Republicans Boast of Potential Bipartisan Acquittal for Trump; Three Democrats Undecided on Vote – By Ramsey Touchberry (Newsweek) / Jan 29 2020
Republicans went into the first day of the question-and-answer portion of President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial Wednesday confident that, whether or not they hear from witnesses, there’s a chance the president may walk away from the impeachment process stronger, thanks to a bipartisan acquittal.
© Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty (L to R) Sen. Doug Jones (D-AL) and Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) speak to reporters after the Senate passed a continuing resolution to fund the federal government, Capitol Hill, January 22, 2018 in Washington, D.C.
“We’ve already had Democrats come across and join with Republicans when it came to the impeachment articles in the House,” said Representative Mark Meadows of North Carolina, who’s part of group of House Republicans charged with defending Trump to the public rather than in the Senate. “To have a bipartisan acquittal verdict certainly would carry the same message.”
A trio of Democratic senators—Joe Manchin of West Virginia, Doug Jones of Alabama and Krysten Sinema of Arizona—are considered wildcards in terms of whether they’ll vote to convict the president of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Trump’s impeachment by the House ended with Democratic defectors, allowing Republicans to highlight potential unity cracks among the Democrats in the Senate. GOP leaders have touted the bipartisan opposition to Trump’s impeachment.
“I’ve heard it, I’ve used it. If I get one Republican vote, I talk about my bipartisan majority,” Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois said. “That’s natural around here, but I think people understand if it’s just one, two, three people, as opposed to a larger number. It’s in the eye of the beholder.”
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