House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has announced that she is not sending the
articles of impeachment to the Senate until Mitch McConnell sets rules for
Trump's trial that are fair and acceptable to Senate Dems.

This strategy can work. Only 4 Senate Republicans have to side with Dems
to force McConnell to guarantee a fair trial that includes testimony from
key witnesses. McConnell doesn't have much leverage.

But The Washington Post reports that "some House Democrats voiced
discomfort with the delay."

[ [link removed] ]SIGN THE PETITION TO HOUSE DEMS: "Stand firm. Do not send the articles
of impeachment to the Senate until McConnell guarantees a FAIR trial that
includes testimony from key witnesses such as Mick Mulvaney and John
Bolton."

The Washington Post's Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman make clear why
McConnell doesn't want Mulvaney, Bolton, or other administration witnesses
to testify: "Trump’s conduct is without question even more corrupt than we
currently know -- probably much more so -- and such a trial would risk
additional revelations to this effect."

And Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight reports on the stakes: "It took a long
time for Republicans to abandon Nixon....Republican support for Nixon had
remained mostly strong, even in the face of a scandal that consumed his
second term. As the truth about the scope of Nixon’s misconduct emerged,
though, impeachment became increasingly popular and the president lost
even his most fervent defenders in Congress..."

Mitch McConnell knows that if Mick Mulvaney, John Bolton, and other key
administration witnesses testify under oath, the evidence against Trump
will likely be so overwhelming that public opinion would shift -- and with
it could be the support of an avalanche of Republican Senators.

[ [link removed] ]SIGN THE PETITION TO HOUSE DEMS: "Stand firm. Do not send the articles
of impeachment to the Senate until McConnell guarantees a FAIR trial that
includes testimony from key witnesses such as Mick Mulvaney and John
Bolton."

Thanks for being a bold progressive.

-- The PCCC Team


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