Democrats watching the first public impeachment hearing Wednesday laughed after Rep. Peter Welch Peter Francis WelchDemocrats demand FCC act over leak of phone location data Bolton lawyers in contact with impeachment committee members: reports Democrats see John Bolton as potential star witness MORE (D-Vt.) invited President Trump Donald John TrumpTrump faces high stakes in meeting with Erdoğan amid impeachment drama Democrats worry they don't have right candidate to beat Trump Trump threatening to fire Mulvaney: report MORE to testify.
“I say to my colleague, I’d be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify. President Trump is welcome to take a seat right there,” Welch said.
His comment was in response to Rep. Jim Jordan James (Jim) Daniel JordanJim Jordan: Latest allegation of ignoring sexual misconduct is 'ridiculous' Democrats face make-or-break moment on impeachment Here are the key players to watch at impeachment hearing MORE’s (R-Ohio) claim that House Democrats are keeping the “guy that started it all,” referring to the whistleblower, from testifying as part of the hearings.
Jim Jordan: ...we will never be able to question the person who started all of this
Rep. Welch: I'd be glad to have the person who started it all come in and testify. President Trump is welcome to take a seat right there. #ImpeachmentHearings pic.twitter.com/hkYbaArQ09 — Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) November 13, 2019
“Now there is one witness, one witness that they won't bring in front of us. They won’t bring in front of the American people, and that’s the guy that started it all: the whistleblower,” Jordan said.
Republicans have requested the whistleblower’s testimony, but House Intelligence Committee Chairman Adam Schiff Adam Bennett SchiffGiuliani pens op-ed slamming 'unprecedented' impeachment inquiry Jim Jordan: Latest allegation of ignoring sexual misconduct is 'ridiculous' Democrats face make-or-break moment on impeachment MORE (D-Calif.) has repeatedly said the whistleblower will not testify and he will not allow questions that could lead to the whistleblower's identity being revealed.
Siaten on November 13rd, 2019 at 21:52 UTC »
That wasn't even the funniest part of the hearing. Mr. Kent talking about how instituting meaningful anti-corruption policies tends to "piss of corrupt people" was hilarious.
Mr. Kent also had to remind a republican rep twice that he was there "as a fact witness" and that it was the reps job, not his, to decide the meaning of those facts.
This is a guy creating foreign policy in what was once one of the most corrupt nations in the world and these reps think they can pull fast ones on him? You could tell by the look on his face that he wasn't having any of their partisan bullshit.
He didn't mince words, he skewered people with them.
BroccoliFartFuhrer on November 13rd, 2019 at 21:42 UTC »
Gym Jordan is the intellectual equivalent of my dog's surprise at her own farts.
0674788emanekaf on November 13rd, 2019 at 20:45 UTC »
Trump would love to. Right after he releases his taxes and talks to Mueller.