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McConnell is said to be pleased about impeachment, believing it will be easier to purge Trump from the G.O.P.
NY Times ^

Posted on 01/12/2021 2:01:49 PM PST by springwater13

Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party, according to people familiar with his thinking. The House is voting on Wednesday to formally charge Mr. Trump with inciting violence against the country.

At the same time, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, the minority leader and one of Mr. Trump’s most steadfast allies in Congress, has asked other Republicans whether he should call on Mr. Trump to resign in the aftermath of the riot at the Capitol last week, according to three Republican officials briefed on the conversations.

While Mr. McCarthy has said he is personally opposed to impeachment, he and other party leaders have decided not to formally lobby Republicans to vote “no,” and an aide to Mr. McCarthy said he was open to a measure censuring Mr. Trump for his conduct. In private, Mr. McCarthy reached out to a leading House Democrat to see if the chamber would be willing to pursue a censure vote, though Speaker Nancy Pelosi has ruled it out.

(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Kentucky
KEYWORDS: accordingtopeople; anonymoussources; donaldtrump; fakenews; familiarwith; gop; histhinking; impeachtrumpagain; mcconnell; mitchmcconnell; nytimes; trump
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1 posted on 01/12/2021 2:01:49 PM PST by springwater13
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To: springwater13

In a normal world I would say his is fake news. But today...


2 posted on 01/12/2021 2:02:54 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: springwater13
It is the New York Times.

Zero credibility.

3 posted on 01/12/2021 2:03:35 PM PST by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries. )
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To: springwater13
Time to FNC the GOP. Even if the NYT article is bullchips, it is time to FNC the GOP anyway.
4 posted on 01/12/2021 2:03:57 PM PST by OldGoatCPO (No Caitiff Choir of Angels will sing for me.)
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To: springwater13

Article from New York Times?? Don’t believe a word from that rag.


5 posted on 01/12/2021 2:04:09 PM PST by growingpains
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To: 1Old Pro

Turtle needs to be shipped off to China post haste. Damned idiot traitor that he is


6 posted on 01/12/2021 2:04:15 PM PST by MagUSNRET ((" I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of he night"))
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To: 1Old Pro
You're trusting "unnamed sources" from the New York Slimes.

AFTER McConnell already distributed a memo a day or two ago that the Senate wouldn't be able to start on Peach-Mint till after the 20th.

If Biden is in office then (still not certain) then President Trump is a private citizen and not subject to Peach-Mint.

7 posted on 01/12/2021 2:04:27 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change with out notice.)
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To: 1Old Pro

Well McConnell did absolutely zero to address election fraud so I’m not surprised.


8 posted on 01/12/2021 2:04:42 PM PST by pnz1 ("These people have gone stone-cold crazy")
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To: 1Old Pro

Not buying it. Would need to hear turtle say it and sign a piece of paper saying the same. I don’t trust the NYT on any “report”.


9 posted on 01/12/2021 2:04:47 PM PST by Gahanna Bob
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To: springwater13

Yeh right....


10 posted on 01/12/2021 2:05:05 PM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: springwater13
"According to people familiar with his thinking." Now that's a new deceptive ploy by the Slimes! Guess "anonymous sources close to the matter" doesn't quite cut it anymore.
11 posted on 01/12/2021 2:05:10 PM PST by Rocco DiPippo
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To: springwater13

Who exactly does the GOPe think are it’s electorate

Has there ever been such a disconnect between the elected and its voters?


12 posted on 01/12/2021 2:05:19 PM PST by wardaddy (I applaud Jim Robinson for his comments on the Southern Monuments decision ...thank you run the tra)
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To: springwater13

He must be getting a big payoff because he’ll never be able to go home.


13 posted on 01/12/2021 2:06:12 PM PST by dljordan
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To: marktwain
-- It is the New York Times.
Zero credibility.
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Vs. Mitch McConnel.
Zero credibility.

Tough call.

But, Mitch is dead to me, as is the GOP.

14 posted on 01/12/2021 2:06:13 PM PST by Cboldt
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Of course it will be easy: Trump isn’t doing anything.


15 posted on 01/12/2021 2:07:00 PM PST by proust (Justice delayed is injustice.)
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To: springwater13

The B*tch Mitch had better watch out for what he wishes for.

No republican will ever hold a seat of public trust again.

Wait and see if he actually is saying this.

Third party here we go.


16 posted on 01/12/2021 2:07:14 PM PST by crz
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To: springwater13

Oddly, I think this caretaker version of Congress is not legally in a position to impeach anyone. They can impeach Biden after the 20th, and I would not be surprised if they find an excuse to do so. But President Trump is not the one tied to their iteration.


17 posted on 01/12/2021 2:07:18 PM PST by Ingtar
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To: grey_whiskers
See the 1837 impeachment of Grant's Sercretary of War.

Happened after he resigned. The trial was held anyway.

18 posted on 01/12/2021 2:07:18 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: springwater13

NY Times says Mcconnell says ... That leads me to believe that nobody said anything at all.


19 posted on 01/12/2021 2:08:07 PM PST by cdcdawg (Turn off Fox News! You can do it!)
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To: springwater13

The Trump base should vow to never again vote for any pubbie that votes for impeachment.


20 posted on 01/12/2021 2:08:27 PM PST by kenmcg (tHE WHOLE )
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