There is so much wrong with this, I don't even know where to start.
Do you realize that this is the first time a president has been impeached where no crime has been alleged? Abuse of power is not a crime. The democrats are trying to state that abuse of power falls under "other high crimes". In the past, abuse of power has been included in articles of impeachment to back up a criminal charge. Here, there is no criminal charge.
Contempt of Congress is a crime. Trump is not charged with that though. He is charged with Obstruction of Congress, which isn't a crime. This was done intentionally because the ways Trump refused to help Congress were not illegal. Also, the obstruction pertains to his impeachment inquiry for which he was not charged with a crime.... so... he obstructed a non-criminal investigation.
The democrats failed to secure all witnesses prior to the trial even after stalling. Then they rested their case with no evidence. Now they want the ability to call new witnesses after they rested their case. No.... that's not how trials work. This is not obstruction, it is how the legal system was designed. They had no confidence in actually removing Trump from office so they failed to actually put together a case other than "co.e on, you know he did it".
But none of that matters because "a lot of people are saying" stuff so it must he true. How do you live as an adult without the ability of critical thinking?
Speaking of the impeachment trial, Elizabeth Warren asked this question yesterday during the questioning portion:
"At a time when large majorities of Americans have lost faith in government, does the fact that the chief justice is presiding over an impeachment trial in which Republican senators have thus far refused to allow witnesses or evidence contribute to the loss of legitimacy of the chief justice, the Supreme Court, and the Constitution?"
She knows that the role of the Supreme Court Chief Justice is to preside over the trial. He doesn't get to decide if they allow witnesses or not. It is the Senate's job to make the rules, not the Chief Justice. That is per the Constitution. But she, and the Democrats, can't get it through normal and legal channels so they are willing to impugn a co-equal branch of government by the positing of the question. All this disinformation in order to score political points.
Senator Murkowski said it better than me:
“It has also become clear some of my colleagues intend to further politicize this process, and drag the Supreme Court into the fray, while attacking the Chief Justice. I will not stand for nor support that effort. We have already degraded this institution for partisan political benefit, and I will not enable those who wish to pull down another."
Senator Murkowski is one of the republicans on the fence that the democrats hoped to turn in their favor. This is a GREAT example of how the election will go. An on the fence republican. Someone who certainly is not all in on Donald Trump. But the absurdity that is Russia, Ukraine, and this waste of time impeachment process has even driven her to distance herself from the democrats. Your undecideds are leaving the party in droves.