Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced on Thursday that he will not support to allow witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial of President Trump.Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., announced on Thursday that he will not support to allow witnesses to testify in the impeachment trial of President Trump.Sen.
Democrats needed four Republicans to join them in order to have enough votes to call witnesses to testify. Alexander, R-Tenn., had been largely silent on the issue and was considered a crucial swing voter. Only two Republicans — Maine Sen, Susan Collins and Utah Sen. Mitt Romney — have publicly called for witness testimony.For days, the Democratic prosecutors have been making the case that Trump's trial would not be fair in the absence of evidence and witnesses.
Prosecutors say his first-hand account demonstrates the abuse of power allegations at the heart of the impeachment charges. Pressure on Republicans to allow Bolton to speak during the trial began to mount following media reports about Bolton's yet-to-be-published book, which supposedly contains dozens of pages dedicated to Trump's affairs with Ukraine.
Mitch 👏 McConnell 👏 is👏the👏 devil 👏
Time to end this farce! The worthless DEM house rabble has wasted enough of US citizens time/money!
Yeah, screw it and vote! I can’t wait.
Well done GOP - cover up complete. Emperor Trump is now unleashed.
michelekelemen Good! This is a sham investigation to begin with! We’ve read the transcript and it is not portrayed the way Adam Schiff said as it was!
Welcome to fascism
Grand Old Putin wins again!
Shame
He changed his vote so Collins could change hers in order to help her sinking re-election bid.
Shame. He knows better.
Moscow Mitch should be investigated for providing support to our enemies.
Time will tell.
Lamar Alexander was Once a True Statesman....
As the republic circles the drain!
In East Tennessee we have produced long list of grifters and con men... Willam Blount, Andrew Johnson, John Sevier.... now we can add Lamar Alexander to the list
Anyone that votes not to have witnesses, should be charged with obstructing justice! You know people have information. You just don't want to hear it!
So Sad.
SenAlexander could have left a real mark as an honorable man but instead he’s leaving a legacy as a craven, cowardly political hack.
Shame, shame
SenAlexander A Senate vote to acquit Trump, presided over by the Chief Justice, will be as pivotal as the German Reichstag’s 1933 passage of the Enabling Act, which gave unchecked power to Hitler. Never did Hitler's enablers think, 'Now I shall empower a madman.'
SenAlexander GOP SenateGOP. Like their Russian comrades, the best government money can buy.
It’s despicable to not want to determine the truth, whatever that may be, through the testimony of witnesses.
What a shame. So the house proved their case but yet there are zero consequences. Smh.
Without witnesses, it’s not a trial. 🤦♀️
Damn old man. They will destroy our future.
I’m thinking “The Emperor’s New Clothes” as metaphor for a failing ailing once proud democracy...... so sad.
Thank God!
This is disheartening. Fearing the results they block due process. Wow.
No Justice. Sad. Too bad Republicans are so short sighted they don't see this opens the doors for Democrats to do the same.
So does every person in this country that is on trial from this point forward get the option of blocking witnesses and evidence?
Hooray! Acquittal! Sensible Democrats, join us!
GOP realizes they're losing power and would rather destroy our republic than fade into to night.
THIS IS HIS OBITUARY I DID NOT HOLD UP MY OATH OF OFFICE
CorruptSenate is overruling the American peoples trial to hold a President accountable for is betrayal of office and the betrayal against the American people. FuckTrump WeDemandWitnesses
SenateGOP & senatemajldr you’re sending this country down a rock road. You’re opening it up for every President in the future to never be in check. They will always use this moment as an argument in court. You all should look in the mirror & ask yourselves what’s right.
Sad that senatemajldr thinks blocking witnesses is a win. For who? Certainly not for justice. Not for the overwhelming majority of Americans who are demanding witnesses. Apparently he believes it a win for him and his feckless party. November will tell.
Welcome to the Empire...thanks a lot Dershowitz 😳😩
Lamar is an douchebag lemming.
Corruption on display
How sad...That is his legacy now.
Womp womp, although I'm a bit disappointed we dont get to hear from the whistleblower, sleazy adam Schiff, and the crooked Biden syndicate.
Still normalizing, even now NPR? Nowhere does this article point out that a trial without witnesses or evidence is abnormal for courts in the US. Instead, it’s just presented as Repub vs Dem, with Democrats (rather than rule of law & democracy) on the losing side. ☹️
The Benghazi hoax was a series of false narratives about the tragic deaths of four Americans in a terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya. They were pushed for years by conservative media and endorsed and investigated by Republican lawmakers...now the Biden hoax.
How far he has fallen.
Sad days when you have a trial but no witnesses.
Makes sense. Nothing is going to change minds that this was an impeachable offense.
So much in here. Lol
There was never going to be witnesses or documents.
Pitiful
RepublicanDishonor, they aren't even trying to do the right thing anymore.
The House should’ve subpoenaed them then.
Goodbye democracy
GAME OVER!!!
Senators: Trump wants your loyalty, your fealty and your soul. Americans want the truth. Who do you choose to serve?
Miscarriage of law if not justice. No witnesses at a TRIAL!!! SHAME ON THE TRAITOR MCCONNELL! Sold his country to Russia for lousy old money. For base scratch! MoscowMitch
Who ever heard of a far trial without allowing witnesses and evidence?
That is bullshit
It’s why Pelosi did not want to impeach Trump. She knew exactly how the sham would end up. D’s worked themselves up into a frothy, rabid, irrational bunch because they lost a close election. They have no candidate and no platform. Election is only 9 months away. Trump2020
Have a Long, slow and painful slide into old age Lamar. You deserve it. SenAlexander
Hey NPR, is this true and are you going to report on it in a unbiased way?
Well he did say that he wasn't going to be impartial
There is a price to pay for Republicans in the US Senate in 2020,22,24 moscowmitch Leningrad Lindsay RussianCornyn putinCruz
So, the dems are saying that the fake witnesses that the House used are not good enough for the Senate? They should just drop the case then.
Great news! Collins the RINO stabbed us in the back again.
Trump wanted an acquittal by Super Bowl Sunday. His cohort of Republican senators gave him what he wanted to the detriment of the Constitution. Let's make BoycottTrumpSuperBowl trend.
ToddQuinones GOPisaCriminalSyndicate
How much was he paid I wonder.
Another compromised old white man!!! History will remember the loathsome sycophants who chose a dictator, greed & blackmail over the will of the American people and the constitution!!
We’ve had enough of the undermining of law and order from the Democrats. Now let the investigations of witness tampering, illegal spying, and Biden corruption begin. It’s up to Barr and Durham to preserve our liberties.
If the Democrats wanted more witnesses they had their chance in the house. Any new witness should start with the so called whistle blower who has no first hand knowledge.
Shame on you LamarAlexander GOPCoverup GOPCorruptionOverCountry Republicans Bolton BoltonMustTestify ImpeachTrump CoverUpMcConnell MoscowMitchCoverUp corruption WitnessesNOW
Nancy Pelosi had to know this was going to happen
Trump will run the greatest shit show ever seen. Get ready for the beginning of the end. Third world here we come.
This isn’t really breaking news. It is the inevitable end to an orchestrated outcome by the GOP.
It's not a trial. DT is impeached, just not removed.
I’ll assume Alexander held out till he got some assurances from the Chief.
so, GOP: which side are you on? america or trump nation? democracy or putin's wont? voting or butcher justice? you decide and then you live with your choices becuz america will move with or without you.
Shameful
Wow. So 53 republicans are willing to turn a blind eye to fact finding & sacrifice a democracy for tyranny. They made their choice, we make ours come November. VoteThemAllOut2020 VoteThemAllOut GOPCorruptionOverCountry ImpeachmentHearing GOP GOPCoverup 2020Election
RonaldReagan tore down a wall. realDonaldTrump builds one. senatemajldr draws the iron curtain. Democracy dies by 15,543 cuts.
Thank you Lamar from a Libertarian who appreciates your loyalty to our constitution. I grew up in a Democratic family. I no longer recognize the party. Blessings in your retirement.
There's a special place in hell for all you guys.
GeneralStrike GeneralStrike GeneralStrike GeneralStrike GeneralStrike GeneralStrike
i hope so bored
Pres acquitted & emboldened even more to conduct acts in service to himself above country, paying back the debt he owes Putin/his oligarchs. Sadly he will be re-elected due to impeachment fiasco & lack of good Dem candidate. It will take decades, if ever, for US to recover.
lisamurkowski SenatorCollins ThomTillis CoryGardner RandPaul LindseyGrahamSC tedcruz senatemajldr SenAlexander RepAdamSchiff SenSchumer James Burnham, an attorney with the Justice Department, argued that Congress cannot use the courts to enforce its subpoenas.
We are officially no better than any third world legislature. It was fun holding the democratic moral high ground while it lasted.
Honestly stunned at this, considering the Republicans voting against this just dug their own (and Trump’s) grave with this decision. One thing to be against removal at this point but to not even want to hear all RELEVANT evidence is just blatant cover up. Bizzaro world shit
traitor
I’m just saying, we could walk out into the streets and either demand an actual trial or Trump’s removal from office. There is nothing that says we have to accept the outcome of an obviously rigged and corrupted process.
Sold out assholes...
boycottRepublicans Coverup
What if Trump thinks that it is in the country's best interest that he stays as president and cancel elections or whatever he needs to do?
Trump's going to claim he's been exonerated and feel free to ramp up his corrupt and despicable behavior. The GOP Senate will own this and voters need to make them pay.
LamarsLegacy you are a coward. To say that there is enough evidence & then vote against more to persuade others makes you an accessory after the fact in all the wrong committed by the worst president in history NoWitnesesNoTrial NoTrialNoAcquittal NoAcquittalNoLegitPresident
We not OK. This not how it works, not how any of this works. Way to sell out the American people to a tinpot wanna be dictator.
Sad that this old white Republican sells out to Trump. May he experience the fate of Trump.
Sadly yes
No witnesses = cover up. wakeupamerica
What a sham. We are doomed.
The GOP = the party of cowards!
I wonder how public schools will teach children about the checks & balances of our government after this supposed outcome 🤔
So all the GOP Senators will not call witnesses. Unbelievable.
CONTACT YOUR SENATORS - SO 'THE PEOPLE DECIDE' Our founding documents provide for duly elected presidents who serve with 'the consent of the governed,' not at the pleasure of the United States Congress. Let the people decide.' ContactSenatorsPeopleDecide
It’s kinda pathetic how butt hurt people seem to be over a result that even the blind could see coming. Executive authority=abuse of power? Even the victim denied being a victim, FFS get over it
Rest in peace American Constitution. Congratulations Greed, Bribery, Ignorance, Fanaticism, & Criminality. MoscowMitch isn't stacking the courts for no reason. Goodbye rule of law.
Nothing breaking about this...
Lamar Alexander’s epithet in future: “Lamar sold out America, democracy & destroyed future of the world.” Is there a G-d? We just lost WWIII. Repub. Koch brothers began “Citizens United”.Republican controlled Supreme Court finalized it. Republican Senate sealed our coffin.
Alexander had it right. What the president did was wrong but not wrong enough for democrats to remove him.
Wrong decision !!
There is no longer an American democracy. There is no longer an American government. The GOP has destroyed any sense of a government led by the people. They will suffer their own fate.
So how did it feel to be holding the fall of democracy in your hands? Shame on you, old man. This is now your Legacy.
I Think hands down REPUBLICANS have earned the official title oF “THE DO NOTHING PARTY”! This independent voter Will NOT BE VOTING ANYONE REPUBLICAN FOR 2020 ! trumplodytes redumblicans
Supreme Court needs to step in. By God, what the Hell are they waiting for? The complete destruction of our government 🔥
Why would we block witnesses
weak SenAlexander
davidfolkenflik Congratulations Dirty Republicans you are accomplices in the biggest coverup in history. Trump has done many illegal things, shouldn’t just suffice the fact that his character is in question? TrumpIsGuilty
Just call it a cover up, that's what it is, they're all betraying our democracy
Coward.
The gop are filled with actual politicians where as the dems act like drug counselors. They make ya feel good, but don't come through.
So disappointed.
I don't know whether to cry or scream. A mb erica will not be the same ever again. I am so dismayed with our leadership. witnessesanddocumentsoritsacoverup WeWantWitnesses BoltonMustTestify SenateGOPCoverup
Sad day for democracy
Our democracy is dying before our eyes. It is about money and choosing one side over another. A dangerous precedent is being set.
So now this decision will be Senator Alexander's legacy. Aiding and abetting in this shameful cover up. Unbelievable that you are ending your career this way. You had the opportunity to make a very unique difference in how this cover up may end. Shame.
davidfolkenflik The GOP says trump is guilty of asking a foreign government to help him cheat in an election, but that’s just fine. Vote him out ... in the next election we just allowed him to cheat in.
Doesn’t EVERY president think that their re-election is in the public interest? What a foolish argument. So foolish people believe it.
The Republicans senators have been warned by McConnell, to better not vote with the Democrats. They are in fear of going against him and the president. If some will vote they will never be enough to do the right thing. And that is exactly how McConnell wants it. The king won.
lmao what a farce party of law and order my ass
Moscow Mitch and Alexander are both cowards
Well, at their age, they've gotta be thinking about their legacies. Much like those who enabled NIxon, their obituaries will lead with 'helped keep Trump unaccountable.'
SenAlexander you are pathetic!
If it’s not a real trial, it’s a not a real aquittal.
disgusting
FlipTennesseeBlue now that LamarAlexander is retiring in disgrace. FlipSenateBlue in 2020Election. SenAlexander
There isn’t a hole deep enough for the republican party to die in
I have no hope left. Trump is gonna get away with this, he will continue to seek interference in the election because he knows that he won't be held accountable. The 2020 election is in grave danger because of the GOP's cowardice.
Traitors
Lamar Alexander's statement is that of a total COWARD.
Fucking pathetic
That’s it, Mitch, stifle the truth if at all possible; gotta live with yourself, though........
This is horse 💩 no one should be voting for this. It should be black and white
How much is Trump paying him?
Alexander, who is retiring, will be remembered for supportng the McConnell cover-up.
they’re not saving themselves, they’re throwing their careers, integrity, honor and place in history right into a cesspool where they’ll remain forever
Old white guys stick together like glue.
Impeachment is over! Now let’s wait for the wrath of evil! The GOP sold the US! Proud of my fellow Democrats!
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