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Schumer Whiffs Impeachment Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 7:08 AM
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Schumer Whiffs Impeachment
“An old Beltway joke is that the most dangerous place in Washington is between Chuck Schumer and a TV camera. After Week One of the Trump impeachment trial, that deserves modification: The most dangerous place for Democrats is Chuck Schumer in front of a TV camera,” Kimberly Strassel writes in The Wall Street Journal.
“In fairness, Mr. Schumer was handed the weakest impeachment case in U.S. history. He began this exercise facing 53 Republican senators who spent months watching the most liberal House Democrats use secret hearings, leaked transcripts and strong-arm tactics to produce two vague and legally dubious articles of impeachment.”
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Democrats are demanding new documents and witnesses for the Senate trial—“even ones Democrats didn’t call for in the House. Democrats don’t seem to realize that they’re complaining that their own articles of impeachment are flimsy, lacking in substance, and failing to sway the American people or any objective senators,” Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) writes for Fox News.
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“Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy is higher than at any point in about two decades.” The surging optimism “likely reflects the U.S. unemployment rate's continued stay at a 50-year low. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to reach record highs -- and flirts with reaching the 30,000 marker,” Justin McCarthy writes for Gallup.
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Schumer Whiffs Impeachment Fri, Jan 24, 2020 at 7:08 AM
West Wing Reads
Schumer Whiffs Impeachment
“An old Beltway joke is that the most dangerous place in Washington is between Chuck Schumer and a TV camera. After Week One of the Trump impeachment trial, that deserves modification: The most dangerous place for Democrats is Chuck Schumer in front of a TV camera,” Kimberly Strassel writes in The Wall Street Journal.
“In fairness, Mr. Schumer was handed the weakest impeachment case in U.S. history. He began this exercise facing 53 Republican senators who spent months watching the most liberal House Democrats use secret hearings, leaked transcripts and strong-arm tactics to produce two vague and legally dubious articles of impeachment.”
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Democrats are demanding new documents and witnesses for the Senate trial—“even ones Democrats didn’t call for in the House. Democrats don’t seem to realize that they’re complaining that their own articles of impeachment are flimsy, lacking in substance, and failing to sway the American people or any objective senators,” Rep. Steve Scalise (R-LA) writes for Fox News.
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“Americans' confidence in the U.S. economy is higher than at any point in about two decades.” The surging optimism “likely reflects the U.S. unemployment rate's continued stay at a 50-year low. Meanwhile, the Dow Jones Industrial Average continues to reach record highs -- and flirts with reaching the 30,000 marker,” Justin McCarthy writes for Gallup.
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