he limited it to these people and not the entire universe of witnesses that he could have pulled from because he was trying to suggest that this proposal is entirely reasonable. and that matters because he's trying to get enough republican support to, effectively, force mitch mcconnell to have no choice but to call for the kind of trial that schumer, himself, is envisioning. so when this entire process reaches the senate, there are a couple of numbers you're going to hear a lot. and one is 67, right? that's the supermajority. the number of senators you need to effectively remove president trump from office. but 51. that's the simple majority. that's the number of senators you need to get behind a resolution. to basically establish the rules of the road. republicans have a slim majority. it's a 53-47 split. so if mcconnell can keep his 53 intact, then he can ignore schumer altogether and just keep it moving. but if assumer is able to pick