remove the president, you are very unlikely to get 67 votes in the senate to remove him. that s why mitch mcconnell has been saying let s get on with this. the president wants a quick acquittal. lisa was saying here on fox saying he was going to be talking to the white house and figure out how to move forward. he said the idea that people think he is not going to be impartial are any of the democrats going to be impartial in this trial? let s take a listen to what membership mcconnell said right here on this program. do you think chuck schumer is impartial? do you think elizabeth warren is impartial? bernie sanders is impartial? quit the charade. this is a political exercise. a political exercise. all i m asking of schumer is that we treat trump the same way we treated clinton. ed: what kicked this off a few days before he was on fox & friends he was on with sean hannity and suggestion he take cues from
going on. why do you think nancy pelosi is sitting back and holding these articles and might it backfire on her? i think it will backfire on her. it s very difficult to tell exactly what s going on here because there everything has been thrown up in the air. tossed up in the air. they are not following any of the precedence, they are not following any of the rules. for listen sake, ed, 21 years ago between christmas and the start of the trial in the senate in january of 1999, we were meeting in the judiciary committee as republicans, nonstop, making sure that everything was in place to present a professional, legal case in the senate. this go around, the articles haven t been sent over. managers haven t been appointed. everything is up in the air. and it just highlights the fact, i think, that this is nothing but a purely partisan politically driven exercise. ed: especially shocking after nancy pelosi promised months ago that this would be bipartisan if she did move forward. you sa
this with january 7th. ed: in a hurry and now slowing it down. griff: we there we are going to see a trial. we just don t know. a lot of unanswered questions as we head into 2020. leader mcconnell has been very open to different ideas. but the math, right? it went straight down party lines essentially in the house. now we are wondering are there some republicans in the senate, there is 55. right? we have a majority. some that could be on the fence in weighing n. alyssa mur can you ski put this statement out. i was disturbed talking about mcconnell weighing in and pelosi holding them. to say me it means that we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense. and so i heard what leader mcconnell had said. i happen to think that has further con fueled this process. ed: she is suggesting she is on the fence but how we are going to go forward. even if she were to vote to
senators are running against the president themselves. hardly impartial. or the nuclear option as i call it. is they can delay the trial until november 4th. the day after the election. and let the american people decide who our next president will be. what is the scenario if nancy pelosi decides to hold on to these articles and not pass them over for a trial or an acquittal or a dismissal as you just outlined? well, i think the longer she delays the worse it gets for them. because, remember, their argue. was this president is such a danger he must be removed for the good of the republic. now, if she doesn t want to bring the charges to the senate, then, in fact, he hasn t been impeached because the impeachment process means that once the vote is taken in the house, it must be filed in the senate in order for it senate to take up their responsibility. so, if they don t consummate their vote by the filing of charges against the president senate. then i believe as many scholars do tha
against justice brett kavanaugh. she is not a big fan of president trump in general. so this is not something big breaking news story that shield be opposed to everything that the mitch mcconnell. ed: mitch mcconnell is con fiewsdz. after that hannity appearance was saying democrats seem to be a little confuse bud this whole idea of impartiality. watch. do you think chuck schumer is impartial? no. do you think elizabeth warren is impartial. no. bernie sanders is impartial? let s quid the charade. this is a political exercise. a political exercise. all i m asking of schumer is that we treat trump the same way we treated clinton. i didn t have griff we shall see. it s important to point out we will keep doing it in 2020. the impeachment process is two parts. the house has the power to hold the impeachment and the senate has the power to hold the trial. we also asked mcconnell if he would hold a trial if she doesn t pass it over he said no we re not going to go