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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Russia - coup d’état #1 - FAILED
Ukraine - coup d’état #2 - LIKELY TO FAIL
??? - coup d’état #3 - Waiting in the wings under wraps
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.
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.
The coup attempt will never end—until the coup plotters are in jail.
He is “respected” by the elites for not causing any trouble or raising any embarrassing questions.
He is a living argument for term limits.
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.
Well like the old saying goes about even a broke clock being right twice a day.
When you can’t even get the squishiest of Amnesty Senators who is retiring, you really have nothing.
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