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turbinetree

(24,710 posts)
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:42 PM Feb 2020

GOP meeting in effort to save embattled senators from impeachment acquittal fallout: report

Published 5 mins ago on February 8, 2020

By Matthew Chapman

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) says he believes that the impeachment trial has galvanized Republican voters — and furthermore, suggested, “In the end it’s not likely to have much of an impact on any of the races, the presidential or the Senate races.”

But according to the Washington Post, he is organizing a weekend retreat for GOP senators and donors for “popsicles and prosecco by the pool” at the Breakers Resort in Palm Beach, Florida, to assess how impeachment has affected their chances of keeping the majority.

With the exception of Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT), all Senate Republicans joined together to acquit President Donald Trump of both articles of impeachment. This includes vulnerable Republicans representing competitive states in elections this year, like Sens. Susan Collins (R-ME), Cory Gardner (R-UT), Thom Tillis (R-NC), Martha McSally (R-AZ), and Joni Ernst (R-IA).

Senate Democrats have no plans to let their voters forget these votes.

“Armed with polling showing voters largely supported an expanded trial, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is trying to raise money for key challengers to Republican incumbents,” wrote reporter Paul Kane. “‘We know you’re angry,’ the DSCC began its Friday missive.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/02/gop-meeting-in-effort-to-save-embattled-senators-from-impeachment-acquittal-fallout-report/


First of all Democrats do have a plan to let voters remember..........................how fucking Russian Republican enabling traitors produced a fucking cover-up to a criminal enterprise that did commit treason and is committing treason yesterday and currently.....................here are the examples that we have fucking plan, so VOTERS do not forget......................to remind voters of what these fucking Russian enabling senators did..........................just for starters there are 49 more of these assholes.......................that enabled this cover-up....................












Fucking fascist.......................traitors.........................


November 3 2020 cannot get here fast enough......................
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GOP meeting in effort to save embattled senators from impeachment acquittal fallout: report (Original Post) turbinetree Feb 2020 OP
Get rid of the traitors dalton99a Feb 2020 #1
The Breakers? Me. Feb 2020 #2
I noticed that, too. Lindsay Feb 2020 #5
Gardner is from Colorado, not Utah. GoCubsGo Feb 2020 #3
Someone posted this link yesterday. CrispyQ Feb 2020 #4
Watch for Murdoch Media to Wellstone ruled Feb 2020 #6
They already had that "fallout" meeting Zambero Feb 2020 #7
Plotting on stealing and cheating with the help of Russians, SA, and other Iliyah Feb 2020 #8
Fire them all! They are all disgusting. bronxiteforever Feb 2020 #9

Lindsay

(3,276 posts)
5. I noticed that, too.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:51 PM
Feb 2020

I'm guessing they don't want Trump to hear every word they say in his bugged (and microphoned ) rooms.

GoCubsGo

(32,086 posts)
3. Gardner is from Colorado, not Utah.
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:45 PM
Feb 2020

Too late for him and the others. Hopefully, too late for McConnell, as well.

 

Wellstone ruled

(34,661 posts)
6. Watch for Murdoch Media to
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:52 PM
Feb 2020

go all in with free Propaganda for these so called vulnerable Senators. Sinclair Media will join in their efforts as well.

All about saving Moscow Mitch.

Zambero

(8,965 posts)
7. They already had that "fallout" meeting
Sat Feb 8, 2020, 01:52 PM
Feb 2020

After the Bolton story broke during the trial. At that point, a number of GOP senators were inclined to be in favor of calling witnesses, as were 75% of voters. Then during a long meeting, McConnell summarily reined his sheep back in, and a hear-no-evil sham trial ensued. So the fallout has already been manufactured and wholly owned by these people. The 5 or so senators were already on thin ice, and all the poolside popsicles in the world is not going to save them.

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