The presence of the toys — which might be a violation of Senate rules that senators must sit silently and listen to arguments during an impeachment trial — could be seen as a sign of some Republicans' disdain for the Democratic presentation of their case against Trump at the trial.
They have become especially popular in recent years and have prompted a collection of YouTube videos on how to perform tricks with them. The fidget spinners, which are sold for a couple of dollars each, have been promoted as toys that can reduce anxiety and help users focus.Burr was seen playing with a blue one while listening to arguments by Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y., an impeachment manager.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., was spotted with a purple one on his desk, while Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., had a white one on his desk, although neither senator was seen playing with the toys.
This is news? The media's liberal bias will be their own undoing!
And trump is got they asses going around just like that fidget spinner what will they do without that 174,000 thousand bucks no 179 now.
RealIndianElvis I firmly believe the Sargent at Arms should have taken the toys, books, etc away from these people at the direction of SCCJ Roberts. Dishonorable behavior is rampant in the SenateGOP . How dare they?
So much for the GOP swearing on a bible to do their duty foro it country,
Well no wonder the act like children They are children!
Wow, last time I saw one of these was a junior high student.
Their spinner toy shows how far they have fallen to the point that they’re playing in the sand box with their master. It also represents how they’re spinning their lies. No one except their followers believe anything they say! VOTEREPUBSOUT
If you are ever selected to serve on a trial jury, I assure you fidget spinners, sleeping, candy stations and cell phones are not allowed. Senators who use these methods are mocking the entire US jury system.
Fidget spinners are now used in classrooms for kids who have Learning disabilities.
Oh, aren’t their allowed to take their daily dose of coke and Adderall during the trial?
Stupidity!!
Lindy Graham Addmited it. They do not plan to impeach Trump. Also I'd this was a Dem President you can bet your last dollar they'd Impeach him.
Spin is their only expertise
Puerile poseurs.
Children, they should all be recalled and lose their health insurance
Symbolic of the false spin they are trying to put on this trial.
Of course they did! Just like the outdated GOP Senators, fidget spinners are so yesterday.
Such children. The spinners should be taken away, the senators paddled and then instructed the sit in the corner with a dunce cap on
Because they are 12.
I think when the American people in their district find out that they were playing and NOT listening we'll see what happens in November. So good bye seeya, adios, and all the above
Seems fitting for their Maturity levels
Wait till the shoe is on the other foot
These might work better for them.
Oh, I thought the Democrats were fidget spinners.
Lock them up!!
SenateGOP Senators behaving badly. The tone is set at the top by senatemajldr and 5th grade bullly wannabe mob boss realDonaldTrump. The world’s most deliberative body has long since been deliberative under Moscow Mitch’s hyper-partisan reign.
Did they give one to CJ Roberts too?
Disgraceful spinner dolt traitors
Take the vote now. no more tax payers money wasted. problem solved.
A sure sign that their intelligence and attention span is on a very elementary level.
There should b none of that but, focus on the trial! it seems the GOP have no respect or lack there of shadybunch
Wait for elections and watch their heads spin
Disgraceful Republicans ! Who don't want the TRUTH RemoveandIndictTrumpNOW
My children have out grown their need for “fidgets” I think it just shows how immature and childish the Republicans.
Grown (elderly) adults acting like school kids.
Yup, toys for tots.
Disgusting do nothing but cover up SenateGOP FIRE THEM! CoverUpGOP
Glad to hear that the Republicans are taking their job so seriously. Aren't we proud of them?
We banned them in our grade school... SenateGOP cowards childish and traitors they are disgraceful
They can help one concentrate while sitting for hours on end. I’m ok with this. Not ok with the senators who weren’t there. They need to be slapped with contempt.
Boy that’s news!
Oh and a Democrat senator was watching Tiger woods during the house hearings. You are such FAKE NEWS!!!
Ok boomer
This is so juvenile. And yet it's the best they can come up with.
Are they 12?
Dereliction of duty and childish behavior while our nation is under siege from withing.
Gotta pass the time at a pointless event somehow,🤷🏻♂️
The same morons who believed NBCNews and their fake Russia Collusion hoax are still listening to them regarding a baseless impeachment. NBCNews is just fine with Biden family getting rich off bribery and foreign aid. Shameful, NBC.
PamKeithFL Freaking 2 year olds.
Those traitors are so adorable.
Childish toys for childish Senators.
So “fidget spinners” are playing with fidget spinners? So what else is new?🤷🏻♀️
Disgusting. Disrespectful of the American people and the Constitution. Do your job
Their majority leader set the rules. They have nothing to complain about.
It plays well in the sticks.
VoteThemAllOut2020
Completely ridiculous.
Are they children?
How insulting to the American public
That just goes to show you how patriotism is literally non-existent in the GOP. Their allegiance is to Donald Trump, not to the United States of America. Lincoln is not turning over, he is getting up and pacing.
Oh sure, that’s a much more important story than how they’re all colluding to destroy the Constitution. Great use of thosr journalism degrees!
Vote them out of office and they can play with their spin toys all day long.
They won't be this cocky in a couple of years.
This is a great disservice to the American people, for whom they work for. In any other employment, this behavior wouldn’t be tolerated, so why are we putting up with it from our supposed leaders?!
myawesomelife4 Next they will be knitting sweaters
Disgusting
They shouldn't get to vote.
Seriously. This is news?
Trumps brings out the worst in everyone. I can’t believe Rep’s weren’t this ridiculous all along, he just gave them permission to be their deplorable selves. They’ll pay for this in the next election! Trump gets their “head on a Pike” one way or another.
Lmao!! GOP knows this is a waste of time and tax payers dollars, let’s get some real work done and stop wasting millions of tax payers dollars
I swear I thought this was a The Onion article
What an embarrassment to America. We try to preach to the world how superior our way of Government is and you have grown adults making a mockery out of everything we stand for. I have never seen a more corrupt childish petty greedy group of weasels gathered in one place.
PamKeithFL Are they emblazoned with a Trump logo? 😏 TruthMatters ImpeachmentTrial
PamKeithFL And where is the admonishment from the chief justice on this?
Better: Support Australian families affected by wildfires-buy dementia fidget lap rugs from FB One Day Closer To Rain--Rural Cottage Crafts. One of sellers: 'Sensory textures securely attached. Moveable objects keep fingers busy. Fully washable.' Link:
Funny !!!!
The corrupt news will push any narrative to try to bash Trump or Republicans. Why not announce what the Democrats have been doing during impeachment like leaving when they're not supposed to, or sleeping.
Traitorous scum
fcpaaco Such a bunch of children!!!
VOTE. ALL. GOP. OUT!!!
Sad a few weeksmof actual work is driving them crazy
PamKeithFL That sounds about right for that bunch.
That's pretty sad really....
PamKeithFL Are they like 12 years old? ODG!
This shows exactly how much they care about their constituents and our country. FU GOP.
The SenateGOP bring about as much dignity to the Senate as realDonaldTrump brings to the White House. cc: SenToomey
Fire republican senators! They are watching America crumble & are doing nothing for the people they represent. Trump cares nothing about his voters, nor about abortion rights, he only cares about the money he makes whilst being a president! Do Something
Well this makes sense, they've shown themselves to be frightened, mediocre, inattentive juveniles unwilling to either learn or follow rules, so not shocking they also play with toys while adults are speaking seriously. Well done GOP SenateGOP
A little ADD?
We need to face the fact that the entire party is compromised. We are standing on the edge of the country being lost.
What are they like 6 years old.
We all know they’re children just like their fearful leader.
This is not a game
“Turn to”? How about...republicans show their ignorance and contempt of truth being told.
This how our democracy is decided by republicans who are not paying attention. Vote all them out if they can’t do their job professionally.
You can't have these in schools, but it is ok here? Mind boggling.
They act worst then a kid on an airplane
How embarrassing for them, and for all Americans. We went from the greatest country to the laughing stock.
Anything to avoid eye contact with the f***ing truth. Right?
Senators might as well get used to playing with spinners, because if they don't convict this Traitor there will be no use for Congress! They can just go home! WHAT IS RIGHT?
How professional. We expect more of children in a classroom. Justice Roberts... are you watching?
Those GOP senators with mindless fidget spinners are just showing the world who they really are.
Like the children they are.
They can't even sit down and pay attention? Can we cut their pay in half so that the middle class and poor can also have a tax cut
They are so cute. Maybe between milk breaks and novelty toys they can explain why they are breaking their oath to be serious, impartial jurors. Ask each if the threat sent by the WH has intimidated them.
I'm not going to hold the fidget spinner thing against them. Keeping the hands busy can prevent the mind from wandering. Those are the ones who want to pay attention. Sneaking off to talk to Fox is another matter.
Can’t imagine Justice Roberts allowing Jurors to behave like this in an ordinary Case.
Befitting given their child like behavior.
About two years too late
So when can we expect the juice boxes and graham crackers to be brought in for story hour?
Wikipedia: '....The toy has been promoted as helping people who have trouble focusing or those who may need fidget to relieve nervous energy, anxiety, or psychological stress. There are claims that a fidget spinner can help calm anxiety and other neurological disorders...'
I’m sorry but these men & women get to a make a good salary & then go on to work at cushy jobs & they are complaining about having to do parts of it. Go TF home if this is too boring
at least it keeps their hands out of the pockets
Fidget spinners-take a walk through Arlington Cemetery. Look at those who did the right thing not for themselves but for their country. How dare you...this is your battlefield now, do the right thing...so little to ask.
Of course they do, it’s the toy you give a 5 year old!
CitizensFedUp Dopes
diane frankenstein left early one day and fell asleep the next! NBC = crickets
And for this we vote them in?
😁😆😄
Amazing that this will trigger the liberals.
Let’s make full-time in 2020.
I’d rather spin than listen to the bullshit coming from the Dems.
Well why not? GOP potus has thinking and speach of a child why should we expect anything different from GOP congress
Democrats are abandoning rule of law and equality before the law in pursuit of partisan political expediency - dividing America in undermining its legal system in a way Russia could never have hoped to achieve.
Do they have diagnosed behavior issues? Some in GOP must have thought acting like children with behavior issues would be funny, knowing it would get air time. These are adults behaving badly. I wish I could say as mature as middle school students. ImpeachmentTrial VoteBlue2020
GOP Senators turning to fidget toys should try worry beads. They are fidgeting while America burns. They should worry that guilt of the defendant, their favorite President not ours, is increasingly obvious. But they should worry too about how great a danger to our country he is.
They should just all go in the cloakroom and MAGAbate.
Meanwhile the Democrats.......
That sounds about right. Playing instead of paying attention.
Today Trump's 'legal' team begins their 'Blame it on my A.D.D., baby' defense.
Extra ordinary show of disrespect and stupidity, shame on them all.
Please, CRUSH these people at the polls...
8th graders have more self-discipline.
It kind of gives you an idea how cushy the job is if they find this historic proceeding so onerous that they can’t give it their full attention.
Very disrespectful to be playing with a toy and pretending that this isn’t a serious matter.
SenateGOP Ah, yes. Because small things amuse small minds.
I’d love for this to be shown on tv at prime time. What disrespect, what a disgrace. None of us would dare behave that way during jury duty and no judge would tolerate it.
Disgraceful. Do your fing job
Shame on you
Most glorious Saint Michael, we are fighting senatemajldr. Come to the assistance of AmyMcGrathKY and TulsiGabbard from the tyranny of McConnellPress and realDonaldTrump deceiving the nations at a great price. In the Name of the Mother, Daughter, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
U.S. Senete = shit.
That’s what our Constitution and Democracy means to them. Disgraceful
Well as long as they are taking their oaths seriously I'm sure there will be no repercussions at the voting booth in the fall. Oh, wait...
My middle school students don’t even play with those anymore🤦🏻♂️ ComplicitGOP complicitfucks TheRealSnowflakes GOPocrisy
My kids stopped finding them interesting months ago.
It’s that inevitability of human nature: once men but now children.
You’re all being paid by the American people to do your job. An impeachment trial is the most solemn of duties asked of United States senators and you choose to disrespect our constitution, our government, our citizens like this? The GOP is a disgrace!
Pathetic. Childish. Disrespectful.
GOPCorruptionOverCountry
Yall be doing it to if you sit there and listen to some of that day in and day out . Dont lie🙄
It’s just their optics, so they can look like petulant, aloof, and bored children so their base thinks they’re cool.
A perfect metaphor for their time in office.
GOP SenateGOP Mike_Pence taking this historic impeachment seriously. unreal
GOP senatemajldr LindseyGrahamSC Nice to know that the country elected their representatives and senators based on their child like behavior ! SenatorBraun you best pray there isn't footage of you 'playing' -- would make a nice anti-braun campaign commercial!
Senators—United States senators and they’re acting like snotty bored kids in detention...
Spoiled senators are so full of anxiety they need fidget spinners toys to balance their cognitive skill.
I don't think those that haven't paid attention (or even been in their seats, as per rules) should be allowed to vote during the trial. That would definitely change the results if half the R-Sens couldn't vote
I’ve heard the fidget spinners were quite therapeutic for folk with adult-onset ADD.
Their mockery of this process is abhorrent. Whether they support the president or not, their behavior has been an embarrassment to the senate floor.
Can't blame them. It's the same nonsense over and over
Hey can we not do this? There are about a billion things worse that republican senators are actually doing than fidgeting. If they were all not reading and all remained in the chamber, give them all fidget spinners. Fidgeting is proven to help retention. This is stupid
May as well have my 9 yo sitting there w his collection. Kid would grasp more than these frauds and hold Trump accountable too. He gets it more than these reps. SAD
Those Senators are little kids that should be placed in a corner
They are bored to death! Because its boring and they dont buy into the B.S.
Fidget spinners Used for students in school who have trouble paying attention and have trouble sitting for short periods of time. Now used for grown adults who have no business representing the people of the US
Can't blame them. I'd be blowing spit wads at Shifty Schiff's pencil neck.
Sounds about right.
ProjectLincoln should put this in an ad and run it over and over again! During the trial of an impeached President, Republican Senators have the audacity to act like 3-year olds and ignore “facts” presented to them. They are jurors! The Chief Justice needs to speak up!
Taking their oaths seriously
VOTE THEM OUT
They may as well play with toys because they act like children
Let's please voteout these GOP clowns. Give them more time to plays with their spinner toys - on their time, not our government funded salaries.
Fidget Spinners are so 2017. GOP continues to prove how out of touch they are.
But it's better than passing out pens, amirite
What’s next? GOP Senators turn to diapers during impeachment. What a bunch of clowns.
The entire Republican Party is a damned cancer on this country. Vote every single one of these cynical, unserious, corrupt clowns out of office.
GOP mocking our constitution and democracy.
Acting like toddlers. GOPFail
GypsyHeart__ This is news?
What are they a bunch of two year olds? Nothing speaks to their unfitness and hatred of the majority of Americans like this. VoteThemOut2020
So much for those oaths.
Chuck Schumer is screaming at demons in his chair and you choose to report on fidget spinners?
So many of them are ADHD?
Troll
Sell outs to America!
SCOOP: GOP Senators use same thing as 5 year old children to keep busy
This is a mockery of the rules of the senate and of the rules of any trial much less a presidential impeachment trial. This is both pathetic and appalling. Where is the Supreme Court justice on allowing this?
And they expect the American people to respect them. Vote the rude suckers OUT!!
How ruse and childish
They need to turn on more cameras. Publics right to know.
Republicans acting like children and disrespecting our country and constitution. Vote them out!
Trump hypnosis weapon
That’s insulting to me & the American people. Not that they care just thought I’d voice my opinion..
So freaking disrespectful!!!
12 and older. Choking hazard. Suitable for SenateGOP ?
Holy fucking children
Reince Priebus will keep me from tuning in to you. Hard pass.
Why would Senator Burr go to this much trouble to make his Republican colleagues look like entitled children who require distraction to stay in their seats? Questionable judgement. I guess that's consistent for a Trump acolyte, come to think of it.
Most of them are still trying to figure how to use them. NotTheBrightestBulbs ComplicitGOP GOPisOVER
Didn’t Dianne Feinstein leave early?
They that their commander is guilty as he!! and soo are they for upholding him in his wrong for three years.🙄
Just being disrespectful assholes, per usual.
I think that there should be a camera trained on the members of the Senate. That a way all of the VOTERS can see EXACTLY if our elected officials are doing their job. If any regular citizen sits on a jury you can't get up, read a book, play with a toy, or check phones. SHAMEFUL!
In fairness fidgeting is symptomatic of nervousness/ anxiousness.. and they have plenty to be nervous and anxious about. If not now they will in November
If the SenateGOP don't realize they're just as much on trial as Trump is & that the eyes of the nation & world are on them, watching what they do & listening to what they say, I feel sorry(not sorry)for them. Our constitution is under attack & they're playing games.
And some were under the delusion that SenatorBurr was going to be the statesman! My god. They’re even worse than I imagined—which is saying something.
Like babies and hanging mobiles!
[fixed] GOP Senators turn to “fidget spinner” toys during Trump presidency.
The kids of today...
They are embarrassing.
Why not some adderall ffs?
Brats
Washington DC=
These are the people making decisions about your healthcare and our environment
Names..
Are they in high school?
Would you want your surgeon behaving like immature 9 yo boys? Then why run the country with turds who would never make it out of 4th grade?
Are these people adults? Do they all have ADHD or are Bipolar? Since when can’t people who are all over thirty sit still long enough to absorb what’s being said? I hope the Chief Justice shames them by asking them to bring them forward to be put on his desk. 🙄
Kids will be kids. Humiliating for their constituents.
Fuking babies
With them acting like they can't do their job, it shows they don't care and they are going to do a👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇👇
An absolute disrespect for the country! SenateGOP should hang their heads in shame. History & the 2020 election will destroy them!
SenateGOP good job, You really showed 'em. Don't forget ImpeachmentIsForever and so is the video record of this trial.
What does the world think of America now? And you thought it couldn’t get much worse!
So many SenateGOP seem to have untreated ADHD/ADD.
How old are they?
Too bad they can’t take their job seriously.
So they’re 7-year-olds?
It’s good to know that they take the responsibilities that have been given so much so that they’ll resort to childish games to do their jobs. You don’t get to choose whether or not you want to do your based on your level of agreement. Just do your stinking job.
For when you're a senator and your nervous fingers can't yet give Trump a handjob ...
GOP is desperately stupid, and they need a toy. Probably leaving the room to have someone explain to them what is going on.
Do they all have ADHD? Like a bunch of babies.
WHAT? Those were all the rage w kids several years ago. Kinda makes sense in a backwards that would be funny except it’s just stupid way. My kids will get a laugh. Didn’t know still around. And the whole betrayal of Constitution & outright lying under oath stuff
They are all fired
What kind of people did you elected red states?
More proof that this country needs term/age/limits for these welfare queens
This is as lame as it gets, it’s like when your 85 yr old grandma tries to twerk,
Disrespectful
GOP senators play with fidget spinners not because they’re bored. TruthMatters Wikipedia: “toy has been promoted as helping people who have trouble focusing or those who may need fidget to relieve nervous energy, anxiety, or psychological stress.” TheyAllKnew
The GOP needs to be voted out in November
Thank you for this hard hitting news! The fact you are spending your time analyzing the color of fidget spinners speaks to how boring the proceedings are.
So justice, law and politics, is a joke. Got it apackoftoddlers
They’re fucking children. World’s greatest deliberative body?
They fidget while the Constitution burns.
Spinners, crossword puzzles, milk and depends. Great.
This would not be allowed in grade school. GOPCorruptionOverCountry RightMatters
I take these away from children in class. I wish I could be there to give them the teacher stare, snatch it and put it in my pocket. Bunch of petulant children.
RubberD01 Children. They certainly don't deserve the honor of their titles. So disgusted with these frauds.
Perhaps the SenateGOP needs new coffee mugs...
how many Senators played with this toy during hearings?
This action is telling everyone, my mind is already made up.
Imagine if a juror did that during a trial, they would be charged with contempt and trotted off to jail! That is where these GOP senators belong!
Of course he did. Such an embarrassment to our country. Did he give them milk, warm cookies and blankies so they could take a nappy?
Well. I mean... They are nifty...
“The toys could be a sign of some Republicans' disdain for the Democratic presentation against Trump.” I don’t think so because I’m an optimist. Studies show that they help people focus when they experience great anxiety or psychological stress. 😒🤷🏾♀️ ImpeachmentTrials
Like the ADHD toddlers that they are.
So... we're voting out all those who didn't take the impeachment seriously right?
Disgusting
This is so awesome
MeatballMom2 What next? Are the GOP Senators going to throw out fidget spinners to survivors of hurricanes?
GOP grow up and do your job! RightMatters TruthMatters
Shameful. I hope they all end up unemployed for life
Senator Burr should be ashamed of himself.
It seems to work for children who cannot concentrate so it should work for these children as well.
Republican senators playing with fidget spinners as the constitution and rule of law crumbles around them. At least they’re not bored, thank God!
Call them children not Senators.
They are all so disrespectful
Because they are all children! Grow up GOP!
Recommended for some children with attention deficit and some behavior disorders. Seem perfect for the GOP.
Hope they did a lead test, or not.
Republicans are nothing but Troll Nation now. No ideas, no rationality, no ethics, no morality. Such an embarrassment to the rest of us forced to share the country with them. RightMatters
Embarrassing to play with a toy a 9 year old plays with. Bunch of idiots
I’d love to make the salary they do. Meanwhile, they sit in that historic chamber (or not) and play with toys during such an important affair in our country. It’s disgraceful.
We will vote them out.
Republican Senators are usually morons, extremist-fanatical domionist pseudo-Christians, sexual predators, and/or take bribe money from foreign dictators or Transnational Organized Crime Oligarchs. ➡GOP now the Party of Fucked-Up Family Values.
They should be charged with contempt! Bunch of losers
For their inattentive brains.
Because they are a$$holes.
I find this news incredibly sad.
This is why McConnell needs to control all the cameras, I suppose. Or do GOP Senators always have this much trouble paying attention?
Like my 7 year old grandson
Notice how the GOP Senators seem to be the ones breaking the rules established by McConnell.
Because they think they shouldn't actually be paying attention?! Wtf?! America actually DOES expect the GOP to do it's job, AND uphold its oath! Just because the liar in chief didn't is NO DAMN EXCUSE!
Disgusting
That is so juvenile!! Shame on them!!
This is not news.
How embarrassing.
Burr supposed to be the moderate one, right?
Taking petulant cues from our president. 🙄
This will hold up well for them in the annals of history.
GOP should be good at this, they are master spinners.
This is the stupidest article ever. Shame on u NBC. There are serious matters afoot
Like 3rd grade children.
they have been so yesterday for years now. shows how outdated so many of them are
Are SenateGOP a bunch of 6-year olds with ADHD? Bad look senatorburr SenatorLankford JimInhofe InhofePress lisamurkowski MittRomney SenatorRomney SenatorCollins SenMikeLee SenToomey LamarAlexander SenRubioPress GrassleyPress ChuckGrassley SenCoryGardner
I babysit an 5 year old who plays with those. Days a lot about these men pretending to be adult senators.
May their fingers get caught and may they need medical help.....
Of course our GOP are fidgety.... A third are probably waiting for their 5 minute bathroom bump break. Anybody swab the mirrors for controlled substances? They should have demanded that black lights be installed by the doors just to check for powdered faces.
They're gonna love it, then, when the American people fidget spinner them right out of office! VoteThemAllOut2020
Well.....they ARE children. Seems fitting.
The SenateGOP is a disgrace to America. They will pay the price in Nov.
I guess they don’t take their job seriously and don’t care about our democracy.
Guess who else likes fidget spinners?
GOP-ADHD
Those were popular 3 years ago lol. Ok boomers
Won’t Trump notice they took his fidget spinner? No wonder he’s been tweeting like he’s on fire. FFS GIVE TRUMP BACK HIS FIDGET SPINNER.
fuckingdisgusting
This is exactly why this year we need to make sure that we vote EVERY SINGLE Republican out of office. If they are up for reelection or running for office vote against them. Local, state and federal elections. Send the Republicans the message that there are consequences!
You don’t get to play with fidget spinner when you talk first amendment and free speech but now you guys want to toy with the constitution which is the bedrock of American republic.
Of course they did.... Word is Matt G. got a Power Ranger stuck up his ass!
Some one should be making the ad now
You know, I look at the a lot of the replies to this, and they are so damn negative. Like I somewhat jokingly replied to another user, perhaps they are kinesthetic learners. Let's just hope it helps them absorb the information. Maybe, just maybe, it will help change minds
They are so rude!!! WTF! Are they children Behave like adults and listen. You just might learn something!! Geez!!!
Who elects these guys? I know, there's probably some women involved, but honestly, this is a stupid guy thing, unless you're in elementary school.
Did they bring lunches and have nap time too?
They hate our constitution and country. We pay them over a grand for every day they’re in session at least they could fucking sit up and listen.
That says it all!
NBC News is a propaganda arm of the DNC. If this were a regular trial most of what the Democrats have droned on about for 3 days would have been objected to and thrown out of court.
So, basically the same thing my 10 year old used to occupy himself while the adults were talking. 👍
Ew. Are they actual third-graders? They could at least knit or crochet and produce something useful. Oh....!
Give me a break! They are 4th graders. Why has Trump caused the entire Republican adult corps to revert to little whining, bored delinquents?
Mmmm Do they know that millions of hardworking Americans have to spend 8-12 hours every day at jobs with few breaks?
realmature
Fidget spinners? How 2017.
putinsgay Shouldn’t those clowns be, I don’t know.. “Paying attention 🤨”
Shows the level at which our government is operating . . .
We are paying them to do their jobs, they should NOT be acting like children. Disgusting! Maybe listen carefully and take notes......that is what people on jury duty HAVE to do.
World's greatest deliberative body.
Ok boomers
That’s about their speed
SHWALD Arrested development, they are stuck in middle school
I suggest also knitting, solitaire, sudoku, worry beads, or other pursuits that like solitaire you can do without thinking. For those of us with OCD, it's the only way TO BE ABLE to concentrate on a lengthy talk. We should applaud them for taking care of their fidgeting needs.
He's working on his street vendor schtick, for when he loses reelection WeAreBetrayed
Really? No wonder you follow the over the cliff.
Please people are getting paid a lot of money they get free healthcare the average citizen works his butt off for his paycheck and has to pay for his own health care and this is how they act they should all be voted out
OMG- you are asked to do your job. How horrible. Sitting and listening to someone else talk. It’s only a question of whether this constitutional democracy survives. Fiddle with your “spinners”. Thank God you were not around in 1787
Cute story, but you forgot to mention the 21 GOP Senators who left the chamber and the one who gave was interviewed on Fox News during the hearings on Wednesday. So the rules are for who
mrs_lerner Sounds like they need their safe spaces.
Of course because they’re all mindless lemmings
Anything to divert their attention from the damning truth.
If it helps them to listen, I’m all for it. Fidget spinners were developed for AHDH in children.
Grow up and do your jobs!
That’s how I’m coping with the hearing and I’ll have a new garment to show for it! And, when the republicans start lying, I have something to stab without hurting anyone.
FUCKING WHAT !
Fitting as most GOP Senators are no smarter than a fifth grader.
They ought have that up their asses
I certainly hope the American people are PAYING ATTENTION!!! Seriously childish behaviour by people who are supposed to represent them - you are paying them to disgrace your country!!!! realDonaldTrump is nothing but a thug, as are all his counterparts.
Guess boot licking was done
STOP ALL THIS, JusticeRoberts!!!
I guess republicans feel they are in a Pre-School romper room. Vote the fvckers out forever.
Oh FFS
You would think that toy was too complicated for most of them.
The GOP are pathetic people. Vote them out!! 💙💙
Americans paying gop senators who act like children
That's perfect because they are experts at spin.
Shows you how wound up we are as a people.
“In a house full of sleepwalkers, the one person awake is bound to seem a bit vivid by comparison.” (Greenleaf/OWN). Many, like my Senator JerryMoran, just leave the room during the most vital testimony of our lifetime. Sleepwalking. So childish.
Can they figure out how to use them? I’m thinking no.
Don't we pay them to sit & listen to the evidence? That's part of their job! There's nothing more important right now than Our Nation's Security interests and the future of our Democracy because of interference in our Election!
Ok, Boomers
Makes sense they are playing with toys consistent with elementary school kids. Maybe they should take their ADHD meds
They look like pacifiers.
The Republicans are angry because they know that they are going to look sooooo bad in the eyes of the American public. The Managers have made an extraordinary strong case! Playing with toys is their way of saying, “ We’re screwed or rather Trump is!”
We all know what these old fart men really fidget with when they're bored.
Because they are children.
Sort of shows their maturity
Fucking children. Fiddling while Rome burns.
Fidget spinners were created to help soothe kids and help them cope with sensory processing issues. Occupational therapists uae them to help kids with autism and ADHD.
Don’t you have more report then fidget spinner?
Chronically behind the times
Can we get some adults in the room? You are supposed to be doing the people's business. Act like you care.
A bunch of old white dudes playing with fidget spinners is creepy af.
I am disgusted.
What a disgrace The United States is a country in danger.
I despise them so much after their behavior.
I'm sorry, but why can't they just fold pieces of paper into projectile triangles like our founding fathers did? Fidget spinners have no business in the Senate chamber.
GOPSenatorFidgetSpinner SelfHypnosis Boredom is a state of spiritual and/or intellectual vacuity.
In case they have forgotten, we pay them to be there. This is the most important obligation of the job they were elected to do. Their messaging will be received by the country and the world- a successful mockery- of themselves.
That's it? That's all you could come up with to 'entertain' yourselves while we the people pay you GOP? How 9-year-old brat of you. Soon you can return to telling your naked Emperor how handsome he is. pathetic PutinsGOP CorruptGOP ImpeachedForever yournameismud
Well that validates so much for me🙄
Just - just - no words
NuttyTrump Shameful behavior, these buffoons have not respect for voters or democracy, too bad media are such cowards or they’d call them out
This is so pathetic, that our tax dollars are such a joke with those gop fools
God forbid that they should have to sit still like well behaved adults.
Brains out to lunch. What else is new?
I'm surprised they could figure out how to use them.
GOPwhinybabies
Classy.
VoteThemAllOut2020
Fire them
Nice try, but you’ll never convince me that judicial appointments and infrastructure bills are somehow more captivating
Me going into the replies with me not siding with any side of politics:
Remind me, why are we paying them?
They are awful.
What a bunch of babies
Bored ... at $175,000 a year .... my violin is microscopic.
That’s embarrassing.
Why are you tweeting a TheOnion article from 2017?
They aren't used to 'working' are they?
Well if they weren't so hellbent on coverup for a criminal baby.
Very juvenile for U S Senators tasked with the job of deciding on the the removal from office of an impeached president.
All GOP Senators are complicit in a conspiracy to cover up Trump’s crimes.
Are they children?! We pay them A LOT of money to do their job and they can’t sit still for a few hours?!?!?!
Fidget spinners, milk, candy, and lots of whining. They sound more like big babies than leaders.
Knitting would be far more productive.
Middle school students have more discipline and a longer attention span. Sad.
ADHD?
This sounds like a Chuck Todd headline.
SenateGOP GOPSenateCoverUp MidnightMitch
Bastards.
I only like Senators who pay attention during impeachment trials.
Deemed fit for babies or adolescents.
Are they 7th graders?
Are they all 5 yrs old?
This is 100% grotesque, inappropriate and disrespectful gop
Schoolboy mentalities, all of them.
Please get pics of US Senators, playing with fidget spinners..
Hope they are using caffeine drops in their water
If I were a House Manager, I'd call them out by name and ask if I were boring them. Make Roberts do his fucking job.
Guess they can't handle a Rubix Cube.
They will live to regret this behavior.
Pretty much sums up the Republican party.
Because they are not going to Impeach him they share the same corrupt spirit! America Rise Up it's on 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
They’ve set the bar. Wait for the White House team to start. Watch republicans complain.
How about listening and talking notes...?
😆
Bunch of babies
Disgraceful! These Senators are earning a nice salary to disregard the rules. Teachers who work 24/7 can’t get a fair wage. What’s wrong with this picture.
Fidget Spinners, also known as Republican Birth Control .
Dance of the morons.
I want to get some waffles , with butter and syrup
No F---kin way!!! 😂😂😂
That's probably a good nick name for some of them.
Our tax dollars at work. What a fucking joke.
Sounds like the bullschiff impeachment is getting the exact amount of attention it warrants.
Is it November yet?
Some senators 'took careful notes'. How do you know what kind of notes?
Do your job! Shame on you all.
They're middle schoolers, apparently.
LindseyGraham should get two. He can't sit still. His ADD has got the best of him. ImpeachmentTrial
The republican senators are really spitting in the face of the American people by showing that they don't give a shit that Trump is corrupt. They should be careful about acting in such a manner in front of everybody to see. It tells our allies that the US isn't able to be trusted
So they are admitting they are five year olds then?
At least they weren’t watching a golf match on laptops?
Fidget spinners are for elementary & middle school students.
They can sit on them and spin for all I care
Good. RepAdamSchiff keeps repeating himself to fill time. filibuster
Gop senators turned to fidget spinner suffers from ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER and pathological lying!
Unprofessional and unworthy of the office they hold. Vote them out.
This suits that group and their juvenile behavior.
Are none of these R senators taking this the least bit seriously? Toys are being doled out to keep them busy? This sounds more like Romper Room.
The “senators” are truly showing the disrespect they have for the country,the flag, the process of impeachment and most of all disrespect for the American people. Time for voters to find someone who works for us, not the money and power.
Likely more bored than the American public..
And these republicans were the best people for the job to represent their districts? Geez! How bad were the losers?
How sad that these elected officials act like children ~ please vote
Better than playing with themselves.
Trump partners in crime the republicans have more in common then corruption and lies it’s their ages are about the same as a five year old
Most of America is doing the same. I keep waiting for some real journalism from msm, instead, we get to hear about the use of spinners.
You know.... if you're bored, vote to impeach and we can all go home since you don't care enough to do your job we pay you for.
VoteBlue✌🏼💙2020
Me watching America just tear itself apart. Hey, I wish it was different, but with the impeachment, wacky gun laws, all the corruption, the wall, space force, it’s all just destroying the country.
Adam Schiff appears to school Chief Justice Roberts on the difficulty of commanding the attention of Senators. It seems like Democrats want control of the government as they put more focus on themselves than US citizens. 🇺🇸 'Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.'
are they intentionally acting like children to denigrate the process? So embarrassing
I hope he didn't use tax payer money to buy those? GOPCorruptionOverCountry
Petulant children. What an embarrassment to their families.
Of course they do. Cuz they're just a gaggle of ADHD toddlers
Good reporting. Not
They won't let you take them to prison.
That awesome
A clear statement by Burr that the Republicans have made up their minds and is a demeaning comment about Republicans respect for their offices, the Senate, the rule of law and truth, justice and the American Constitution.
I hope judge Roberts is keeping notes on those not bothering to pay attention or even be there and that he takes away their right to a final vote or removes their right to speak when it is their time. Senates behavior is disgusting. And some are even posting messages on tweeter!
Traitors
They need to sit there and listen like good boys and girls. They r not elected to play, they r elected to do a job! Sadly this shows they r not taking this serious.
It's hard to do lines and be still ...
What, no beach ball?
They need to be vote it out.
Ignorant and Dumb way to behave during a Great Historical Moment!
How come Roberts was silent about this? Did they hand him one too?
Not passive-aggressive at all. What an embarrassing ass.
Now they will have to take their thumbs out of their butts
Idiocracy
lexicaldrrift Proud devotees of Eric Trump skits on SNL.
anblanx pipsqueaks and babies. i'd hate to go to war with them.
I heard the madam from Tennessee decided that reading her non impeachment related novel was better than to do her job... I want to go to work and do nothing related to it, and get paid 6 figures. They would be awesome!
Anyone saying that the GOP need toys to stay awake because their bored & might sleep hasn’t sat in REALLY long trials where you can actually go to jail for acting like this. Chief Justice Roberts needs to do his job & remind these whiny crybabies about the rules! DoYourJobs
Classless bunch of babies!
Because the dems are taking every single minute of their 24 hours so that Republicans don’t start their side of the trial until sat when there will be way less viewers... again our politicians playing games and not doing the work of the people - fucked up
The next thing you know they will being drumming Wipe Out on their desks. SenateGOP ImpeachmentTrial
anblanx SenatorBurr - grow up and do your job.
$174k a year and they can’t pay attention? It’s their job, part of the gig.
I’ll bet they have other toys more cleverly concealed that explains the humming sound in the background during the hearing
Disrespectful and should not be allowed back in the room. Not to vote for anything. GOP complicit
And Supreme Court Justice is ok with that? FCUK ALL REPUBLICAN SENATORS.
I love how the GOP Lawmakers who work for & being paid by U.S. tax payers take their careers seriously! So basically the rules us common folk are forced with as jurors shouldn’t be taken seriously either? Good to know! Pray you don’t have to rely on us to be YOUR jurors! 🙄
Guess there’s a lot of anxiety in the room... hmmmm
So many important subjects NBC shd be investigating, and this is it? DOJ just ruled that 2 of Fisa warrants against Page are illegal; the FBI knew in Jan 17 there was no Russian collusion, but kept hoaz going; France is ready to sign trade deal; wages for blue collar workers soar
They are a disgrace to the Senate and the USA.
How old are they
How mature. 🙄
Because all the liquor was sold out?
Such babies
Oldlady12345 They just don’t want to listen and play their fidget spinner ... they are childishness
Worse than a bunch of kindergartners.
Babies!!!! doin baby things
The GOP every single day.
Because they are children.
Oh, that’s fun. Maybe someone can walk around and put some Cheerios on their desks to keep them quiet, too. Perhaps some has a phone with some games on it.
Well fidget spinners are proven to help the cognitive mind to remain engaged so I dont see the harm to be honest❤
Democrat Senators too. Impeachment Trial is a colossal waste of time and tax payer money. One long Democrat infomercial. ImpeachmentHoax
21 Empty Seats': More Than One-Third of GOP Senators Reportedly Left Room During Schiff's Speech
What are they, first graders?
Oh grow up!
Leslieoo7 They need some adderall.
Should all be fired for not doing their job and not taking their job seriously.
Watching Nadler and Schiff would make my IQ drop too.
Really sad and pathetic display.
Apparently the content has been less than riveting so far.
Could they be called idiot spinners?
Funny. In the classroom I’d take these away. FOCUS!
That's good to know. It's breaking news. Did you cover what the dems were playing with during the Schiff Sham Show? I didn't think so.
Republicans are shameless about their GOPCoverup GOPTraitors GOPCorruptionOverCountry
Toys, reading books, spending most of the time in front of Fox News cameras who seem to be showing the trial but with no audio. Mustn't let the Fox News drones get the wrong information.
I sincerely thought this was an Onion article.
And some of the SENATORS were sitting on the floor playing tiddly winks.
BS is bovine excrement. Distortions are distortions. Lies are still lies. democrat propaganda is still propaganda. Partisan politics is still partisan. Pettifogging is still pettifogging. trump is a jerk, but this impeachment is a hoax, and so wrong.
Oh, so they really are like middle school boys! AdultingIsHard DoYourJob
Better than Captain Queeg's metal balls---maybe not janetnovack ClydeHaberman JWVerret DamonSilvers iamJanKruse BarbaraRoper1 MarkSchoeff Michael_S_Barr
Between those and Adam Schiff, the choice is obvious! 🤣
That’s why they need to be Voted out GOP followers of Impeached occupant.
i mean it was a boring waste of time, so might as well have fun
Seriously GOp senators are a despicable lot.
Next will come Captain Queeg steel balls.
I’ll try this at my next important meeting and see how long I remain employed.
These goofy shenanigans will lead to their defeat at the polls. Let them do it.
Old school
Milk and fidget spinners...these are your elected Congressional representatives without term limits, ladies and gentlemen. VoteThemAllOut2020 TermLimits
How many years behind the curve are they? Asking for current high school students.
Give them each a box of play-dough.
Like pre adolescent children, to bad Roberts won’t give them a blast so everybody can see it
If they didn't, they'd fall asleep from boredom at the SchiffShow.
GOP senators taking impeachment trial very seriously by playing w fidget spinners. Rubik cubes were too challenging.
That’s AWESOME! 😂😂😂😂😂
Not ok. These entitled fvcks can't pay attention for 3 days? Never had a hard day's work in their lives and can't sit and listen
SenateGOP Hey Brainiacs- THOSE ARE MADE IN CHINA! CHINA BACKS NORTH KOREA AS DOES RUSSIA. CAN YOU NOT TWIDDLE AMERICAN FLAGS MADE IN AMERICA? 7800+ MIA KOREAN WAR - N. KOREA BACKED BY CHINA. TREASON!
That's one way to stay awake...
That's because they don't care about the country. The just want the good old boy network to keep chugging down the track...
Ok boomers
Children
What babies!
What it shows is the Mentality and Childishness of today's GOP Especially at a time when the nation faces times of Trouble n Turmoil
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