Senators, America, we need to exercise our common sense about what happened.

Let's not get caught up in a lot of outlandish lawyer's theories here.

Exercise your common sense about what just took place in our country.

There was a moment last Saturday, the final day of the Second impeachment trial of Donald

Trump.

And it seemed like the reckoning Republicans plainly fear was coming.

We would like the opportunity to subpoena congresswoman Herrera regarding her communications

with House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy.

We would be prepared to proceed by zoom deposition of an hour or less.

That's Jamie Raskin, Maryland congressman and a House Democrat serving as chief manager

or prosecutor for the impeachment trial.

After the main presentation phase had ended, Raskin shocked the Senate by requesting the

power to subpoena witnesses and documents and make Republicans pay an even greater political

price for voting to acquit the man responsible for the January 6th insurrection.

We know Republicans were scared because, well, they absolutely lost their shit.

None of these depositions should be done by zoom.

These depositions should be done in person, in my office, in Philly, Delphia.

That's where they should be done.

That's civil process.

I don't know why you're laughing.

It is civil process.

When a bipartisan majority of senators agreed to Raskin's request, I thought back to something

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