Sen. Graham scraps push for pre-trial dismissal, warns Dems against calling impeachment witnesses

[libertybele]

They don't have the votes.  I am not confident that there is going to be an acquittal. 

Graham calls for swift end to impeachment trial, warns Dems against calling witnesses

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., announced that his initial plan of a pre-trial dismissal of the impeachment case against President Trump is now unlikely to happen, but he is pushing for the trial to begin and end as quickly as possible.

The Senate trial is set to begin Tuesday. Graham had previously floated the idea that the GOP majority could immediately vote to dismiss the case before hearing any arguments, but now he states that this does not appear to be a possibility given the lack of sufficient Republican support for such action.

“Yeah that’s dead for practical purposes,” Graham told “Fox News Sunday,” explaining, “the idea of dismissing the case early on is not going to happen; we don’t have the votes for that.”

Graham remains confident that Republicans are still united enough to acquit Trump at the conclusion of the trial. How long the trial goes is still up in the air. Graham would neither confirm nor deny reports that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans on keeping the Senate in session for 12 hours a day so that House Democrats would be done presenting their arguments Wednesday.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/graham-calls-for-swift-end-to-impeachment-trial-warns-dems-against-calling-witnesses

[Cyber Liberty]

They don't have the votes.  I am not confident that there is going to be an acquittal. 

That will require 67 votes, and I don't see that many GOP Senators being that stupid.

[Wingnut]

That will require 67 votes, and I don't see that many GOP Senators being that stupid.

Still, it would be great.   Can you imagine the meltdown from House Rats. It would be epic.  They will need safe spaces and comfort rodents to calm them down.