Politics Editor of The Root Jason Johnson excoriated Chief Justice John Roberts for failing to take an active role in the Trump impeachment trial. Aired on 01/29/20.
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Jason Johnson: History Will Look Shamefully On Justice Roberts | The 11th Hour | MSNBC
I think the house managers should bring in witnesses and that would force Roberts to expose his hand.
Therese Martin I call your statement BS. There were 17/18 witnesses statements read into the trial by SCHIFF!
Nothing proven. Case closed. Done.
This will be up to the Congress to decide.
Personally I would love to see all witnesses called and the TDS cultist exposed under oath and immediate jail time, no pensions, no voluntary retirement, at the conclusion. No see if SCHIFF is willing to continue as a fact witness?
Republicans: There weren’t any witnesses or documents!
Row of witnesses and stack of documents: *looks at camera as if they were on The Office*
@Alan aka FANG You no different then those you incite. You sir are just as ignorant and foolhardy as the rest. The difference Dems have shame and conscious too. Unlike you and the MAN you WORSHIP as King.
Disappointing but Expected
I wish I had a suprised look right now, but I don’t.
Neil reid Take your sour grapes and go home. Ive been hearing you whining fools say Trump is going down ever since he announced he was running for president yet he just keeps right on winning. He’s going down when his 2nd term is up and there nothing democrats can do to stop him. We will re-elect Trump. Choke on it.
@myredfestiva
Another sheep who thinks he/she is a scholar of truth, honesty & the American way. Just don’t cry to loud when don has a meltdown. You take care of yourself
Neil reid myredfesiva is right though Neil. Y’all have been saying this since day 1 when trump came down the escalator. He is still doing great though. His numbers and policies don’t match what you people describe. It’s bc you let you’re hate for him cloud your judgment. Why can’t y’all see this😔
Neil reid You can say it hundred times but you just cant make it happen. Scorn looks good on you though. Democrats make a lot of noise. They just dont have backbone to back it up. But hey, they’re democrats…
Are we REALLY worried about getting this Trial over in time for the Superbowl ? … Senators can’t afford PVR ?
It’s a perfect time, Trump will do his victory lap and say he was innocent all along.
@MuscleboundKage Funny – before you know it, they’ll be putting Commercials in your Brain.
republican’s are a desperate dying population of ‘my party, right or wrong’ who joined putinism through trump inc.. idiot’s gave the predictability of a narcissist unlimited power.
@Anron Jatu, actually I don’t think you know what a dictator is. Don’t worry you’re about to get a firsthand account. Enjoy your freedoms because you’ve just supported giving someone the power to remove them.
@TheChief give me 1 example of a freedom Mr Trump has tried to infringe apon
Just 1
@TheChief see what I mean? You dont know what you are talking about. You are a democrat because its hip to be a Democrat. I would bet that you are a conservative and dont even know it.
It’s Not that they don’t recognize history! It’s that “they Just Don’t Care” to busy filling their Pockets Under the man of Lawlessness!
Dam it Sucks to be You…LIYF!
Jeffery Allen Seville You are projecting. AKA “you’ve been there and done that”
Are you speaking from experience?
Judy Bargenquast what do you have to do with it?
AmpedUpTech Wow this place is a support group for butt hurt democrats. News Flash: Hillary lost, get over it whiners.
The house didn’t do there job so that’s who you have to be mad at. Look at all other presidential impeachments and the investigated for years. They had all the time to get everything they wanted. Don’t say trump wouldn’t give anything cause he did what every president has done. The difference the others took it to court. They rushed the process cause they really didn’t care about him being removed. As Pelosi always says and all she cares about is he is impeached for life. Now she can say she did something. Wake up people you are bent out of shape for what. All politicians lie that’s why we need limits for all in office. When people are on Nixon Clinton and trump impeachments something is wrong. They don’t care about us just making themselves rich off tax payer money.
LET THEIR HEADS ROLL WHEREVER THE MAY ROLL.
The divided states of america, is headed toward a major catastrophe and putin is laying in wait. This 💩 just keeps getting worse.
@Karen Fitzpatrick you’re delusional and a mindless puppet. I gather information I don’t watch media outlets but nice try.
@Karen Fitzpatrick sources also said Clinton should be president yet here we are
@IROC Dude = Proves my point that conservatives are willing to destroy themselves just to hurt liberals.
@IROC Dude You sure it is Democrats and not yourself?
@Zjawiska Przyrodnicze Eh?
The House should add two more articles of impeachment: jury tampering and witness tampering. It would help focus voters’ attention on the unfair trial in the Senate and the violations of Senators’ oaths to be impartial.
It won’t be the first time the libtarts move the goal posts
@Joseph Kasten. And the Republicons haven’t. What was that poo that Dershowitz spit out 90% of the time during his defense talk?
The House could Self-Indite themselves for incompetence and do-nothing!
To say they’re “short-sighted” is generous. Greedy and selfish is more like it.
@Joseph Kasten Sounds like you are just babbling my friend you know babble babble. Keep living in your fantasy land my friend dreams are nice aren’t they
Martin Louro Trump can’t cheat death, you think he’ll still be alive in 2040 and beyond?
I’m reading some of these comments and thinking – Are some Americans seriously this brainwashed?? I don’t believe this for a second.. I would bet anything that most of these ppl are paid propagandist of the Democrat Party! There’s no way that ppl are truly this niave.
*Y-O-U SHOULD KNOW …Y-O-U SET A SUPER-PRIME EXAMPLE !!!!!*
The last 40 yrs of conservative influence will be regarded as the American Dark Age.
Greg Moore it might be regarded as the last good years before cameras recorded our every move and we had food rations actually
No silly the next 100+ years or so will be the American Dark Age.
@myredfestiva glory days?…when did conservatism become record deficit , record debt and record spending? how much money has the fed quietly started pumping into the markets, first times since the recession,..isn’t it about 1/2 a trillion……yeah, the last few decades are something to be really proud of..especially the lies to start and illegal war, invading another country, and of course the war crimes with all the torture. half of workers $13 and under..half have basically nothing in savings,
and the largest corrupt cover up in the senate of all time. fact that anyone is even debating witnesses shows how corrupt this is
Only if that influence ends any time soon. Too many want it to continue and grow even stronger than it has been. Even if the pendulum swings enough left to purge this President AND Congress, it will have to stay there long enough to put into place safeguards and ideals that might allow for more moderate views to gain influence and steady the ship. We’re too divided now and the pendulum is swinging too wildly from one extreme to the other. We’re at a crossroads. Either it gets worse and the pendulum swings until it then falls apart, or it gets worse and swings to the other extreme before it gets better and stops swinging.
I’m waiting to hear that Justice Roberts is now a Russian operative. How long until?
Along with short sighted, don’t forget greedy and corrupt!
Traitors have a special place in history and are never forgotten.
CORRECT… Bonfire Night is a celebration of the failed Gunpowder Plot of 1605 — an assassination attempt on the then new Protestant King James I. … It was explosive expert Guy (Guido) Fawkes who was tasked with smuggling 36 barrels of gunpowder into the cellar of the House of Lords, with the aim of destroying the whole building and all inside. Since then, November 5th has become known as Bonfire Night. The event is commemorated every year with fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.
Guy Fawkes was Hung, Drawn & Quartered along with his co-conspirators, maybe you should pass that information onto the Senate.
Amen
Not true, Obama’s name will be erased from our history books.
Having 4 Relatives who served on the Supreme Court – We are Disgusted by these Corporate Hacks – All Appointed by Presidents who LOST The Popular Vote !?!?!
Has the US not thought that it’s action is far reaching, as it doesn’t have a leg to stand when accusing governments of developing countries of misbehaving 🙄
Basically John Roberts just sits there ceremonially. He’s a decoration in a temple of corporate greed.
Corporate greed is far better than government corruption and waste of stolen money. The government has and makes nothing, without corporate greed they wouldn’t have anyone to seal from.
@Tim Morse Corporate greed has corrupted the government. Corporate greed has polluted the environment. Corporate greed has made healthcare unaffordable for most Americans. Corporate greed has nearly collapsed the global economy more than once. Corporate greed puts unsafe planes in the air and claims cigarettes do not cause cancer. Corporate greed is bad for America and every other nation because it corrupts integrity. Corporate greed is not better than government inefficiency. Government is supposed to check corporate greed with the law.
Garrett Dodds well because of corporate greed there are cures for Hepatitis, some cancers and a ton of other illnesses. Yes health care is expensive, but take away the reward and no more VERY EXPENSIVE research or cutting edge medical drugs/procedures. Even the most dangerous planes are far safer than the safest cars. You can’t have the good of capitalism without any drawbacks. But the likes of socialism has only one ending known to man.
@Tim Morse You are falsely equating good people making positive contributions to humanity, with the wrong doings of corporate corruption in America. Your argument supports wrong doing by suggesting benefits gained collaterally by wrong doing justify the suffering of the victims of wrong doing. That is the opposite of the guarantee of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for the People whom were all created equal by thier creator. Also, I completely reject your assertion that corporate greed is the only engine of innovation or that there is an exclusive connection between greed and innovation.
Garrett Dodds I am not saying disregard wrong doing. I’m saying earning a profit is not greedy. It’s not greedy to be compensated for your work. I think doctors are moral for the most part, however they are smart, driven and well educated and deserve to be compensated. And that goes for any corporation, supply and demand. You can only charge what the market will bare, if you are too cheap someone will undercut you. If there is a monopoly that’s where the role of government may be required. Corporations aren’t evil, and yes they seek profit.
We(usa) just became yet another CORRUPT country in the Americas.
As for me the REPUBLICAN PARTY is no longer a political party in my country
Just because you say something, doesn’t make it true. Disliking, or disagreeing with something doesn’t make it not exist.
@John Bloom Jr tell that to an athiest
CJ is there to make sure it follows the law based on rules and precedent. Which it absolutely is! When does it end? It’s always “we just need this next piece of evidence you’re keeping from us!”
I hope this doesn’t start a Civil War, never been so disappointed. I wrongly voted for Trump.