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patphil

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32. The Republicans are trying to force a quick impeachment vote

Reply to japple (Original post)

Thu Apr 25, 2019, 10:38 AM

Apr 2019

They want to characterize it as a purely partisan action...all Democrats with little or no Republican support in the house, and none in the Senate.
The best approach is to schedule hearings, push through all the phoney-baloney presidential obstruction over supoenas and make this a quest for truth.
The more the president blocks House action, the worse it makes him look.
It's not his base we are concerned with, it's the 60% of all voters that are not part of his base.
They have to see and hear all the testimony that is behind the Mueller Report.
Public hearings is how this all starts.
If we run out of time, well then at least we will have gotten the truth out.
Then the Democratic Presidential Campaign can carry the truth to the electorate.

Patrick Phillips

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The Republicans are trying to force a quick impeachment vote patphil Apr 2019 #32

No, how this starts is with formal impeachment investigation hearings. SunSeeker Apr 2019 #35

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