Posted on 01/31/2020 11:25:49 AM PST by C19fan
Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski came out Friday against calling witnesses in President Trump’s impeachment trial, all but assuring the Senate will move to wrap up proceedings with a likely acquittal in a matter of days, if not hours.
“Given the partisan nature of this impeachment from the very beginning and throughout, I have come to the conclusion that there will be no fair trial in the Senate. I don’t believe the continuation of this process will change anything. It is sad for me to admit that, as an institution, the Congress has failed,” said Murkowski, R-Alaska, a key moderate senator who has been closely watched on the witness question.
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The day has come where I have one teeny tiny iota of respect for Murkowski. I have no iotas for Mitt.
McConnell fails again in another scheme! He has failed to strong arm and bully the stalwart Trump ally Murkowski into voting for witnesses in order to pull of his effort to remove Trump from office.
I have to thank her and slam Collins and Romney on Twitter - I never expected her to be the sanest of the three...
We have four more days of their whining to listen to before they start again in March.
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