Val Demings mocks Senators walking out: Evidence is painful for them

[babylonsister]

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Val Demings mocks Senators walking out: Evidence is painful for them
Demings doesn’t see Republicans walking out during testimony as a bad thing.
By Scott Powers
January 24, 2020


Republican Senators who reportedly are walking out of the U.S. Senate chambers or doing other things to avoid paying attention to the Democrats’ impeachment arguments don’t bother Orlando’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Val Demings, the House impeachment manager said Friday.

She suggested the Republican are finding the evidence presented by her and other Democrats in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump to be “painful for them,” leading them to get up and leave.

Demings made her comments when she was interviewed Friday morning on the MSNBC show “Morning Joe.” Host Mika Brzezinski asked what it would take to reach Republican Senators who appear to not be listening.

“I know that some of them are walking out of the room. But I kind of see it differently. I think when they are presented with either testimony, and we know we’ve seen one foreign service officer after another, testimony from those career, very dedicated foreign service officers, many of whom have direct knowledge, they were on the call, I think sometimes when the Senators walk out of the room I see it many times as an indication that evidence is overwhelming for them,” Demings said.

“That sitting there listening to things we’ve presented in a chronological way and order, I think it can be pretty painful for them,” Demings continued. “I don’t necessarily see them walking out of the room to maybe get some fresh air is necessarily a bad thing. There is no way on Earth that they can get around the fact, that they can get around this drug deal, if you will, as Ambassador [John] Bolton categorized it, that the President and those around him were cooking up to basically cheat in the 2020 election and extort Ukraine into interfering in our election.”

Demings is one of the seven House impeachment managers presenting the Democrats’ case against Trump at the Senate trial.

“I think if anybody has been paying attention as we have presented our case over the last couple of days, and I know a lot of people have been paying attention, there’s no doubt that the evidence against the President is overwhelming. It’s clear, it’s convincing,” Demings said. “I think under the leadership of [Democratic U.S. Rep.] Adam Schiff we’ve done a decent job trying to make it clear to the American people. I know the Senators are listening. We’ve had some long days but they are listening. They are taking notes.”

[rockfordfile]

1. Should find the names.

[elleng]

2. 'I think sometimes when the Senators walk out of the room

I see it many times as an indication that evidence is overwhelming for them.'

[BigmanPigman]

3. I have mixed feeling about the limited cameras for the public.

They are good in that you are forced to focus on the speakers and pay attention to what they are saying. They are bad in that they do not show who is walking out, playing tic-tac-toe, etc.

[dweller]

4. wasn't she chief of police in a florida township ?

i'm sure she recognizes criminal behavior when she sees it
🤔

the suspect is fleeing the interview
✌🏼

[iluvtennis]

6. Yes, she was a police officer for 27 years. Chief of police in Orlando from 2007 to 2011.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val_Demings

[Loki]

5. Chief Justice Roberts

should be replaced by a potted plant.

[wnylib]

7. That would work well with the water or milk rule.

Just keep it watered.

[pangaia]

8. and roberts just sits there and lets them get away with it...

[magicarpet]

9. A splash of Rapid Grow in the water might help...

.... don't potted plants doze off too ?

[NoMoreRepugs]

10. Roberts is a joke. What "judge" would allow

a “jury” to come and go as they please.