{"id":128948,"date":"2020-01-23T01:24:54","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T00:24:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2020\/01\/23\/case-for-impeachment-fails-to-disturb-mcconnells-sweet-dreams-of-acquittal\/"},"modified":"2020-01-23T01:24:54","modified_gmt":"2020-01-23T00:24:54","slug":"case-for-impeachment-fails-to-disturb-mcconnells-sweet-dreams-of-acquittal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=128948","title":{"rendered":"Case for impeachment fails to disturb McConnell&#039;s sweet dreams of acquittal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Schiff eloquently made the House\u2019s case that the republic is in danger from Donald Trump but Republicans\u2019 reaction was heavy-lidded He fought. Oh, how he fought. But Mitch McConnell\u2019s battle with drowsy eyelids was a lost cause. The 77-year-old senator\u2019s head bobbed and drooped. An alarmed aide sat at his side, powerless, as McConnell surrendered to the arms of Morpheus.It was 1.40pm on Wednesday and House impeachment manager Adam Schiff was in full flow, prosecuting the impeachment case against Donald Trump. Over nearly two and a half hours, McConnell would not be the only Republican senator to nod off, yawn, rub their eyes or bolt the chamber. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/jan\/22\/impeachment-trial-mcconnell-sleep-schiff\" target=\"_blank\">Case for impeachment fails to disturb McConnell&#039;s sweet dreams of acquittal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adam Schiff eloquently made the House\u2019s case that the republic is in danger from Donald Trump but Republicans\u2019 reaction was heavy-lidded He fought. Oh, how he fought. But Mitch McConnell\u2019s battle with drowsy eyelids was a lost cause. The 77-year-old senator\u2019s head bobbed and drooped. An alarmed aide sat at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=128948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/128948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=128948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=128948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=128948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}