Yes, I remembered a bit ago that there is a prayer when drinking water. when I saw him do it again, I flashed on a friend doing a hand cover during a quick blessing.
I would imagine that would mystify quite a few people watching.
Interesting. I never heard that one.
BTW, for those following along, in case it’s not obvious kippah and yarmulke are the same thing. The former is Hebrew, the latter, Yiddish.
In recent years, the rule hasn’t been enforced to preclude members, staff or religious leaders from wearing head coverings on the floor, but the victory of Minnesota Rep.-elect Ilhan Omar, a Muslim who wears a headscarf, has put a spotlight on its continued existence.
So, he likely could have got away with a small, modest one.
And the correct rebuttal to that is: “Yes, if a Democratic President called for insurrection, I would want him removed from office. If five people died becauwe of the call for insurrection by a Democratic President, I would want him removed from office. If a Democratic President urged his vice-president to throw aside the votes of the people, I would want him removed from office.”
Just keep repeating the charges and say that it’s impeachable no matter who does it.
Though, that article is about the House; the Senate sets its own rules, and is often stodgier about its rules.
Nobody thought that Republican toadie minds would be changed by anything. That’s not the point of this exercise. The point is to get irrefutable evidence out there in public, and MAKE the Republican toadies vote in favor of incitement to insurrection.
Let’s face it. It’s obvious that Trump could have taken the stand, admitted to trying to take over the government by sending his mob to kill the very senators who are in the room. He could have followed this up by biting the head off a live bat and shooting a small child, and the Toads would vote to aquit.
One “talking head” called the defence team the law firm of meandering and fury.
Is this the Schadenfreude thread…?
Agreed. Hey, for every acquittal vote that’s cast the GOP Sen hears a cash register ring (or they hope to) and get one of those campaign donation checks from that VERY generous Trump foundation. 
And he held on to his hair every time he takes a drink. Was it sliding off?
Hopefully this will force him to testify!
Covered here:
Or biting the head off a live child.
He also was claiming that he didn’t get to have a lawyer and present witnesses at the impeachment hearing. The impeachment hearing was not a trial, it was like a grand jury hearing. THIS is the trial. Present your witnesses.
I would think the “hats” rule wouldn’t apply to a kippah, which would fall under free exercise of religion. I wouldn’t expect a Sikh to be required to remove his turban, either, for much the same reason.
But hey, I’m not an expert on this sort of thing.
It would be nice if he had a stroke.
I don’t think that’s quite true. If he shot their own child, they might abstain instead.
The problem is, these sorts of distortions work well on their base. They know how ignorant and gullible they are, so they stick with the dishonest tactic.
Republicans have become the party of only victimhood and grievance. They offer no plans. They offer no solutions.
If you don’t get your way, be a bully, liar and cheat. Deny reality. That’s what they stand for. Nothing else.
This is a situation where I actually wish Trump still had the Twitter, so he could attack his own impeachment lawyer during the live presentation in progress and fill in the argument he actually wants the guy to represent on his behalf.
Because he’s too stupid to understand this wouldn’t help him.
In the Canadian House of Commons, the tradition was that a member could wear a hat in the chabmer, but if they stood to address teh Speaker, they had to do so “uncovered” , i.e. hat off. It was in the Rules and everything.
Nowadays, it’s not uncommon to have members who wear turbans in the chamber. They don’t take them off when they are speaking, of course.
It reminds me of the Red Dwarf episode where Kryten is attempting to defend Rimmer in court by, basically, saying he’s an idiot and so stupid he can’t be held responsible for his actions and Rimmer objects to Kryten… at which point Kryten says “A man so stupid he objects to his own defense counsel”
Ah, here it is… the “so stupid” thing kicks in around 1:20
