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Sen. Lamar Alexander calls impeachment a ‘mistake’
AP via WREG ^ | Oct 10 2019 | AP

Posted on 10/12/2019 3:17:38 PM PDT by rintintin

A retiring Republican senator who’s being closely watched for his view on President Donald Trump’s potential impeachment strengthened his stance against Democrats’ investigation of the president on Wednesday.

Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said in a written statement that impeaching President Trump “would be a mistake.”

Just last week, Alexander issued a more cautious statement. He said the Senate Intelligence Committee was probing Mr. Trump’s attempt to prod Ukraine into investigating former Vice President Joe Biden, a 2020 Democratic presidential contender, and added, “I want to know the facts before I comment.”

Alexander, 79, is respected on both sides of the aisle. With his four-decade political career winding down, he’s been considered a harbinger of what departing, moderate GOP lawmakers might do.

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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Tennessee
KEYWORDS: impeachment; lamaralexander
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To: The_Media_never_lie

Russia - coup d’état #1 - FAILED
Ukraine - coup d’état #2 - LIKELY TO FAIL
??? - coup d’état #3 - Waiting in the wings under wraps


21 posted on 10/12/2019 4:05:47 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: JPJones

What has he ever accomplished? I guess he is “respected” for managing to stay alive so long and drawing a considerable salary. Quite an accomplishment.


22 posted on 10/12/2019 4:39:04 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: JPJones

What has he ever accomplished? I guess he is “respected” for managing to stay alive so long and drawing a considerable salary. Quite an accomplishment.


23 posted on 10/12/2019 4:39:09 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: The_Media_never_lie

The coup attempt will never end—until the coup plotters are in jail.


24 posted on 10/12/2019 4:46:39 PM PDT by cgbg (Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
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To: hal ogen

He is “respected” by the elites for not causing any trouble or raising any embarrassing questions.

He is a living argument for term limits.


25 posted on 10/12/2019 4:49:41 PM PDT by cgbg (Vote Trump or you will _be_ Trump)
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To: cgbg
The coup attempt will never end—until the coup plotters are in jail.


No justice, and it will only continued with plotters becoming even bolder.
26 posted on 10/12/2019 5:22:49 PM PDT by The_Media_never_lie (Please, oh pretty please let Crazy Uncle Joe Biden be the nominee.)
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To: rintintin

Lamar surprised me here. I thought he was one of the standard bearers of the #NeverTrumps. Maybe he can see the big picture, and the pattern this cooked up chaos is all likely to take.


27 posted on 10/12/2019 7:22:01 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: rintintin

Well like the old saying goes about even a broke clock being right twice a day.


28 posted on 10/12/2019 7:34:12 PM PDT by TonyM (Score Event)
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To: rintintin

When you can’t even get the squishiest of Amnesty Senators who is retiring, you really have nothing.


29 posted on 10/12/2019 8:03:26 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents_Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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