By Missy Crane | January 6, 2020
Lindsey Graham just issued a deadline and a warning to bungling Speaker Pelosi who is still clutching her pearls and her impeachment documents.
Graham is now warning Pelosi that if she doesn’t deliver the articles of impeachment this week, the Senate could change the rules.
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He said that they’re prepared to deem the articles “delivered” so the trial can begin.
Graham went on to say that it’s ridiculous for Pelosi to “hijack the articles of impeachment” and try to “extort” the Senate to get her way.
It’s certain that the GOP-led Senate will acquit President Trump and the Dems have known this all along – now they’re just trying to drag out their sham impeachment to avoid the backlash of wasting taxpayers time and money.
“We’re not going to let Nancy Pelosi use the rules of the Senate to her advantage. This is dangerous to the presidency as an institution,” Graham told Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo. “They impeached the president, but the Speaker of the House is holding the articles back, trying to extort from the majority leader of the Senate a trial to her liking. They’re trying to hold these articles over the head of the president.”
Graham added: “The reason they are not sending [the articles] is because they are so weak and it’s a pathetic case, and they’re looking to add something.”
Lindsey Graham continued: “If she continues to refuse to send the articles as required by the Constitution, I would work with Senator McConnell to change the rules of the Senate so we could start the trial without her, if necessary.”
When asked how quickly he would act on his threat, Graham responded, “Days, not weeks.”
Graham explained: “If we don’t get the articles this week, then we need to take matters in our own hands and change the rules — deem them to be delivered to the Senate so we can start the trial. We’ll invite the House over to participate if they would like. If they don’t come, we’ll dismiss the case and get on with governing the country.”
When asked how he expects the Senate impeachment trial to go, Graham said it would follow the same procedure that the 1999 trial of Bill Clinton did.
Graham explained: “We’ll use the Clinton model, where you take the record established in the House, let the House managers appointed by Pelosi make the argument. We then let the President make his argument why the two articles are flawed, and then we’ll decide whether we want witnesses. But this should be done in a couple of weeks.” [Bizpacreview]
Another reason the Dems are dragging this out is that they’re hoping that the public tide will change in their favor and people will suddenly decide to support a partisan sham impeachment.
Good luck with that, idiots.
They also want to use this to wound President Trump in the upcoming 2020 election because they know they have nobody who can beat him.
If Pelosi fails to deliver, the Senate better act swiftly and put an end to this charade. Enough is enough.
This piece originally appeared on WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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