Once the Bill of impeachment is passed out of the House, McConnell, Trump and his Senate Republican friends will be in total control of the impeachment process. I’ve been wondering why there has been such a drumbeat for Pelosi and the House to pass Articles of Impeachment so quickly, when nothing else moves that quickly through the Senate.
Democrats are using impeachment hearings bring out truthful, honest, yet damaging information on Trump despite his barriers of stonewalling, resistance, non-cooperation, and use of a weaponized Justice Department to slow down or derail this Constitutional process.
Once articles of Impeachment are passed: McConnell, Trump and the Senate Republicans will enjoy total control to manipulate the process of the Impeachment Trial to Trump’s and Republicans’ Advantage, fair or unfair, legally or not.
Understand, to Republicans, this is a war, to be won by any means possible, rules and law be dammed.
It is therefore important that the Pelosi and the House only release control of the Impeachment process after Democratic Presidential Candidates are in a solid position to withstand the Damage to their campaigns for President that McConnell and Trump will inflict.
That date will be the day after Super Tuesday, 2020.
The release of control at anytime before that gives McConnell and Trump control over the campaign schedules of SIX candidates who are sitting members of the Senate, most are currently front of the pack contenders. McConnell will schedule votes, debates, and by the importance of the subject, force the attendance of those candidates in the Senate Chambers and absence from their campaigning in a manner that will provide maximum disruption to all of their campaign plans and efforts.
Our primary system is front loaded, 1758 of the 1919 delegates needed to win on the first ballot1 will be elected by Super Tuesday. Release of control of the Impeachment Process by the House after Super Tuesday will lessen any negative momentum and manipulative effect that McConnell and Trump will be able to use disrupt and influence the Democratic Candidate Selection before the process is solidified on Super Tuesday.
Giving up control after Super Tuesday allows the Campaigns work uninfluenced and unhindered by Republican manipulations to choose the Democratic field. Post Super Tuesday gives enough time to have a trial in the Senate where the facts of the case, carefully laid out will be remembered by the electorate come election day, despite Trump being found not guilty by the Senate… and Trump’s crowing about it throughout the campaign season.
The way I see it is that even if Articles of Impeachment were passed tomorrow, McConnell will not have a trial begin until a few weeks before Super Tuesday. Since it’s going to be held up until then, let’s use the timing to OUR ADVANTAGE for once.
Anybody see a better date to give up control of the process and let Trump, McConnell, and the Senate Republicans control the Democratic Front Runners campaigns?
1. Ballotpedia Democratic Delegate Rules, 2020