In What Amounts To GOP ‘Bluff-Calling,’ Joe Manchin Proposes Senate Censure Trump | Deadline | MSNBC

Sen. Joe Manchin calls for the Senate to censure President Trump rather than acquit him. On the Senate floor, he says a censure vote "would allow a bipartisan statement condemning his unacceptable behavior in the strongest terms". Aired on 02/03/20.
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In What Amounts To GOP ‘Bluff-Calling,’ Joe Manchin Proposes Senate Censure Trump | Deadline | MSNBC

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    1. Why did your Mr Putin cheat in the Olympics by forcing the great Russian athletes to take banned performance drugs. Putin’s cheating brings Russia shame not glory. Russian athletes are some of the very best.  they can win many gold medals.  Maybe you can come back in 2024. .

  1. Not a fan of Manchin and yes this is a self serving move, but it does put a lot of pressure on the GOP members who have said it’s wrong & more importantly Trump won’t be able to claim 100% vindication.

    1. @Mainely When has he been convicted of abusing power? An anonymous whistleblower and a rogue congressmen don’t make that the truth.

    2. @Mainely If they don’t even censure him it won’t play well with even moderate Republican voters in states were the senator is already vulnerable. It would be a really bad look for a lot of them & expose them as cowards, especially the ones that have came out and said it was wrong, if they do nothing.

  2. It’s A BS Bluff. Stop Being Cowards And Remove Him from Office Now! The Evidence Is Overwhelming And Undeniable!!!

    1. Sara Pulford yet once again proof? Or is he guilty and now has to prove his innocence too?

      Democrats are easy to throw accusations around yet never seem to prove them!

      Funny how you go to name calling instead of just proving what the democrats failed to do.

    2. desglacons lol my hatred, you don’t even know me! I love our nation, just hate democrats and their socialist leftist vision of the USA!

  3. ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ’ᴛ ᴄᴇɴsᴜʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪᴄ ᴅᴇʟɪɴǫᴜᴇɴᴛs, ʏᴏᴜ ʀᴇᴍᴏᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ

    1. @Hyperpandas yeah, you’re right it is a dream, so dream big Dems! Target them all and pick them off one at a time like vermin as they come up for re-election.

  4. “Short of impeachment…”? He is already impeached this is about his removal or acquittal. #IMPEACHEDFOREVER

    1. CShield A lot of people get Clinton’s history wrong. So he may have gotten the information incorrect and then spread it around without checking his facts. It happens. Need to check all reliable resources before trying to teach them.

    2. Geez….

      All this “legal expertise”…..😂

      Guess y’all couldn’t get the “manager’s” gig, cause y’all would have “gotten the job done”, yeah ?….😆

    3. @Juan Ramirez LOL wow you think being impeach really bothers Trump? The guy Looooove attention probably more then his money. They guy will write 3 books about the experience of it and make millions. Trump wins in the end.

  5. was just waiting for this to be proposed… but don’t count on any republicans to vote for censure. When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.

  6. Censure? I doubt the invertebrates can even muster that, even though it might be a step toward redemption. They’re irredeemable. Vote ’em out!!

  7. All this Gigantic Nation needs to preserve Democracy Constitution and Rule of Law is handful of Senators ” 4″ to save her. She is worth it. Republicans listen to your consciousness, how could you sleep knowing you could have save a nation, how do you face your children, how do you about with your lives.. She is worth it !!

    1. you’re asking Republicans to listen to their conscience? have you not been paying attention? these ninnyhammers have sold their souls and no longer care about oath of office, integrity or morality.

    2. As someone who used to be a pro Republican, someone who started following politics thanks to George W Bush and even declared him as my idol during his last year in office (you have no idea how much that cost me) and someone who supported John McCain against Obama it is truly sad to see how little moral and decency there is left in the GOP. Mitt Romney was also honorable and could see the bigger picture in the election against Obama but unfortunately it feels like John McCain took all the decency with him when he passed away. May his soul rest in peace, I think we would have seen a completely different trial had he still been alive.

    1. Tylorian
      Says the guy that demonstrably knows nothing about the American people. Over 60% support his removal, there’s a reason for that. Sorry you live in conspiracy land, don’t fall off the flat earth bud.

    1. @j m just did bright eyes…show me articles that say the opposite…several as I have..from award winning sources.

    2. @Kelli Barnhouse
      Observe :
      Executive the president a reckless man.
      Judicial system, Barr on his knees.
      Congressman on their knees.
      DEMOCRACY IN SHAMBLES.
      We and Democrats fighting to make AMERICA GREAT. !!!
      This PUTIN ‘S puppet promesssed is delivering. Owes, same with GOP have received $$, now woe.
      Getting advised from KGB expert, God knows how often PUTIN and puppet talk via oligarchs phones and messengers at maralago .
      Bolton : SAID at du time I will talk. I like his timing.
      He somewhat got out of the mess. There is more to know from him.
      They wouldn’t have let him do his writing, otherwise.
      IMPERATIVE OUT WITH HIM.

  8. Clinton’s BJ was inappropriate, Using another country to help Trump win an election is against the Constitution.

    1. Chief Hot Cheetohs pale face and family tell’em heap of lies sell out country for money, mo money, mo money!

    2. This glosses over the damnable conduct of tRump’s entire term, there is more speaking for his impeachment than the simple instance of these Articles which serve for his removal

  9. Trump doesn’t even know what the word censured means. He probably thinks it’s an award that comes with a cash prize.

    1. He’ll soon be tweeting something like, “You can’t censor me. I hardly ever cuss or use foul language since I took charge of ruling America!”

    2. Trump: “They’re not just sure about me and my abilities…they’re CENsure. Much more luxurious. They are so censure about me. I’m hearing the most censure in history. Big things. Very big.”

  10. ‪Everyone considers them the cowards of the country ‬

    ‪They never stood a single time to prove the country wrong ‬

    ‪Mama named them Republicans but folks just call them yellow ‬

    There’s someone for everyone, and America’s love is Lady,

    ‪Trump took turns at Lady, but Republicans just stood there watching ‬

    ‪They still consider them the Cowards of the Country‬

  11. Is this for real?!?! What a joke!! This is absolutely SPINELESS!! The GOP has become nothing more than a domestic terrorist organization.

  12. Republicans have no integrity at all. None of them. The evidence for impeachment and removal is overwhelming. How many lies did trump tell today? Fifteen, twenty, thirty or more? Jeez

    1. Bingo Sun Noon, You guys swore you had overwhelming evidence at the impeachment inquiry. You guys also said it was urgent so urgent and then Pelosi holds back for like a month. You guys had 17 witnesses, you got to choose how the one sided show would play out. NOW the dems scream and cry, unfair, we need more evidence. This has been a sham from the beginning. Dems should be ashamed of themselves for dividing a Country and all the years of insults, insinuations, twisted narratives and lies.

    2. several polls claimed 75% of Americans favored the evidence of documents and witnesses be allowed. the Republican Senate denied them. they’ll ultimately pay at the polls.

  13. Please stop banging on about Bernie and Socialism and start putting the pressure back on Trump and his criminal behavior We Want to See His Tax’s We Want To See His tax’s .Mr Trump Show us Your Tax’s

    1. The “most transparent” President in history blocked witnesses and documents in the Congressional impeachment investigation. But I’m sure he’ll soon release his tax returns, like he promised in 2016. And he’ll release his grades to confirm his claims of being a good student. And he’ll release his medical records proving his bone spurs were real. And he’ll release the proof that he’s not accepting unconstitutional emoluments from foreign powers staying at his hotels and buying his properties. Because he’s transparent — he said so himself.

  14. ‘We say ENOUGH’! Schiff’s amazing closing should make republican senators soil themselves. History will remember Senators for bravely doing the right thing by protecting the Constitution and voting to convict Trump. Or history will remember them as cowards forever tethered to Trump by voting for acquittal. They know he is guilty and that the truth will come out. Do the math – the truth will come out. They cannot escape accountability on this one because this is part of a lawless pattern of behavior by Trump that they know will not end with an acquittal. Republicans cut your loses and dump Trump or go down with him for all of history. It would be easier for you to tell Trump supporters that you were coerced or duped by him (i.e. tell them the Truth) than for them to wake up (I.e. next time Trump does something exceptionally frightening or unconscionable, which should be by Friday) and see the truth knowing that you were complicit and could have done something about it by acting now. We say ENOUGH!

    1. Wow are YOU in for a RUDE AWAKENING !!!! When you realize that you were lied too…and THEN realize just how CROOKED the people are that lied to you…you are going to need a LOT of therapy !!!!

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