SUCH IS THE GRAVITY OF THIS HISTORIC MOMENT.

HISTORIC MOMENT. NOW ONE SENATOR IS SWORN IN AND

NOW ONE SENATOR IS SWORN IN AND THE CEREMONIAL FUNCTIONS AT THE

THE CEREMONIAL FUNCTIONS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL

BEGINNING OF THE PRESIDENTIAL TRIAL WILL BE COMPLETE.

TRIAL WILL BE COMPLETE. THE SENATE THEN MUST DETERMINE

THE SENATE THEN MUST DETERMINE THE RULES OF THE TRIAL.

THE RULES OF THE TRIAL. THE REPUBLICAN LEADER WILL OFFER

THE REPUBLICAN LEADER WILL OFFER AN ORGANIZING RESOLUTION THAT

AN ORGANIZING RESOLUTION THAT OUTLINES HIS PLAN.

OUTLINES HIS PLAN. HIS PLAN FOR THE RULES OF THE

HIS PLAN FOR THE RULES OF THE TRIAL.

TRIAL. IT IS COMPLETELY PARTISAN.

IT IS COMPLETELY PARTISAN. IT WAS KEPT SECRET UNTIL THE

IT WAS KEPT SECRET UNTIL THE VERY EVE OF THE TRIAL.

VERY EVE OF THE TRIAL. AND NOW THAT IT’S PUBLIC, IT IS

AND NOW THAT IT’S PUBLIC, IT IS VERY EASY TO SEE WHY.

VERY EASY TO SEE WHY. THE McCONNELL RULES SEEM TO BE

THE McCONNELL RULES SEEM TO BE DESIGNED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR

DESIGNED BY PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR PRESIDENT TRUMP.

PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT ASKS THE SENATE TO RUSH

IT ASKS THE SENATE TO RUSH THROUGH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND

THROUGH AS FAST AS POSSIBLE AND MAKES GETTING EVIDENCE AS HARD

MAKES GETTING EVIDENCE AS HARD AS POSSIBLE.

AS POSSIBLE. IT COULD FORCE PRESENTATIONS TO

IT COULD FORCE PRESENTATIONS TO TAKE PLACE AT 2:00 OR 3:00 IN

TAKE PLACE AT 2:00 OR 3:00 IN THE MORNING SO THE AMERICAN

THE MORNING SO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WON’T SEE THEM.

PEOPLE WON’T SEE THEM. IN SHORT, THE McCONNELL

IN SHORT, THE McCONNELL RESOLUTION WILL RESULT IN A

RESOLUTION WILL RESULT IN A RUSHED TRIAL WITH LITTLE

RUSHED TRIAL WITH LITTLE EVIDENCE IN THE DARK OF NIGHT.

EVIDENCE IN THE DARK OF NIGHT. LITERALLY THE DARK OF NIGHT.

LITERALLY THE DARK OF NIGHT. IF THE PRESIDENT IS SO CONFIDENT

IF THE PRESIDENT IS SO CONFIDENT IN HIS CASE, IF LEADER McCONNELL

IN HIS CASE, IF LEADER McCONNELL IS SO CONFIDENT THE PRESIDENT

IS SO CONFIDENT THE PRESIDENT DID NOTHING WRONG, WHY DON’T

DID NOTHING WRONG, WHY DON’T THEY WANT THE CASE TO BE

THEY WANT THE CASE TO BE PRESENTED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT?

PRESENTED IN BROAD DAYLIGHT? ON SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS

ON SOMETHING AS IMPORTANT AS IMPEACHMENT, THE McCONNELL

IMPEACHMENT, THE McCONNELL RESOLUTION IS NOTHING SHORT OF A

RESOLUTION IS NOTHING SHORT OF A NATIONAL DISGRACE.

NATIONAL DISGRACE. THIS WILL GO DOWN -- THIS

THIS WILL GO DOWN -- THIS RESOLUTION -- AS ONE OF THE

RESOLUTION -- AS ONE OF THE DARKER MOMENTS IN THE SENATE

DARKER MOMENTS IN THE SENATE HISTORY.

HISTORY. PERHAPS ONE OF THE EVEN THE

PERHAPS ONE OF THE EVEN THE DARKEST.

DARKEST. NOW LEADER McCONNELL HAS JUST

NOW LEADER McCONNELL HAS JUST SAID HE WANTS TO GO BY THE

SAID HE WANTS TO GO BY THE CLINTON RULES.

CLINTON RULES. THEN WHY DID HE CHANGE THEM IN

THEN WHY DID HE CHANGE THEM IN FOUR IMPORTANT WAYS AT MINIMUM

FOUR IMPORTANT WAYS AT MINIMUM TO ALL MAKE THE TRIAL LESS

TO ALL MAKE THE TRIAL LESS TRANSPARENT, LESS CLEAR AND WITH

TRANSPARENT, LESS CLEAR AND WITH LESS EVIDENCE.

LESS EVIDENCE. HE SAID HE WANTED TO GET STARTED

HE SAID HE WANTED TO GET STARTED IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, IT

IN EXACTLY THE SAME WAY, IT TURNS OUT CONTRARY TO WHAT THE

TURNS OUT CONTRARY TO WHAT THE LEADER SAID, AMAZING HE COULD

LEADER SAID, AMAZING HE COULD SAY IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE,

SAY IT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE, THAT THE RULES ARE THE SAME AS

THAT THE RULES ARE THE SAME AS THE CLINTON RULES.

THE CLINTON RULES. THE RULES ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO

THE RULES ARE NOT EVEN CLOSE TO THE CLINTON RULES.

THE CLINTON RULES. UNLIKE THE CLINTON RULES, THE

UNLIKE THE CLINTON RULES, THE McCONNELL RESOLUTION DOES NOT

McCONNELL RESOLUTION DOES NOT ADMIT THE RECORD OF THE HOUSE

ADMIT THE RECORD OF THE HOUSE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS INTO

IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS INTO EVIDENCE.

EVIDENCE. SO LEADER McCONNELL WANTS A

SO LEADER McCONNELL WANTS A TRIAL WITH NO EXISTING EVIDENCE,

TRIAL WITH NO EXISTING EVIDENCE, AND NO NEW EVIDENCE.