Posted on 01/25/2021 12:51:35 PM PST by Magnatron
House Democrats plan to walk the impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump to the Senate on Monday evening, but multiple members of the GOP in the Upper Chamber have already come out against holding a trial.
The Epoch Times reported Monday, 29 GOP senators have spoken out against holding a trial, arguing it is unconstitutional to try to convict a former office holder, or a waste of time.
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This is The Epoch Times' list of GOP Senators who oppose a trial:
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas. Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D. Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C. Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss. Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss. Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D. Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo. Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis. Sen. John Boozman, R-Ark. Sen. Mike Braun, R-Ind. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D. Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn. Sen. Jodi Ernst, R-Iowa. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn. Sen. John Hoeven, R-N.D. Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo. Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.
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And Roberts too. He should preside and make a ruling that its unconstitutional and throw it out for guess what, "Lack of Standing".
The election to stand up and fight for just ended, Republicans lost because they would not fight, and many wouldn't fight because they hate Trump and love the swamp system they benefit from.
The GOP had its chance to save our Republic and they purposely blew it. There will be no "free and fair elections" in America's future, so you can just forget about winning the white house.
“No Mitch McConnell”
Correct.
Mitch is bought.
This GOP a lot.
Has chief justice Roberts formally declared that he will not preside at the Senate trial? I’ve read many times that he will not do it but I wonder if it is just a “some say” type statement.
And no Portman from Ohio. Just heard today he is not seeking re-election. Better watch this nutcase.
Or rewritten the laws to make Trump guilty of “something”.
Trump's team should certainly petition SCOTUS to rule that it's a farce. Roberts shouldn't preside (and he won't) because that would give the proceeding an imprimatur that is not justified.
How about no due process. He did not get to defend himself inthe House.
Farce.
They never acknowledged the most serious reason to oppose this. The idea is to drive a political opponent from office—ok, blood sport and all that. But never before has an insurgent party not only seized power but continued to hound that opponent into his private life, threatening his freedom, his family and his supporters. This is banana republic stuff. What you would expect in Chile, say, or Nicaragua.. Where the new guys criminalized the old guys and sought to put them in prison for no discernible crime. Crossing the line.
which, if you actually do, shows as many successes for third parties as failures (two each). Successes...Democrats displace Federalists, Republicans displace Whigs. Failures..Bull Moose and Ross Perot. The history of the current tyranny is more like the first two than the second.
The idea of impeachment of a private citizen is ludicrous; so I have to assume the rats have deeper motives. Their idea may be that even a sham impeachment could help set the predicate for a criminal trail in the usual courts of law. In any case the floozies and scoundrels of the media will make a big deal of it however it turns out.
We don’t have much of a 2nd party right now but, regardless, tens of millions will vote for its candidates in the next election - viable, sensible, 3rd party or not. THAT is how you split votes - and now is exactly the worst possible time in history to do that, since the Dems are utterly unconstrained by any shred of decency or the usual check of morality. They aim for nothing less than a 1-party nation...THEIR party, not ours, to be sure. Give them a landslide by splitting the vote like TR and Taft did, and you’ll swear that you’re in a Twilight Zone episode, because it’s going to feel a lot like Nazi Germany very quickly after that (and that’s if we’re lucky - it may happen before then if they get truly greedy for power, and there are signs that they are).
BTW, here’s my response of a few minutes ago to a GOP email begging me to renew my expired membership (i.e. my contributions to them):
Today’s news that ONLY 29 out of 50 Republican Senators think that the 2nd impeachment of Donald J. Trump is such a complete sham that the Senate shouldn’t even hear the case. So, what happened to the other 21?
THAT is why I have left the Party, after having been a member since I started voting in 1980.
Good bye, and good riddance, you useless bunch of cucks.”
I think you are right. After all, they impeached him in one day, no witnesses, no presentation of evidence, no defense, just gassy speeches and then a vote. A true parody of a real trial.
While we’re on the topic, here’s my response of a few minutes ago to a GOP email begging me to renew my expired “membership” (i.e. my contributions to them):
Today’s news that ONLY 29 out of 50 Republican Senators think that the 2nd impeachment of Donald J. Trump is such a complete sham that the Senate shouldn’t even hear the case. So, what happened to the other 21?
THAT is why I have left the Party, after having been a member since I started voting in 1980.
Good bye, and good riddance, you useless bunch of cucks.”
The Constitution is very clear, "When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief Justice shall preside..." Since POTUS is not being tried, the CJ is not involved.
No, he isn't. Please see my reply #76.
Failures..Bull Moose and Ross Perot.
Don't know what the CJ's comments are about this, if any. Makes no difference as he won't be involved. Please see my reply #76.
Please see my reply #76. Thanks.
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