Midnight in America – Digby's Hullabaloo

I’ll just leave these here for you in case you missed the closing arguments earlier today.

Schiff was excellent as usual. His first statement evoking Lincoln’s Cooper-Union address which those of you who know this blog, know that I consider to be the most insightful speech about the American body politic ever given, was right on point:

"We must look at the history of this presidency and to the character of this president, or lack of character, and ask: Can we be confident he will not continue to try to cheat in that very election?…The short, plain, sad & incontestable answer is: no you can’t." –@RepAdamSchiff pic.twitter.com/hQokZIGHEN
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntelDems) February 3, 2020

This one just makes you feel sad, knowing that the system is so broken that Schiff has to appeal to the Republicans as if they were sane, decent people when we all know today that they are not.

"Midnight in Washington. All too tragic a metaphor for where the country finds itself at the conclusion of only the third impeachment in history, and the first impeachment trial without witnesses or documents." – @RepAdamSchiff pic.twitter.com/pTxr8h7XWk
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntelDems) February 3, 2020

If you have the time, listen to all of them if you didn’t get a chance. (I’m sorry that Nadler wasn’t able to attend. His wife is ill. )

“Walk by faith. The Senate can still do the right thing. And if we come together as Americans, then together we can eradicate the cancer that threatens our democracy, and continue our long, necessary and majestic march toward a more perfect union.” – @RepJeffries pic.twitter.com/AoCAidwPTP
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntelDems) February 3, 2020

.@RepValDemings recalls her time as police chief:

"We had to send a strong message that the police department was not a place… where corruption was normalized… I believe we are holding young police recruits to a higher standard than we are the leader of the free world." pic.twitter.com/A2eloIt4Uv
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntelDems) February 3, 2020

.@RepJasonCrow reads a letter he wrote to his children, explaining his role in the impeachment trial:

"Our system only works if people stand up and fight for it. Fighting for something important comes with a cost." pic.twitter.com/iESY0ti0WG
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntelDems) February 3, 2020

"Little boys and girls across America aren't asking at home what the Framers meant by high crimes and misdemeanors. But someday they will ask us why we didn't do anything to stop this president who put his own interest above what is good for all of us." – @RepSylviaGarcia pic.twitter.com/7a8I1uoj8m
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntelDems) February 3, 2020

“The facts are clear and so is the Constitution. The only question is what you in the Senate will do… Your oath is not to do the easy thing. It is to do impartial justice. It requires conviction and removal of President Trump.” – @RepZoeLofgren pic.twitter.com/vEr2n0H2eE
— House Intelligence Committee (@HouseIntelDems) February 3, 2020