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To have a witness in a trial. it is certainly not unusual to have witnesses in an impeachment trial. which i don t think he s saying no to witnesses ever. i think what he s saying is in the middle of the trial that s when we can consider this. that s what we did back in the clinton days. so wait until he gets started? she s shutting the door for now. he doesn t want to call the witnesses in advance. it s a bit of a convenient argument. of course they did call those witnesses, they were blocked repeatedly by the white house. what i also found interesting about what he said, he s framing the argument overall against the senate moving, and he s obviously doing the white house s bidding. he s obviously as he said a couple of days ago, i m taking my cues from the white house, but he s also picking up on that argument by the lawyer in the house hearings, the lawyer who represented the republicans who was saying this is the thinnest evidentiary trail we ve ever had for an impeachmen ....
To do is use that now against the democrats in saying because you didn t go that route, we re not going to do the job that you were supposed to do, and that s what mitch mcconnell said on the floor just now. he said we will not go forward and be a fact finding body in the senate trial. he claimed that would create a nightmarish precedent in the senate, although there have been very few senate trials in the nation s history, so they re really making their own rules on how they can do this trial. they can decide how to do it however they so choose. that is really up to the senators to set the rules here and the decision by the leader is very clear. the rules he will not allow any of these witnesses to come forward. he wants a short trial. he wants this done quickly. ultimately, though, the question is going to be whether or not there are four senators, republican senators who do want to hear from some of these witnesses if they break ranks, if they vote with 47 democrats on the floor to ....
The debate, who can offer amendments, what the amendments look like. it s it s an interesting process, and i have flashbacks because sometimes it was bad, and sometimes it was good. in terms of this whole business, what i m most concerned about is the siloed nature of our country. you know, the tribal nature of our country. people lined up one against the other, and what i m particularly concerned about is the fact that the truth has increasingly become relative, you know. while the facts, you know, if the facts don t comport with what i i thinthink, then the fae wrong. we re headed down a railroad track here where we can t agree sometimes whether it s even day or night, and that s very concerning about the long-term future and the and sort of the culture of cour country. we ve got to snap out of this. even on basic facts. i want to ask you about what has become the essential gop argument here as we head towards a senate trial, you heard it are from majority leader mcconnell that ....
Model, start the trial and then see how senators wish to proceed, the democratic leader wants to write a completely new set of rules for president trump. he wants one single resolution up front instead of two, however many are needed. he wants to guaranteed up front that the senate hear from very specific witnesses instead of letting the body evaluate the witness issue after opening arguments and senators questions like back in 1999. very tellingly, madame president, our colleague from new york completely omits any motions to dismiss the case like the one he was happy to vote for himself as a new senator back in 1999, almost exactly 20 years ....
A fair trial is one that allows senators a fair trial is one that allows senators to get all the relevant facts and adjudicate the case impartially. in the letter i sent to leader mcconnell, i proposed a very reasonable structure for a fair trial. i ve sent that same letter to every one of my colleagues, democrat and republican. there s a grand tradition in america, speedy and fair trials. we want both. the leader seems obsessed with speedy and wants to throw fair out the window. to simply repeat the arguments that were made in the house and senate when there are witnesses and documents that could shed light on what actually happened, why not have them? let s hear a single word of answer to that. we ve heard none. ....