Democrats have had their way during the House impeachment inquiry, but that is all about to turn around if this impeachment is taken to the Senate.
Kellyanne Conway, one of Trump’s advisers and spokespeople, stated, “Defense will go on offense if there is a Senate trial.
“We’ll be able to call witnesses, we’ll be able to challenge their witnesses, produce other evidence and those witnesses may include the whistleblower and I would say his attorney.”
Easy When You Write the Rules
Democrats have had a stacked deck in this fight so far, but that will all change soon enough.
Rep. Schiff (D-CA) literally wrote the rules for the inquiry to ensure Democrats could make Trump look like some type of corrupt monster.
Even so, things did not go so well for the left.
Schiff blocked every witness Republicans wanted to call on their own, but even some of his witnesses ended up backfiring on them.
When all was said and done, the public needle barely moved.
If anything, perception worked against Schiff rather than for him, as a significant amount of Independent voters are now against the impeachment.
This is because the only person that could provide a first-hand account flat-out stated Trump ordered no quid pro quo.
Everyone else gave their opinion or thoughts about what happened, no hard facts.
It All Changes Now
Initially, it was believed that McConnell was going to take a quick vote on impeaching Trump if it gets to the Senate, but Trump is having none of it.
Trump is determined to clear his name outright and the only way he can do that is if he has a full trial in the Senate.
If that happens, Republicans will get to call their own witnesses and you better believe both Joe and Hunter Biden will be atop that list.
Rep. Kelly Armstrong (R-ND), a member of the House Judiciary Committee stated, “Regardless how you feel about this, this has been the most narrowly tailored and controlled thing by Chairman Schiff, both in the depositions, which I was a part of, and in the Intelligence Committee.
“But as it moves over to the Judiciary Committee, they’re going to lose more and more of that control.”
Ironically enough, the measure Democrats were hoping to use to remove Trump will more than likely guarantee him another four years and possibly even control of the House.
Karma truly is a bitch when you piss her off!