U.S. Sen. Rand Paul declared former President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial “dead on arrival” on Tuesday after 45 Senate Republicans voted against holding the proceeding, viewing it as unconstitutional.
Rand, a Kentucky Republican, had called for a procedural vote regarding holding a trial, claiming the Senate shouldn’t address the article of impeachment against Trump filed by the House this month because Trump is now out of office.
– Read more at Fox News.
The Senate just voted on my constitutional point of order.
45 Senators agreed that this sham of a “trial” is unconstitutional.
That is more than will be needed to acquit and to eventually end this partisan impeachment process.
This “trial” is dead on arrival in the Senate.
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 26, 2021
“If you voted that it was unconstitutional, how in the world would you ever vote to convict somebody for this?” Paul told reporters after the vote, according to Politico. “This vote indicates it’s over. The trial is all over.”
“I don’t think Democrats expect to have the votes to convict,” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) added. “I don’t think this is about accomplishing that. I think this is an effort to embarrass not only the former president but also members of the opposing party.” – Politico
Sen. @RandPaul: "This impeachment is nothing more than a partisan exercise designed to further divide the country. Democrats claim to want to unify the country, but impeaching a former president, a private citizen, is the antithesis of unity." pic.twitter.com/W8SHXO2URn
— CSPAN (@cspan) January 26, 2021
Who were the 5 RINOs who supported Democrats’ efforts to impeach a former president? The usual suspects, of course. Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Ben Sasse, Pat Toomey and Mitt Romney.
Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Ben Sasse, Pat Toomey and Mitt Romney should all get the “Medal Of Disgrace” put around their necks, by Joe Criminal Biden. Maybe Hunter can help Joe, at this ceremony. Good for you, Rand Paul, for having the guts to stand up to the Republicans In Name Only.
“Instead of the cross, the Albatross / About my neck was hung,”,,,,,,which is what we always get when bird brain Rino’s start handing out rewards,and American Eagles are replaced in Congress by Vultures and Cuckoos
How’s about take that medal, and turn it into a 20 ton ANCHOR….
Welcome to Einstein’s definition of insanity by doing things over and over and expecting to get a different result. Democrats will soon have to wear masks to hide the fact that THE PEOPLE cut off their noses, caused by sticking them into Constituional rebellions they had no place to reside,,,,,,but mostly becasue of the Liberal insanity and propensity for Democrats themselves, to cut off their own noses to spite their faces. Like their confused sexual venturing into going places no where no real man has gone before, their political pathological pathways to social experiments in insanity behave in like manner. The results of blindly charging the heights of the Senate will end like the British 600 who blindly charged the heights of Balaclava at Sebastopol , also due to someone screwing up the orders and not following the chain of command of reason.
“Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is just to do and die.” the historical result when SOCIALIST power seekers use good people as useful idiots.
The GOP doesn’t understand the concept that if you’re not on offense, then you are on defense. Until they start hitting the radical left hard and stay on offense they will always be stepped on and walked over by the left.
This is nothing but an attempt to embarrass the president, and should never have been allowed to happen.
Keep them on defense and never allow them to attempt anything like this again.
At least Twomey won’t be back – he’s taking spoils and running away, scurrying like a RAT. Maybe Sasse will run for President in 4 years so we can find out what is really in his closet…
Twomey, and others, like him, just need to RETIRE, or better yet, turn in their citizenship and FLEE To china…
All the more reason to repeal the 17th Amendment and restore the appointment of Senators by the State Legislatures. The Senate was made destructively political by this ill-considered change, which was championed by Progressives in the early 20th Century.
After having disappointed many of us Pennsylvanians with his wishy-washy record of voting our Senator, Pat Toomey, has nothing to fear in the way of retribution at the ballot box, he’s safe. He had already decided not to run so he won’t face the wrath of voters, he can play up to the Democrats all he wants now, even switch parties if he wants, he’s done his damage.
IMO it’s a real pity, that.. THERE SHOULD always be a way, we the voter, should be able to PUNISH THESE numpties, who shank us over.