He is now arguing that if the additional witnesses are called then he wants to add all of the witnesses who appeared before the House Intelligence committee. He pretends as though "Hey...the democrats had these witnesses....if there are additional witnesses then I get to call all of these people" implying that republicans didn't get to ask questions and were not afforded the exact same amount of time to do so as the democrats.
This is simply a threat intended to give republicans cover if they vote against calling witnesses that would allow them to know more of the story.
This is simply a threat intended to give republicans cover if they vote against calling witnesses that would allow them to know more of the story.