By Brian Nguyen

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s rules for impeachment have people accusing him of covering up for Trump. The trial will be limited to 24 hours over two days and could open the possibility for the Senate to vote to ignore the evidence found in the Congressional impeachment hearings. Many are saying McConnell’s rules are clearly a way to make impeachment go away quickly and quietly. However, Trump’s supporters trust McConnell will do what is right for Trump. What do you think?

McConnell released the ground rules for impeachment—rules that will ensure impeachment ends quickly and even possibly ignore the evidence from the House impeachment hearings. Here’s how the New York Times described’s McConnell’s rules, and the response from Democrats:

Mr. McConnell’s trial rules, which limited each side’s arguments to 24 hours over two days, gave the White House a helping hand at the outset and drew swift anger from Democrats. The rules left open the possibility that the Senate could not only decline to hear new evidence not uncovered in the House impeachment inquiry, but could also sidestep considering the House case against Mr. Trump altogether — although such a vote is considered unlikely. “Under this resolution, Senator McConnell is saying he doesn’t want to hear any of the existing evidence, and he doesn’t want to hear any new evidence,” said Senator Chuck Schumer of New York, the Democratic leader. “It’s a cover-up, and the American people will see it for exactly what it is.”

Veteran reporter Dan Rather said McConnell’s rules do not seriously make an attempt to find out what happened.

McConnell's rules for whatever you want to call what will take place in the Senate is not a process for determining the merits of the accusations. It's a process for saying, "we don't care." — Dan Rather (@DanRather) January 21, 2020

For some, McConnell’s rules show he is more interested in covering up what Trump did than what is best for the nation.

Yo: Reporters. Reporting that a list of dead-enders who ALWAYS go on TV and lie for POTUS will be doing so in quasi-official capacity RATHER than conveying that Mitch wants a cover-up is malpractice. — emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 21, 2020

Republicans have been demanding direct witnesses for months. Now Mitch McConnell wants to make sure Mick Mulvaney can't explain his "quid pro quo" confession under oath.#NoShowTrial — emptywheel (@emptywheel) January 21, 2020

Trump’s supporters aren’t too worried about impeachment.

I don't really care about the impeachment, do you? — Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) January 21, 2020

Republicans have stood by President Trump throughout the impeachment process.

It’s not complicated: when all is said and done, @realDonaldTrump will be vindicated from this partisan impeachment.



The facts are on the President’s side. — Mark Meadows (@RepMarkMeadows) January 21, 2020

President Trump clearly has faith that McConnell will come through for him.

Cryin’ Chuck Schumer is now asking for “fairness”, when he and the Democrat House members worked together to make sure I got ZERO fairness in the House. So, what else is new? — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 20, 2020

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