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https://politicalwire.com/2019/09/30/mcconnell-confirms-senate-would-take-up-impeachment/McConnell Confirms Senate Would Take Up Impeachment
September 30, 2019 at 12:12 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard
Said McConnell: I would have no choice but to take it up. How long you are on it is a different matter, but I would have no choice but to take it up based on a Senate rule on impeachment.
lame54
(35,284 posts)defacto7
(13,485 posts)By law he has to take it up. Then he calls for a vote and 10 minutes later it's over.
lame54
(35,284 posts)I do not believe they will ever find Trump guilty
But this is far different than his earlier bluster
Tiggeroshii
(11,088 posts)Seems to be the key words here.
lame54
(35,284 posts)But he earlier had no intention to bring it to trial
shanti
(21,675 posts)doesn't mean he will vote (and encourage his brethren to) FOR impeachment. he is not to be trusted, that moscow mitch.
tritsofme
(17,376 posts)and it would take four Republican senators to defeat it.
Kablooie
(18,626 posts)He won't be in complete control though.
The chief justice, John Roberts, will preside.
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)lsewpershad
(2,620 posts)just another fat lie as a distraction.
Brainfodder
(6,423 posts)Dirty tricks Moscow Mitch, trust but verify, and have the cattle prod & sharpened pitchforks ready?
Amimnoch
(4,558 posts)that Moscow Mitch won't be the one presiding over the impeachment trial in the Senate. For the impeachment of a President, it will be Chief Justice John Roberts that will preside as prescribed in the Constitution.