As the closing arguments for Democrat House
impeachment managers mercifully came to a close, Lead Manager Adam Schiff, invoked
a report from CBS News that a Trump confidant had warned, “Vote against the
President and your head will be on a pike.”
After that remark, the
generally respectful mood in the Senate immediately changed. Republicans across
their side of the chamber groaned, gasped and said,
“That's not true.” One key moderate Republican, Sen. Susan Collins of Maine,
looked directly at Schiff, shook her head and said, “Not true."
Schiff references CBS News report that GOP senators were warned that if they vote against Trump, "your head will be on a pike" https://t.co/loj1yQpaew pic.twitter.com/dtsvGP2uh2— CBS News (@CBSNews) January 25, 2020
“Not only have I never
heard the ‘head on the pike’ line," Collins said in a statement, "but
also I know of no Republican senator who has been threatened in any way by
anyone in the administration.”
She had been listening
intently to Schiff's presentation and writing down some of his points. When he
made the “pike” comment, she looked directly at Schiff and slowly and
repeatedly shook her head back and forth. When he finished his speech and the
trial adjourned, Sens. John Cornyn (R-TX) and John Barrasso (R-WY) made a
beeline for her seat. Collins again shook her head and said, “No.”
Sen. James Lankford
(R-OK), told reporters the CBS report is "completely, totally false."
“None of us have been
told that,” he added. "That's insulting and demeaning to everyone to say
that we somehow live in fear and that the President has threatened all of us.''
Sen. Mike Braun (R-IN),
asked about the remark, added, "I could hear the gasps."
Some Democrats also
distanced themselves from the House Intelligence Committee chairman. Sen. Joe
Manchin (D-WV), who has not said if he will vote to acquit or convict the
President, added that he also believed Schiff crossed the line.
"I don't know why
people do that," Manchin added. "That could have been left out that's
for sure."
That sound you hear is the final nail being pounded into the coffin for Democrats’ impeachment scheme. It’s over. Unable to hide their contempt for GOP lawmakers and voters, Schiff and Nadler murdered their case before Trump’s lawyers even got started. https://t.co/OjAbLW8uJ6— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) January 25, 2020
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