitwit of a Congresswoman. The last election came down to a choice between her and a dude living under a Hwy 59 overpass. Charlie won the popular vote but lost on a technicality. We couldn’t sober him up.
Don't remember her being impartial. This bs has been going on for years and every other day Schiff was on his favorite propaganda station bragging he's got him this time. There isn't a truth teller among the liberals because the media runs cover for the dnc.
Democrats and oaths lol.....their only oath is to Lucifer.
Ahahaha ahahaha ahahaha ahahaha
Where were you when the House was taking this impartiality oath?
Politics The reason the polls have not moved is because there isn't a single Dem Rep who is an effective and forcefull speaker to make the case. And if Chuck is the best the Dems can do in the Senate, it is évident the front benches are very empty in Congress for the Dems. DanaBashCNN
Yes, after that totally impartial impeachment hearing in the house it’s definitely important that the senators not display any bias.
Politics it's good to know her statements, but hard to understand why you didn't call out her hypocrisy - you are journalists (or so you say)?
JacksonLeeTX18 U have no power in the senate so just stop threatening people when you idiots in the Democratic party use the Constitution as toilet paper. You're all sick and mentally unstable and need to be prosecuted which will happen in 2020 when the President wins reelection
Politics The Democrats have broken so many laws in the past three years to try to get this president they’ve committed treason against the American people they impeach the president with no crime they have nothing to impeach I said this two years ago this is nothing but a smear campaign
Vote this lunatic out of office
There is no impartiality in CONGRESS!! Never has been, never will be.
Politics Hypocrites
She is corrupt and needs to be investigated for treason and sedition and what she did to Judge Kavanaugh
Clown News Network
Politics Nope, he’s not, if he’s already made up his mind without hearing the facts.
Politics This woman has zero credibility
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Rep.Sheila Jackson does not play, a serious woman. I agree with you Representative
'The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside:' And no Person shall be convicted without 2/3 vote --END ARGUMENT
MConnell, Graham, and other senators who have already announced their verdicts on impeachment/removal, must be made to recuse themselves or face perjury charges.
KUDOS ! to the CHRISTIAN CHURCH for standing up for morality and Common decency nice to see religious folks practicing what they preach.
Was RepAdamSchiff impartial?
Shut up
Hilarious. All the damn left Senators on the campaign trail say they are for impeaching our great President. Does the corrupt left media and socialist democrats have any fricking common sense, morals or fairness? Damn criminals.
Thank God for Donald Trump everyday
We hope that, and they should remember the whole world is now looking at them
She could never take an oath to be an impartial juror... FactCheck
JacksonLeeTX18 is an embarrassment to the city of Houston
Has ms lee figured out where the astronauts planted the American flag on mars yet? She’s brilliant 🤡
They didn't seem too concerned about impartiality when the House Democrats were holding closed door hearings without Republicans. 🤔🤔🤔
But apparently not as concerned as members of her own party who have been asking for impeachment since his election, or those who campaigned on it. Does she understand the word Hypocritical
They want to fish for more evidence in the Senate. Pelosi has NO jurisdiction over the rules in the Senate. The House Impeachment articles are the documents that will be used. It is NOT the Senates duty to find more. The House has no case. Nor first hand evidence.HEARSAY
How dumb can you get? Who voted for this buffoon?
Hey FAKE NEWS tell JacksonLeeTX18 that her protected chair at the global NWO table was smashed by POTUS and the symbol on her ring showed 'woke America' who she truly is.
JacksonLeeTX18 IM DEMANDING EVERY ONE IN OFFICE TO DO A DRUG TEST! On both sides so it’s fare! But your behaviors are troubling! We are demanding it!
The charges, which are not crimes, much less a basis for an impeachment that Democrat members have been crying for for almost 4 yrs now, are based on a parady, supposition and many hands hearsay. The only fact witness confirmed no quid pro quo. Give me some credit. I have a brain
Definitely one of the Dumbest elected officials ever...Sheila Jackson Lee And a total racist too Not sure who‘s dumber....Her or Mad Maxine Waters...🤔
Nowhere in the constitution does it give a timeframe on when the articles need to be transmitted to the senate and the house has the sole power of impeachment people need to google and read the constitution because media will not help you understand what is going on
I would be concerned if Democrats condemned a man to impeachment before he became elected. That is obstruction!!! I stand with Pres. Trump.
LMFAO. She’s all yours Democrats! All yours
Says the person who’s been impeaching a man for 3 years over something he did 6 months ago. Puhhhh-lleeease SJL...
Sheila Jackson Lee is a bitter old woman whose ride along in politics and always has been racist and bigoted in her comments Pretending g she’s all high n mighty We re finding its not impressive being a democrat congress person 👎🏼
Non of you are impartial.... please I wish you'd all get off your high horses. Most of us aren't stupid enough to think their is one unbiased person in Congress
Right back at ya jackson
All I hear is a mouth moving and making noise. Not one bit of truth said...
So are you saying Cory Booker is an impartial juror?
What about the House having impeached Trump years before seeing any evidence. Being mean doesn't count.
From over here this impeachment looks like a sh*t circus.
I think both Mitch McConnell & Lindsey Graham should recuse themselves from the impeachment trial due to extreme bias, precluding their ability to render a fair judgement based on fact.
She need to shut her mouth they had there say and vote and made their Judgment on our great president, about her comments about Mitch McConnell he’s not part of their bullshit and lies to the nation.
The entire impeachment process is far from impartial.
And you think the Senators running for president are impartial? Get real. You're just demonstrating that you are not impartial.
Democrats aren’t impartial either. Sorry losers, get on with the losing.
Bring on a Trial,. worst scenario possible for our ' Lying Corrupter In Chief' The truth will get the country on the track .
Jackson Lee is hardly a non partisan prosecutor. You do not have a high crime, case dismissed!
I’m curious. Can someone point out to me where impartial juror is an element of sitting in judgement of impeachment under the constitution? Or, perhaps even better, where the accuser in a quasi criminal trial is entitled to a fair trial? That right is reserved to the accused.
She’s acting like SHE was an impartial participant in this disaster? Please. JacksonLeeTX18 wouldn’t know impartiality if it smacked her in the face. She participated in the most one-sided hearing I’ve ever seen & has the gall to question the Senate’s integrity? Hypocrite.
Was the house impartial during the impeachment inquiry process? 🤔
Jokers
Mitch. U are a dud head !!
If he can't swear the oath can he legally have any part in the trial?
He should therefore be removed from his position. What an idiot! He actually admitted he wasn't impartial! He needs to be gone, and you in his district need to depose him and then kick him out of your state!
Deplorable!!!
Good . The Democrats exposed themselves as hyper partisan the day Trump got elected
MoscowMitch the FaceofIgnorance
Because democrats have been “impartial”. Can we just stop?
I’m glad the republicans weren’t infuriated by Pelosi, Schiff and Nadler. The republicans couldn’t get their witnesses to testify. The republicans need to open a new investigation on Giuliani’s findings in the Ukraine. This will be very interesting. The Obama/Biden regime.
MoscowMitchMcConnell must recuse himself
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Then you need to resign
Three year Democrat campaign commercial
When ALL documentation are revealed and WH staff are allowed to be questioned I think many will change how they feel about this trial!
Maybe he should recuse himself.
RUSSIA IF YOUR LISTENING IM BEING IMPEACHED TODAY! THANK YOU RUSSIA AND PUTIN! MOSCOW MITCH MCCONNELL WILL GO DOWN WITH THE 45th CORRUPT PRESIDENT!
This constant arguement they make of 'this is undoing a natural election, which is wrong', is the most moronic argument. That would mean that impeachment under any circumstance shouldn't be allowed, because all presidents are naturally elected - duh!
senatemajldr ...not impartial? The hell you are!
Democrats were not infuriated when they did the unilateral House Circus, in the Senate they have to play by Republicans rules.
Dems are not impartial either. This is not bi partisan at all! So they need to not be to offended when it hits them back!
These sitting R’s are making a pretty bad bet. Who thinks that Trump can behave himself till 2020? That he won’t do more damage, encourage more violence? They will own all the disasters he will cause.
Good, hope they blow a cork
Democraps just don't say it, but oh so obvious
Just because impeachment is a politically motivated action, it does not mean you have an excuse to put politics before country to block use of witness testimony by subpoena - especially if it involves the President actively enlisting a foreign country to influence Vote2020
Face of Evil right here, so politically corrupt and brazen in his treasonous views...
Is McConnell any better than Trump or the crook supporter Republican Congress people?
I can't wait to 20/20 he's voted out of office
Trumps going nowhere. This was for nothing. He’s gonna get re-elected. You guys will continue crying and hating til 2024. We r ready! 3 years of laughing at you nut jobs isn’t enough! I’ll gladly take 5 more hilarious years! WhineyBitchez
Then you should excuse yourself.
He’s using common sense finally somebody is stopping this fake sham started by Schiff it doesn’t deserve five minutes of the senates time the Senate should be able to look at all the evidence so-called evidence that the Dems came up with in the house and make a determination
Sue him. Seriously, take it to the Supreme Court. He's elected to be impartial in an impeachment trial, should it be necessary. If he won't be impartial he is essentially rendering the power of Congress moot.
Pelosi and Schiff were not impartial. It makes no sense you expect anyone with a D or R next to their name to be partial, Not even a person with an I. You will need to find someone from another planet to find someone actually impartial.
Fortunately time is not on senatemajldr 's side when it comes to remaining in office. Kentucky can vote him out & the rest of us can vote for the democrats that will push the power of the senate over to the democrats,relieving him of his senate majority leadership. ItsUpToUs
Just like the impartial investigator that led the impeachment in the House. now want to call out 'impatiality' yet remained silent when it was in full swing in the house.
For once (unfortunately), he has spoken the TRUTH – which is WHY he MUST be REMOVED (from Office): Forthwith! It's ASTONISHING that he's had his Senate Seat, for so long – and, accomplished so very little! 😒
MoscowMitchTraitor
Duh
Why does Mitch always look as if he's just realised he's wet himself?
Captain obvious .
Mitch, you’re useless.
V
Then recuse yourself senatemajldr
Seems this is the difference between the Dems and Repubs. Dems will lie about their bias and Repubs will be truthful about it. It all doesn’t matter because turtle will oversee and it will go nowhere.
I hope he gets ripped limb by limb and burned alive in hell
Democrats have been for impeachment since Trump was sworn in. They haven’t exactly been impartial either.
GOP once stood tall ...
Let them be infuriated! After all, they are acting out Nancy Pelosi's script.
Just like Pelosi, Schiff, Nadler... Trump2020
What a terribly broken system. Why have people from either party on these committees? Just put impartial government workers and regular people on them.
Sad end of a political carrier. The last turtle in the senate.
Disgrace.
Vote him out when the time comes! He’s useless!
Mitch does not care what Democrats think. He will do what’s best for him regardless
Step aside then if you can’t do the job you took an oath to uphold.
He needs to go too
He’s literally like ,I’m even more corrupt than trump if ya can believe it !
Suppose that’s what going to happen when Democrats ‘act‘ idealistic instead of trying to ‘be‘ realistic.
Imagine that... he’s honest... Unlike AdamSchiff... the guy that lies so often that people just don’t care anymore
Love it!!!!!!
Anyone who thinks this “trial” is anything but a political stunt without any real merit is either ignorant or lying.
Every Senator has a duty to their oath for the trial. If they are saying that cannot perform those duties than they should not be a part of the process or be able to cast a vote. It appears to me Republicans have made this political by ignoring facts.
Recuse yourself!
It should infuriate EVERYONE, not just Democrats.
Lock Him Up
McConnell is poisoning the well and destroying the credibility of the Senate and the Presidency in the process. The impeachment effectively marks the end of 45's Presidency.
senatemajldr is one of the most corrupt politician’s this country has ever known. We deserve to hear the truth. Let the witnesses speak. If the President has nothing to hide the truth will set him free. What are you scared of Mitch. Fairness SenateHearing
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And the 6 Democrat presidential candidates voting, I'm sure the framers of the constitution think that's fine..
Public Statements of this nature should remove McConnell from any post of authority in our nation.
He is the devil. Nothing more. Nothing less. Simply the devil and I mean that with complete sincerity.
no, he's not an impartial juror, Mitch is a malignant cancer on the body politic
The dead Zombie Russian Mitch.... of course he is not impartial, he made it clear from start, he doesn’t care Trump is also a Russian Agent and that he’s asking foreign help to be re-elected: all they want is Trump to keep going....
He looks like a man taking a bullet for the team.
McConnell Republican Cheater liar and corrupt Trump supporter. McConnell needed to rein in Trump in Muller “obstruction of congress” and impeachment “obstruction of congress.” Now McConnell needs to call witnesses if innocent or more “obstruction of congress!” dumpgop
AS IF DEMOCRAT SENATORS ARE IMPARTIAL THEMSELVES My god, the gaslighting is ridiculous
Then resign, Moscow Mitch
'Political realities'. We get that. But 'frankness' belies McConnell's criminal intent. He's said aloud he's not impartial, so he can't sit as a juror. Where is Senate censure? MittRomney, Romney, Romney?
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this coupeachment is a joke. Screw the demonrats Trump 2020
Then MoscowMitch senatemajldr needs to recuse his Russian asset ass.
Cannot take the oath. Must recuse. OathBreakers
Reality, a statement like that, of dereliction of duty, means A senator could present a resolution expulsion from the Senate. It would go to the Senate Select Commitee on Ethics, which is not GOP controlled open a full investigation of McConnell, including the ability to subpoena
Lol, calling the kettle black by the ones who did it?
Unlike all the Democrats who are definitely for sure impartial
Repeat after Weird Al, Mitch! ImpeachAndRemove Impeach45 ImpeachmentEve NobodyIsAboveTheLaw
That's right, McConnell … you're nothing, you're spam … and you're chance of re-election (if you've got the gut's to run) are zero to none
It’s all scripted by Moscow Mitch’s boss Putin.
Why is he not disqualified as a juror?
Recuse.
.So the Senate knows how to spell Partisan also... How much money has these BS investigations cost the taxpayers? So why the Hell do Americans vote...
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