U.S. President Trump (Reuters)
Rand Paul engineered a strategy that put all but six GOP senators on the record saying former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is unconstitutional.
Rand Paul engineered a strategy that put all but six GOP senators on the record saying former President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is unconstitutional.
And even after visceral new footage of the Jan. 6 insurrection rattled fellow Republicans, he’s feeling pretty good about Trump’s whip count. “There will be at least 44. Or more. I think we might get one or two back on acquittal,” Paul (R-Ky.) said in an interview.
“Everybody objects to that violence. Everybody is horrified by that violence. But the question is: Did the president incite that?”
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Update: Graham assures Trump of acquittal after rocky start to trial (The Hill)
WNU Editor: This will be a political vote not a "conscience vote" .... McConnell Signals Trump Conviction Is a GOP Conscience Vote (Bloomberg).
And when I read that many establishment Republicans now want to form a third party because the base will not support them, that tells me that these establishment Republicans know that their days are probably numbered within the party .... Exclusive: Dozens of former Republican officials in talks to form anti-Trump third party (Reuters).
