McConnell Statement

Take it at face value and judge it for yourself 

The House of Representatives has voted to impeach the President. The Senate process will now begin at our first regular meeting following receipt of the article from the House.

Given the rules, procedures, and Senate precedents that govern presidential impeachment trials, there is simply no chance that a fair or serious trial could conclude before President-elect Biden is sworn in next week. The Senate has held three presidential impeachment trials. They have lasted 83 days, 37 days, and 21 days respectively.

Even if the Senate process were to begin this week and move promptly, no final verdict would be reached until after President Trump had left office. This is not a decision I am making; it is a fact. The President-elect himself stated last week that his inauguration on January 20 is the ‘quickest’ path for any change in the occupant of the presidency.

In light of this reality, I believe it will best serve our nation if Congress and the executive branch spend the next seven days completely focused on facilitating a safe inauguration and an orderly transfer of power to the incoming Biden Administration. I am grateful to the offices and institutions within the Capitol that are working around the clock, alongside federal and local law enforcement, to prepare for a safe and successful inauguration at the Capitol next Wednesday.

Does this sound like a guy itching to vote yes on impeachment? To be clear, eventually this will no longer be Mitch McConnell's decision. Ultimately the decision to move forward with an impeachment trial against an ex-President that has no chance to succeed might end up being made by Chuck Schumer once he has become Senate Majority leader (assuming no last minute change of Party decisions). 

Now some will argue that the Senate will have no choice but to hold a trial. Others are arguing that holding an impeachment trial to remove someone not in office is not only moot, but unconstitutional. I doubt that any of the legalities really matter anymore. Impeachment has been reduced to an every other year hyper-partisan political event where things that cannot possibly be seen as crimes become impeachable offenses. 

Make no mistake. The entire pretense of the Ukrainian impeachment was a means to go on the offense in light of obvious problems that were being exposed with Hunter and Joe Biden. Between the impeachment (making it appear that even investigating Hunter was criminal) and the major networks refusing to cover the fact that Hunter is under FBI investigation, that whole strategy ended up working.

This impeachment was really the same sort of situation. They want to literally make it not only socially and politically damaging to bring up any questions about election fraud, but they want to actually give the impression that it's illegal to do so. The underlying pretense to all of this is that the crowd was riled up over allegations of election fraud which led to the riots. Therefore, bringing up election fraud was akin to instigating. 

It's a way (just as it was when they were protecting Hunter Biden) to make sure that any truths come to light, that they do not wish to deal with. They are basically bullying any dissent in any and all means possible.

Compare and contrast the manner in which liberals were able to keep the Russian collusion hoax alive and well for well over two years after Trump was elected, versus how hard these same people are working to make sure NO questions are allowed as it pertains to this election.