So far, Mitt Romney said he's voting for abuse of power.
Susan Collins is voting to aquit.
Susan Collins is voting to aquit.
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This Impeachment Drama
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The final outcome expected Wednesday caps nearly five months of remarkable impeachment proceedings launched in Speaker Nancy Pelosi's House, ending in Mitch McConnell's Senate and reflective of the nation's unrelenting partisan divide three years into the Trump presidency.
No president has ever been removed by the Senate, and Trump arrived at the Capitol for his State of the Union address on the eve of the vote eager to use the tally as vindication, a political anthem in his reelection bid. Allies chanted “four more years!”
The president did not mention impeachment. The mood was tense in the House that impeached him. Pelosi tore up the speech when he was done.
The Wednesday afternoon vote is expected to be swift. With Chief Justice John Roberts presiding, senators sworn to do “impartial justice” will stand at their desk for the roll call and state their votes — “guilty” or “not guilty.”
On the first article of impeachment, Trump is charged with abuse of power. On the second, obstruction of Congress.
Few senators are expected to stray from party camps, all but ensuring the highly partisan impeachment yields deeply partisan acquittal. Both Bill Clinton in the 1999 and Andrew Johnson in 1868 drew cross-party support when they were left in office after an impeachment trial. President Richard Nixon resigned rather than face revolt from his own party.
Ahead of voting, some of the most closely watched senators took to the Senate floor to tell their constituents, and the nation, what they had decided. The Senate chaplain has been opening the trial proceedings with daily prayers for the senators.
“This decision is not about whether you like or dislike this president,” began GOP Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine centrist, announcing her resolve to acquit on both charges.
GOP Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio said that while he doesn't condone Trump's actions, he was not prepared to remove him from the ballot nine months before the election. "Let the people decide," he said.
Centrist Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has floated the idea of censuring Trump instead, a signal of a possible vote to acquit.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news...ment-acquittal-track-ahead-senate-vot/?latest
No president has ever been removed by the Senate, and Trump arrived at the Capitol for his State of the Union address on the eve of the vote eager to use the tally as vindication, a political anthem in his reelection bid. Allies chanted “four more years!”
The president did not mention impeachment. The mood was tense in the House that impeached him. Pelosi tore up the speech when he was done.
The Wednesday afternoon vote is expected to be swift. With Chief Justice John Roberts presiding, senators sworn to do “impartial justice” will stand at their desk for the roll call and state their votes — “guilty” or “not guilty.”
On the first article of impeachment, Trump is charged with abuse of power. On the second, obstruction of Congress.
Few senators are expected to stray from party camps, all but ensuring the highly partisan impeachment yields deeply partisan acquittal. Both Bill Clinton in the 1999 and Andrew Johnson in 1868 drew cross-party support when they were left in office after an impeachment trial. President Richard Nixon resigned rather than face revolt from his own party.
Ahead of voting, some of the most closely watched senators took to the Senate floor to tell their constituents, and the nation, what they had decided. The Senate chaplain has been opening the trial proceedings with daily prayers for the senators.
“This decision is not about whether you like or dislike this president,” began GOP Sen. Susan Collins, the Maine centrist, announcing her resolve to acquit on both charges.
GOP Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio said that while he doesn't condone Trump's actions, he was not prepared to remove him from the ballot nine months before the election. "Let the people decide," he said.
Centrist Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has floated the idea of censuring Trump instead, a signal of a possible vote to acquit.
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news...ment-acquittal-track-ahead-senate-vot/?latest
Romney claimed he must convict on religious values. Like Pelosi who claims to be Catholic.
Neither are truly following the tenants of their faith. But it sounds good to the general public. Politicians
Pelosi has no class or morals
Romney, who once begged Trump for an endorsement, has no class.
Neither are truly following the tenants of their faith. But it sounds good to the general public. Politicians
Pelosi has no class or morals
Romney, who once begged Trump for an endorsement, has no class.
Acquittal- both charges.
The End
The End
Romney claimed he must convict on religious values. Like Pelosi who claims to be Catholic.
Neither are truly following the tenants of their faith. But it sounds good to the general public. Politicians
Pelosi has no class or morals
Romney, who once begged Trump for an endorsement, has no class.
What are we going to do with Romney? I hope a decent conservative runs against him in the primary.
So mittens voted guilty on one article to be able to say that when his corruption is exposed that they are just going after him for it, and not guilty on the second article to try and save some face with the GOP and voters?
We're awake now, isn't going to work Pierre
WWG1WGA
KAG2020
We're awake now, isn't going to work Pierre
WWG1WGA
KAG2020
He will go the way of Jeff Flake
