Rand Paul forced a vote in the Senate today on the constitutionality of Trump's impeachment trial, and it was narrowly defeated. This tells us all we need to know about how this trial is gonna pan out. Even Turtle Mitch has suddenly had a change of heart after appearing to lean towards a conviction last week. Dude is gonna wuss out and continue to worship at the altar of Trump just like the rest of the spineless turds in the GOP.
I assume a lot of these a**holes are up for reelection in 2022, so there's no way they're gonna risk upsetting the MAGA voters that they'll desperately need if they want to remain in office. So as expected, Trump will likely get away with everything...again. And he'll also be free to run again in 2024 should he decide to do so. Ugh, what a f***ed up country.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/polit...ity/index.html
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In order to convict Trump at his trial, at least 17 Republicans will need to vote with all Democrats when the trial begins next month. Significantly, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell sided with Paul in the vote -- a potential indicator that he agrees the constitutionality of impeaching a former President is in question.
Paul argued after the vote that the fact that 45 Republicans sided with him "shows that impeachment is dead on arrival."
"If you voted that it was unconstitutional then how in the world would you ever hope to convict somebody for this?" Paul asked, adding ,"45 of us, almost the entire caucus, 95% of the caucus, voted that the whole proceeding was unconstitutional. This is a big victory for us. Democrats can beat this partisan horse as long as they want -- this vote indicates it's over, the trial is all over."
Even those Republicans who voted against Paul's measure -- including Collins -- said Tuesday's vote was a sign of the eventual outcome of the trial.
"Do the math," she said. "I think it's extraordinarily unlikely that the President will be convicted."
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