Yeah, that “jury” (and especially its foreman) is awfully cozy with the defendant.
Sure, we all understand that, while the Senate can be compared metaphorically to a jury, it is not actually a jury. There is no voir dire (challenging of potential jurors to ensure objective neutrality). These “jurors” are not selected by voir dire, but by elections in their respective states. A jury operates in a criminal trial. Impeachment is a political trial.
Senators are elected politicians and, yes, they bring their biases to the trial. This is to be understood.
But they still take an oath to operate with impartiality which means that, while they bring their political agendas with them, they pledge to at least be objective.
By announcing in advance that he is coordinating with the defendant — the jury foreman coordinating with the defendant — Mitch McConnell has admitted that the trial is rigged and so any acquittal is thus tainted and without merit. Similarly, when Lindsay Graham publicly states that he cannot be impartial, he admits that he intends to violate his oath.
McConnell and Graham have now made it impossible for Trump’s to be exonerated.
By announcing publicly, in advance, that they intend to violate their sacred oath to be impartial, they announce to the world their intent to rig the outcome. Especially McConnell, as the foreman of the senate “jury,” has now utterly destroyed any ability by Trump or the Republicans to claim exoneration in a trial.
Sure, Mitch McConnell may be able to deliver the votes to technically “acquit,” but no rational person will fail to see through the system that HE ADMITS IN ADVANCE HE INTENDS TO RIG.
Yeah, that “jury” (and especially its foreman) is awfully cozy with the defendant.
Sure, we all understand that, while the Senate can be compared metaphorically to a jury, it is not actually a jury. There is no voir dire (challenging of potential jurors to ensure objective neutrality). These “jurors” are not selected by voir dire, but by elections in their respective states. A jury operates in a criminal trial. Impeachment is a political trial.
Senators are elected politicians and, yes, they bring their biases to the trial. This is to be understood.
But they still take an oath to operate with impartiality which means that, while they bring their political agendas with them, they pledge to at least be objective.
By announcing in advance that he is coordinating with the defendant — the jury foreman coordinating with the defendant — Mitch McConnell has admitted that the trial is rigged and so any acquittal is thus tainted and without merit. Similarly, when Lindsay Graham publicly states that he cannot be impartial, he admits that he intends to violate his oath.
McConnell and Graham have now made it impossible for Trump’s to be exonerated.
By announcing publicly, in advance, that they intend to violate their sacred oath to be impartial, they announce to the world their intent to rig the outcome. Especially McConnell, as the foreman of the senate “jury,” has now utterly destroyed any ability by Trump or the Republicans to claim exoneration in a trial.
Sure, Mitch McConnell may be able to deliver the votes to technically “acquit,” but no rational person will fail to see through the system that HE ADMITS IN ADVANCE HE INTENDS TO RIG.