So Collins shouted, "That's not true" when House Managers

[BigmanPigman]

said tRump threatened the GOP senators telling them that their heads would be on pikes if they didn't vote the way he wanted. I think that's what Chris Hayes just said to Rachel.

[RandySF]

1. I can't wait to retire her ass.

[madaboutharry]

2. I really hope she loses her seat.

I am so tired of her.

[bdamomma]

9. Her opponent

is Sara Gideon, who I have been to her campaign occasionally. Vote Susan out.

[bdamomma]

3. oh how

Mid-Evil of him.

[mitch96]

58. I don't think he knows what a pike is.......... nt

[dweller]

4. what are the rules on this behavior ?

🤔

✌🏼

[wnylib]

10. Silence on pain of imprisonment. Lock her up.

[onenote]

36. Wrong. There is no such rule.

The only time that silence was mandated was during the period when the House managers were first "exhibiting" the articles.

Yet, DUers continue to incorrectly claim that imprisonment is the penalty for not being silent all through the trial.

[wnylib]

44. Maybe so. I did not hear the opening every

single day. But when I did hear it, i also heard the Senators being advised to keep silent on pain of imprisonment. Media have discussed it, too.

[Watchfoxheadexplodes]

5. CNN panel suggested

This will be reason Collins and the others vote no on witness's

[EleanorR]

14. Not the reason, the excuse

It's long been a game republicans play, feigning outrage and using the fake outage as an excuse to act without integrity.

If Collins has an issue with the pike comment, she should take it up with CBS.

[kacekwl]

23. Exactly.

And probably launch an investigation. Snowflakes one and all.

[COLGATE4]

49. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner.

Not only Susie (I'm concerned) Collins. Murkowski is also latching on to this horrible transgression to indicate she may vote along with the other Repukes. It's a made to order excuse.

[Blaukraut]

20. ...and promptly proving the point Schiff made n/t

[Iliyah]

24. Republicans were not going to vote on ...

anyways.

Same shit different year. Vote them out.

[SunSeeker]

6. She's the Joe Wilson of the Impeachment Trial.

And that's after she passed a note to Roberts to complain that Nadler used the word, "liar," and got Roberts to issue an admonishment.

She is pathetic.

[H2O Man]

15. !!!

Thank you!

[COLGATE4]

50. She was also lobbying other Repuke Senators to push for

a change in the Senate seating rules which would have pushed the Reporters back from the first row in the Senate balcony where they presently are seated. The reason: from the first row Reporters can see (and report) on what the Senators are (or are not) doing. Susie doesn't like that.

[SunSeeker]

56. She disgusts me. nt

[C_U_L8R]

7. Collins' head is not on a pike

It's clearly somewhere else.

[H2O Man]

17. She is a piker.

[burrowowl]

45. LOL!

[rufus dog]

8. Russian Puppet said what?

Shut up and go away.

[a kennedy]

11. and on faux noise??? It's all demonizing Adam and Jerry and all the other

House Managers.

[bdamomma]

34. That is

all fox noise has is hatred and division.

[cally]

12. How does that sound in Maine?

Seems like a breach a decorum and not impartial. I don’t think she comes across well in this process. Her true self and partisan apologist persona shows.

[GreenPartyVoter]

28. Magats will love it, and we have a lot of them.

[magicarpet]

13. Collins was the one who slipped the little secret note to Roberts....

...a about civility and decorum. Then she yells out to the House Managers during their presentation ?

Hypocrisy much there Susan ?

[Blaukraut]

22. With that, and the shouting earlier, she is signaling that she's in the bag

We can forget about her making the right choice. She probably knows her goose is cooked in Maine and is angling for a cushy little lobbying job.

[H2O Man]

16. Recommended.

[VOX]

18. Doesn't the sergeant-at-arms start each day with a warning of imprisonment for those who shout out?

Silly me, it’s on the books as law (or rule) and you’ve got Republicans in there, who just see laws as something to completely ignore, since no law or procedure applies to them. Membership has its privileges.

[EleanorR]

19. She didn't think to yell that at any other time over the last few days, so the rest must all be true

Time to remove trump from office.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

41. Good point!

[robbob]

21. But IS the threat true?

Is the “head on a pike” comment real, and proven? Adam was very careful to frame his comments “I dont know if it’s true...” etc. etc. I have no doubt it could be true, but can we PROVE it’s true?

[LAS14]

27. Yeah, I would like to know the source. AND I'd like to know how...

... Collins could be so sure it wasn't true when she was stuck in the senate chamber without her cell all day.

[FBaggins]

48. She would be at the top of the list

They don’t want anyone to break ranks... and she’s one of the most likely to defect (and thus the most likely to be threatened)

I rather doubt the story is true. There isn’t a need to threaten them. They all know that a vote for removal would cost them enough of their base to lose an election.

[burrowowl]

46. I don't think 15 Flusher

knows what a pike is.

[keithbvadu2]

54. Anonymous source? It must be credible. Trump uses anonymous sources quite often and presents them

Anonymous source? It must be credible.

Trump uses anonymous sources quite often and presents them as credible.

[Brother Buzz]

25. There could be a kernel of truth in this

She may be genuinely out of the loop because the orange anus' thugs can't trust her to keep her mouth zipped

[dalton99a]

26. Piece of shit will have a lucrative career yelling and screaming on Fox News

[liberalmediaaddict]

29. Why didn't Roberts put a stop to this

I kept waiting for him to gavel in when the Senators started laughing and say "order!" And when Collins broke the no talking rule he definitely should have reprimanded her. She was disrespecting the "greatest deliberative body in the world." LOL

[BigmanPigman]

30. "Order, order", yelled John Becrow of the English

Parliament. I miss that guy, he was so entertaining when he did that.

[triron]

32. Because Roberts is a fucking Repuke.

[bdamomma]

35. Yea

you wonder if Roberts is on the side of the law.

[sheshe2]

52. Not the law. The lawless. nt

[malaise]

31. She is such a piece of shit

Can't wait to see her lose

[NCLefty]

33. Where have I heard that before?

[bdamomma]

38. Just a question

is it Protocol to ask Roberts to preside at this trial why couldn't they chose Sotomayer, or Kagan or Ruth Ginsburg?

[Polybius]

47. Because none of those three are the Chief Justice

The constitution mandates that it's the Chief. In 1998 at Clinton's, it was Rehnquist.

[MoonlitKnight]

37. Hear ye!

“Hear ye! Hear ye! Hear ye! All persons are commanded to keep silence, on pain of imprisonment.”

[bdamomma]

39. Welcome to DU

[Stinky The Clown]

40. Poor little Susie!

[UTUSN]

42. Brian just said she "responded audibly" & might cost her vote!1 Hope it costs your seat, Susie!1

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[BigmanPigman]

43. Didn't he say Murkowski did too, along with some others?

Maybe McConnell helped them find their long lost spines. I'm glad I called all of their offices to complain...it made me feel better and blew off steam.

[yaesu]

51. that washer "you lie" moment, she is now in the totally disgusting piece of shit club. nt

[pangaia]

53. I would be willing to bet collins IS one of those threatened..

[Laura PourMeADrink]

55. Does anyone know where this quote came from ?

[Miguelito Loveless]

57. She might be telling the truth

Trump doesn’t have to threaten the senators he owns.

[Martin Eden]

59. Trump didn't actually say that?

I thought it wasn't in dispute.