New Polling: “Bipartisan Majority” Want to Hear from Witnesses that Every Single Senate Republican Voted to Block

SHOT: A new Reuters/Ipsos poll is the latest to confirm that “most Americans want witnesses” in the Senate’s impeachment trial:

• Reuters: “A bipartisan majority of Americans want to see new witnesses testify in the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump… About 72% agreed that the trial ‘should allow witnesses with firsthand knowledge of the impeachment charges to testify’…” [Jan. 22]

• Yahoo News: Yahoo News/YouGov poll shows two-thirds of voters want the Senate to call new impeachment witnesses [Jan. 22]

• Vox: “Americans are largely united in their desire to hear from witnesses” [Jan. 21]

• USA Today: Poll: Majority support allowing new evidence at Trump’s impeachment trial [Jan. 21]

• The Hill: Majority favors new impeachment evidence be allowed in Senate trial: poll [Jan. 21]

• Newsweek: 71% of Republicans Want Mitch McConnell to Call Witnesses at Trump Impeachment Trial, New Poll Shows [Jan. 21]

• CNN: “Nearly seven in 10 (69%) say that upcoming trial should feature testimony from new witnesses” [Jan. 20]

• Axios: 66% of Americans want John Bolton to testify [Jan. 13]

• Morning Consult: Most Voters Want More Impeachment Witnesses as Senate Prepares for Trial [Jan. 8]

CHASER: 

Here are the amendments for witnesses and evidence that every single Republican Senator voted along party lines to block this week:

1. Subpoena relevant White House documents.
   
2. Subpoena relevant State Department documents.
   
3. Subpoena relevant Office of Management and Budget (OMB) documents and records.
   
4. Subpoena testimony from acting White House Chief of Staff Mick Mulvaney.
   
5. Subpoena relevant documents and records from the Department of Defense.
   
6. Subpoena testimony from Assistant to the President Robert Blair and OMB Associate Director of National Security Programs Michael Duffey.
   
7. Prevent selective admission of evidence and provide for appropriate handling of classified and confidential materials.
   
8. Subpoena testimony from former National Security Advisor John Bolton.
   
9. Allow Senate votes to subpoena witnesses and documents after question period.

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