Where is that OVERWHELMING evidence Schiff stated he has?

Schiff wants to blame the Senate for his failures

The house vote was partisan

Good Grief! @natespuewell

Every Republican in the Senate today is being seen for what they are: rubber-stamp failures of leadership who are willing to let a president be openly above the law.

William LeGate ·

Sounds like Adam Schiff has prosecuted a case or two in his lifetime… pleasantly surprised at how the 1st few hours of Trump's impeachment trial are going.

Now we need witnesses

Rachel Maddow MSNBC @maddow

One point:

Senator McConnell said he had the votes to pass the resolution distributed last night.

Clearly, he didn't — or he wouldn't have had to make last-minute changes to it today.

Just worth keeping in mind in terms of his future assertions about what votes he says he has.

Scott Dworkin @funder

Schiff is playing videos of Trump saying he wants witnesses to testify as part of his opening statement for the removal trial. Using Trump’s own words against him. Awesome. #TrumpsRemovalTrial

Tris Resists @TrisResists

I hope Adam Schiff considers a run for President in the future. He’s sensationally articulate, intelligent, experienced, professional, classy, compassionate, understands diplomacy, foreign relations and he firmly upholds the constitution & rule of law!
Thank you @RepAdamSchiff

Joshua Potash @JoshuaPotash

No matter where you stand politically you should be outraged that reporters are being barred from the Senate.

Not only is Mitch McConnell ignoring the first amendment, he’s hiding the impeachment proceedings from all of us.

We all deserve to know what’s happening in our Senate.

Morgan J. Freeman @mjfree

The case opened by @RepAdamSchiff is iron-clad & irrefutable: Donald J. Trump abused his power & obstructed justice to protect his personal power & cheat again in 2020. #ImpeachmentTrial

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

Schiff: "The facts will come out in the end. The documents, which the president is hiding, will be released through the FOIA or through other means over time. Witnesses will tell their stories in book and film. The truth will come out. The question is, will it come out in time?"

Eileen P McLaughlin @EileenPMcLaugh2

Adam Schiff did an absolutely amazing opening statement. Now Jay Sekulow is spouting the same Russian propaganda as Nunez, Collins, and Jordan. He’s not getting 57 minutes of my time. I cannot even take him seriously. It’s so sad to see a man of faith lying his ass off for Trump.

Brian Beutler @brianbeutler

Jarring to transition from Adam Schiff, who always acquits himself professionally (sometimes to a fault!), to Jay Sekulow, who’s a notorious grifter and crook.

Joe Lockhart

Sekulow has lost whatever credibility he had by saying Mueller cleared the President of obstruction of Justice. An absurd and inaccurate statement.

Keith @2TwelveHundreds

Sekulow wants to know why we're here.

We're here because Trump stole $400 million in taxpayer money to benefit himself. That's a felony.

Proud Conservative

How do you stand before the Senate and people of the US and argue with a straight face that Trump’s done “absolutely nothing wrong”? How??

Mr. Spock

I think the #SenateImpeachmentTrial will once and for all that Republicans are corrupt, cover-up traitors that are out for themselves and screw the truth and National Security. They are all compromised hacks that need to be shown what people power is. #VoteThemAllOut

Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1

New: If John Bolton is called to testify at the Senate impeachment trial, several Republicans told NBC News they believe that Trump would assert executive privilege.

A president claiming executive privilege during the trial would be unprecedented.

David Wilson Brown @davidwbrown

If our republic ends, it’s death will firmly lie at the feet of @senatemajldr Mitch McConnell.

Andrew Gillum @AndrewGillum

Mitch McConnell never wanted a fair trial. This is a coverup.

MikeBates @MikeBates

"There are only so many lies you can take. . . Nixon should get his ass out of the White House - today!"
Senator Barry Goldwater, August, 1974
Where are today’s GOP leaders who have the guts Barry did?

Craig Ogawa @craigaroo

Trump's counsels and briefs are themselves Constitutional Grounds for impeachment & proof of the charges against him, demonstrating that he's neither capable of nor interested in defending the Constitution of a free people. Additional Articles are immediately called for