Trump Impeachment Tag

McConnell: Perhaps Pelosi “will tear up” impeachment Not Guilty verdict “like she tore up the State of the Union address”

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 05, 2020 30 Comments

Mitch McConnell gave a powerful speech just before Trump's acquittal, which Nancy Pelosi apparently refuses to accept. Here's McConnell's money quote:

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Impeachment Verdict: Trump NOT GUILTY on Both Counts

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 05, 2020 47 Comments

The Senate will vote on two articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump at 4 p.m. ET.

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Romney to vote to convict and remove Trump for abuse of power

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 05, 2020 148 Comments

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) confirmed the Republicans' worst fear. He will vote yes to convict and remove President Donald Trump from office on the charge of abuse of power.

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Vulnerable Alabama Dem Sen. Doug Jones Will Vote to Convict Trump

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 05, 2020 22 Comments

Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) announced he will vote to convict and remove President Donald Trump from office later today. Experts have said that Jones is the most vulnerable Democrat up for re-election this fall.

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Susan Collins Will Vote to Acquit Trump on Both Articles of Impeachment

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 04, 2020 31 Comments

Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) just announced that she will vote to acquit President Donald Trump on both articles of impeachment.

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Rand Paul Explains Rejected Impeachment Question on Senate Floor

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 04, 2020 29 Comments

Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) received a lot of criticism about his question that Chief Justice John Roberts rejected during the impeachment trial. Roberts rejected the question because it supposedly names the whistleblower even though people insist no one knows the identity of said whistleblower. Paul used his allotted time on the Senate floor to explain his question and push back against those who called him a hypocrite.

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Biden Gets Testy After Interviewer Notes ‘Irony’ of Impeachment Keeping Ukraine Issue in the Spotlight

Posted by Stacey Matthews on February 04, 2020 20 Comments

Back in October, when Joe Biden called for President Trump's impeachment, I speculated that one of the reasons for him doing so was to attempt to regain control of the frontrunner narrative he'd lost.

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Murkowski: ‘I Cannot Vote to Convict’ Trump

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 03, 2020 29 Comments

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced she will vote not to convict President Donald Trump.

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Swing-Vote Democrat Manchin Suggests Senate Censure Trump, Not Impeach Him

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 03, 2020 34 Comments

Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) bragged about his bipartisan ways during his floor speech on President Donald Trump's impeachment trial as a way to point out the obvious: The Senate does not have the 67 votes to convict Trump. Instead, he suggested the Senate censure Trump.

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Schiff: If You Don’t Convict Trump He Might Give Alaska Back to Russia

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 03, 2020 47 Comments

President Donald Trump has literally broken Rep. Adam Schiff. I've enjoyed the House managers, especially Rep. Zoe Lofgren, but Schiff foams at the mouth and rants like a lunatic. In his closing statement, Schiff made up a whole bunch of unlikely scenarios to scare the Senate into convicting Trump.

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Lindsey Graham Wants Senate Intelligence Committee to Call Whistleblower ‘to Understand How All This Crap Started’

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 03, 2020 17 Comments

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said on Sunday Morning Features that his committee will call the whistleblower behind impeachment after the trial.

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LIVE: Trump’s Team, House Managers Give Final Closing Arguments Followed by Floor Speeches

Posted by Mary Chastain on February 03, 2020 14 Comments

President Donald Trump's defense team and House managers will give their closing arguments on the Senate floor for the impeachment trial. It starts at 11 a.m. ET and will last four hours. Senators will then have an opportunity to speak on the floor on why or why not the chamber should convict Trump.

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In Praise of Mitch McConnell

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 01, 2020 96 Comments

Mitch McConnell isn't the flashiest person on Capitol Hill. To put it mildly. Chuck Schumer regularly beats McConnell to the TV cameras, and Nancy Pelosi makes grand pronouncements as if the Senate and McConnell don't exist.

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CPAC Chair After Impeachment Witness Vote: Mitt Romney is “formally NOT invited to #CPAC2020”

Posted by Fuzzy Slippers on February 01, 2020 57 Comments

Back in April of last year, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) lamented that the Mueller report left him "sickened" by Trump.  Apparently, he still is because he was one of only two Republican senators to vote with the Democrats for more witnesses in the Democrats' sham impeachment circus.

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McConnell Resolution: Closing Arguments on Monday, Impeachment Vote on Wednesday

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 31, 2020 66 Comments

The Senate voted not to call additional witnesses and bring forth new evidence 51-49, with Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME) and Mitt Romney (R-UT) voting yay with the Democrats. The Senate then took a recess before voting on a motion from Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell to have closing arguments on Monday and vote on the articles on Wednesday.

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Senate Vote On Additional Witnesses: Rejected 51 (NO), 49 (YES)

Posted by William A. Jacobson on January 31, 2020 46 Comments

Defeated, 49 YES, 51 NO. Collins and Romney voted with the Democrats to Kavanaugh the trial.

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WATCH: Schumer Scolds Kamala Harris for Laughing During Press Conference

Posted by Kemberlee Kaye on January 31, 2020 21 Comments

The patriarchy is alive and well in the Senate's Democrat caucus, apparently. During a press conference on the impeachment side show, Senate Majority Leader Schumer scolded former Presidential candidate Kamala Harris who was laughing and cutting up in the background.

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Murkowski Will Vote NO on Additional Witnesses and Documents

Posted by Mary Chastain on January 31, 2020 36 Comments

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) decided not to vote for additional witnesses and documents in the impeachment trial. She lashed out at the House Democrats over the articles of impeachment and even took a swipe at sen. Elizabeth Warren's (D-MA) question to Chief Justice John Roberts.

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