Your reminder that until a year ago when Romney cast the 1 "guilty" vote at Trump's first trial, no senators had ever voted to convict a president from their own party. Today 7 Republicans voted to convict him, making this the most bipartisan impeachment conviction in history.
Mitch's speech is intended to allow him to go to donors and ask them to help the GOP take back the Senate in 2022. But dear donors, don't kid yourselves: You'd be giving to a party that voted 43 to 7 to acquit Trump. The voice is McConnell's voice, but the party is Trump's party.
The Senate failed to convict, but I want to reiterate this:
All honor to the House impeachment managers and their staff, who, under great pressure, had the coolness and capacity to create a trial record that tells the truth of January 6th to our own and future generations.
"McConnell is the de facto leader of the GOP for at least the next two years..."
No.
Mitch McConnell is the de jure leader of the Senate GOP for the next two years. Donald Trump is the de facto leader of the GOP.
https://t.co/Udes99O3Q0
After McConnell's moral preening on the Senate floor, he's more honest in an interview with Politico: "The only thing I care about is electability"
https://t.co/ANzGQVmisi
Raskin on the GOP and they constitutionality issue: "The decided to hang their hat on that very dubious hook in order to basically cater to Trump and the forces within the party that are still loyal to him in a really cultish and dangerous way." @MeetThePress
Republican Sen. Bill Cassidy blasts Louisiana GOP on ABC after being censured for voting to convict: “I’m attempting to hold Trump accountable and that is the trust I have from the people that elected me.”
The LA GOP formally censured Sen. Bill Cassidy today. Interesting side note: When I was on the staff of US Senator Bennett Johnston, we asked the LA Republican Party to censure our opponent, David Duke, because he had literally been a self-professed Klansman. They refused.
43 Senate Republicans have endorsed the idea that a president can do anything in his last month in office, without facing any consequences.
It is hard to overstate what a dangerous precedent this is.
To prevent Trump from holding office again, a simple majority of Congress must now pass a resolution invoking Section 3 of the 14th Amendment, which bars anyone from holding office who has "engaged in insurrection" against the United States.
"The evidence is compelling that President Trump is guilty of inciting an insurrection against a coequal branch of government and that the charge rises to the level of high Crimes and Misdemeanors," GOP Sen Richard Burr says in statement. "Therefore, I have voted to convict."
Senator Chuck Schumer: “The final vote on Donald Trump’s conviction was the largest and most bipartisan vote of any presidential impeachment trial in American history.”
Rubio, Marco (R-FL)
Scott, Tim (R-SC)
Shelby, Richard C. (R-AL) – has announced will not run again - remember him.
Thune, John (R-SD)
Young, Todd (R-IN)
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The list of the traitors up for election in '22:
Blunt, Roy (R-MO)
Boozman, John (R-AR)
Crapo, Mike (R-ID)
Grassley, Chuck (R-IA)
Hoeven, John (R-ND)
Johnson, Ron (R-WI)
Kennedy, John (R-LA)
Lankford, James (R-OK)
Lee, Mike (R-UT)
Moran, Jerry (R-KS)
Paul, Rand (R-KY)
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