Posted on 02/05/2020 11:56:30 AM PST by seanmerc
Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, told Fox News' Chris Wallace Wednesday in an exclusive interview that he "had to follow my conscience" in deciding to vote to convict President Trump on abuse of power, a decision that's likely to lead to serious blowback from Trump and others in the Republican Party.
"I believe that the act he took, an effort to corrupt an election is as destructive an attack on the oath of office and our Constitution as I can imagine," Romney said. "It is a high crime and misdemeanor within the meaning of the Constitution, and that is not a decision I take lightly. It is the last decision I want to take."
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What conscience?
It inoculates Mitt from being investigated for his Ukraine dealings.
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You very well may be on to something.
Folks, unless I’m misreading the Constitution, it takes a 2/3 majority to convict a sitting President in an impeachment trial.
There’s a bit in there about a quorum which shouldn’t apply, as all these @holes absolutely covet the face time.
Hence, unless the Dimtards can pull 67 ‘ayes’ out of the air, this is OVER, TODAY.
(until the next time )-:
Go search for the recent comments from Frank Luntz.
He had predicted that by now America would have tired of all the rancor, and would be seeking unity and an end to divisiveness.
His polling indicates just the opposite has happened. People have polarized further and taken to the pitchforks. He was WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG!
And if Mitt thinks he’s gonna win on a unity ticket he’ll be WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG WRONG too.
Manchin is voting guilty
uhh....you need 2/3rds for a conviction, that’s 67. That’s a long way off. From the US Constitution see below
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The Senate shall have the sole Power to try all Impeachments. When sitting for that Purpose, they shall be on Oath or Affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside: And no Person shall be convicted without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present.
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There will be no consequences, Mitt.
You are irrelevant. You will remain irrelevant.
Nobody ever thought, for an instant, that they could count on you when the chips were down. This latest weakness is entirely expected. Baked into the cake, as they say.
Nobody cares about you. Nobody counts on you. Even your new friends, the Democrats, despise you. You are the 53rd vote in a chamber that needs 50. We will get along very well without you.
Now go sit in the corner and be quiet. Serious people have work to do.
He’d be just short of 78 when first inaugurated.
He’s a few months younger than Biden. Bernie’s already 78.
Do we know that?
Source?
Manchin’s statement is on his twitter feed.
https://twitter.com/Sen_JoeManchin?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
Cannot say what Democrats will do for sure, but Democrats voted Republican Romney as Gov of MA.
And he was not even registered officially as Demon Party.
Islam, hence the muslim reference. I thought you were responding to that post.
Dems ALWAYS stick together BUT NEVER our side I HATE MITTENS just really. DESPISE him!!!
Yeah. We’re fine as long as everyone else holds.
Most people know Romney is a snake.
Trump comes out of this stronger than before.
He think it’s his destiny to be elected President, and he knows he blew his chance as a Republican. I guess he is aiming to win as a Democrat now.
From him
Obviously, Romney and his ilk are not “our side” regardless of which side of the aisle they stand on.
If Pierre had a conscience, he wouldn’t be a career carpetbagging politician.
I was responding to Romney and his conscience based on his belief in Mormonism.
Yes, he is. ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION, WEST VIRGINIA? How many times are you fools going to let this piece of shit run this play on ya’ll?
He’s safe until 2024. He thinks you won’t remember.
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