Posted on 01/12/2021 3:10:04 PM PST by NKP_Vet
Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, 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.
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Fake news. You’re way past your PCOD date.
What they are doing is purging 75+ million voters from the GOP.
Bye bye Repukes.
>purge 90% of the republican voters
hahaha..No wonder the republicans did so well the last election
The masks are completely off. The GOP needs to die — and fast.
if it turns out to be real newas?
It's turtle, so I kinda do.
I can't believe the WhiGOP continues to misread the whole situation on the ground so catastrophically.
I marvel that there are folks who think the WhiGOP can be rectified.
The Turtle wants Trump out and Biden in to hide his family treason.
The Turtle is just like GA Gov Kemp and GA SOS Raffenburger: the CCP traitors need to cover their asses to avoid implication.
What a fool. Trump started a movement.
We don’t need Trump to run as a republican anymore! He probably wouldn’t, anyway! He knows all about their ways and is no one’s fool! Trump could run on whatever label he wanted and I think he’d win!
FNC reporting the same in even more detail. Sounds credible.
McRhino apparently wants to “purge Trump and his supporters from the party”.
What kind of freaking MORON is this guy? How are ANY Republican candidates getting elected if they “purge” 70-85% of their party?
Told unnamed assoicates. Right.
What he did do, is immediately publish the fact that the Senate couldn’t take up impeachment until after Trump is out of office.
Which makes the impeachment moot.
Gonna be purging voters from GOP, my friend.
So now the Slimes is employing mind readers?
If this is actually true (and who knows with the NTY propagandists), it means the end of the Republican party in any viable form.
Someone tell Mitch that the Republican Party will likely not survive into 2024. If It doesn’t it won’t be missed.
"...according to people familiar with his thinking..."
Hey, since all of us here are quite "familiar with Biden's thinking," that makes each of us verified spokespeople for anything that Biden has told others in confidence.
We don't even have to first actually talk to Biden to find out what he's saying to others. All that's needed to qualify is to "be familiar with his thinking". Easy peasy!
If the Turtle really feels that way, he should have the guts to make it known publicly. I will take second-hand accounts with a grain of salt unless clear evidence is provided.
Yes. McConnel isn’t that stupid.
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