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turbinetree

(24,695 posts) Thu Jan 30, 2020, 06:27 AM Jan 2020

3 Senate Dems from red states waver on impeachment votes

By ALAN FRAM and ANDREW TAYLOR
today

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the Senate impeachment trial grinds toward a climax, it remains unclear how three Democrats will vote on whether to toss President Donald Trump from office.

Sens. Doug Jones of Alabama, Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona are all question marks, though they’re widely regarded as likely to vote for at least one of the two impeachment articles.

Unlike a quartet of wavering Republicans who could put Trump in peril as lawmakers decide whether to call witnesses and extend the proceedings, the three Democrats’ votes on whether to acquit him won’t likely affect the trial’s outcome. It seems certain that the GOP-run Senate will lack the 67 votes needed to remove Trump from office, no matter what the trio does.

But the Democrats’ decisions will color their political careers and this year’s presidential campaign. If one or more of them votes to acquit Trump — even voting against one article of impeachment while supporting the other, which many consider likely — it could alienate some Democratic voters, mark their legacies and let Trump spend his reelection campaign asserting that he was cleared by a bipartisan vote.

https://apnews.com/1b52fe3e7b9b84db1364896fcba703de

Bullshit either you want witnesses or you don't...........................this isn't about politics this is about the rule of law and the Constitution........................

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3 Senate Dems from red states waver on impeachment votes (Original Post) turbinetree Jan 2020 OP

They're not wavering on the calling of witnesses. Mister Ed Jan 2020 #1

Mister Ed

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1. They're not wavering on the calling of witnesses.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 06:47 AM

Jan 2020

The article says these three might not vote to remove.

Jones and Manchin have said they back their party’s effort to call witnesses — Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton is a top target — while Sinema has not commented.

As the trial began, Sinema released a statement that shed no light on her views.
“I will treat this process with the gravity and impartiality that our oaths demand and will not comment on the proceedings or facts until the trial concludes,” she said.

Manchin told West Virginia reporters Wednesday that while he wants to hear witnesses, he’s undecided about whether to acquit Trump.

Jones was noncommittal Wednesday about the outcome of the case , saying he wanted to evaluate the evidence. “Now don’t go putting some damn headline in there, ‘Still open to acquit.’ I’m open to acquit, I’m open to convict,” Jones told reporters. “I want to hear all the evidence. I want to hear witnesses.”

All the article really tells us is that these three Democratic senators won't be publicly rendering a verdict until the end of the trial. We can't really fault them for that.

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