Posted on 01/22/2021 10:21:14 AM PST by Magnatron
As the House prepares to send articles of impeachment to the Senate on Monday, CNN has learned that dozens of influential Republicans around Washington -- including former top Trump administration officials -- have been quietly lobbying GOP members of Congress to impeach and convict Donald Trump. The effort is not coordinated but reflects a wider battle inside the GOP between those loyal to Trump and those who want to sever ties and ensure he can never run for President again.
The lobbying started in the House after the January 6 attack on the Capitol and in the days leading up to impeachment. But it's now more focused on Sen. Mitch McConnell, the powerful minority leader who has signaled he may support convicting Trump.
"Mitch said to me he wants Trump gone," one Republican member of Congress told CNN. "It is in his political interest to have him gone. It is in the GOP interest to have him gone. The question is, do we get there?"
McConnell had proposed delaying the trial until February, but with the articles coming to the Senate on Monday, the process will likely be set in motion sooner. It would take 17 Republicans to join all 50 Democrats in order to convict. While the bar is high, some GOP sources think there is more of an appetite to punish the former President than is publicly apparent.
"There were 10 House Republicans who voted for impeachment. There were probably over 150 who supported it," said Charlie Dent, a former Republican congressman and CNN contributor.
The ongoing Republican whisper campaign, according to more than a dozen sources who spoke to CNN, is based on a shared belief that a successful conviction is critical for the future of the Republican party.
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Welcome to 3rd party status.
CNN=Will not read.
He’s already gone..
Of course he wants Trump gone.
He thinks his empire won’t crumble if Trump is gone.
He does this and the GOP is dead.
It proves they will NOT fight for the 75 million people who voted for Trump and will NOT fight for America but just want our slavery.
McConnell-kazes.
Mitch seems to think we are stuck with them; if they ever want to win anything, it’s the other way around. Even if this report is garbage (CNN being what it is), the GOPe is finished.
Outstanding!
Who died and put Mitch in charge of who We the People can elect as president? Does Mitch think he is king of us all? The last I heard, he himself is an elected representative of Kentucky.
Hey Moron Mitch, open your eyes he is gone. And so will you in a short time.
All is well. I just seen crying chuck assure that the trial for conviction will be fair and impartial.
[ “the GOP seems intent on completely and utterly obliterating themselves...
McConnell-kazes. ]
Swamp creatures like McConnel will ride the GOP corpse down into hell then convert to Democrats and say they are joining the “Moderate wing” of the democrat party.
Odd, Lindsey says the GOP won’t vote to convict, all senators.
He’s obviously fine with his party being a permanent minority. Impeachment will push so many away that they won’t even be able to steal an election.
Yeah an unconstitutional impeachment for a president already out of office is fair and impartial.
Yes, we all realize that. The GOP's problem is that most of us have drawn the appropriate conclusions that follow from that fact.
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