Andrea Mitchell: "Repub senator told me-if it was a secret vote-30 senators would vote to impeach"

[kpete]

On whether Senators would vote for impeachment, @murphymike says, "One Republican senator told me if it was a secret vote, 30 Republican senators would vote to impeach Trump."

Link to tweet

[LenaBaby61]

1. No fan of Mitchell's ...

But on this, I believe her.

[DrToast]

13. They told Mike Murphy, not her

He’s still very well connected to Republicans.

[LenaBaby61]

14. "They told Mike Murphy, not her."

Ah, okay. Thank you

I don't watch her. My friend sent me the tweet and I thought someone told her.

I believe him then.

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Fucking cowards.

[maxsolomon]

5. the winds need to change definitively.

a GOP senator's #1 constituency is themselves. craven old egoists.

[dweller]

3. the way things are developing today

i doubt that will have to be a secret vote soon ...

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[unblock]

4. senators don't impeach, that's the house's job. senators hold a trial and convict or not.

it's possible that the senators mean they'd vote to impeach if they were in the house, but most likely, andrea's just an idiot on this point.

[spanone]

6. Profiles in Cowardice.

[asiliveandbreathe]

7. All the articles of impeachment, when they are written, and aired

Ain't gonna be a secret...I do think they will change their mind - quick..and anyone in congress who may be looking at any future employ..really needs to lead, follow, or just get the hell out!! That includes anyone in the wh who has a resume they will need to update....

[hopeforchange2008]

8. Gutless and appalling. IOW, par for the course. /nt

[gratuitous]

11. And why is she letting this Senator be anonymous?

Get him on the record saying this, or tell him to forget it. There's no journalistic reason to keep back the Senator's identity.

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Mrs Greenspan doing her best to shade the truth.

Nice shot Andrea,but your still a GOP shill.

[struggle4progress]

10. Oh, look! Here's yet another American speaking with forked tongue!

Comey: Trump shouldn't be impeached because the 'American people would be let off the hook'
Savannah Behrmann, USA TODAY
Published 4:44 p.m. ET Sept. 24, 2019
Updated 2:20 p.m. ET Sept. 25, 2019

WASHINGTON — Former FBI director James Comey said in an interview published Tuesday that he hopes President Donald Trump is not impeached because it means American voters would be “let off the hook.”

However a day after the interview was released, Comey seemingly suggested that he is open to an impeachment inquiry.

"Some media are quoting me from last week about my hope that America will remove Donald Trump by an election, not Impeachment," he wrote on Twitter Wednesday. "But we may now be at the point where members of the House and Senate can’t uphold their own oaths to support and defend the Constitution without acting."

Comey was fired by the Trump in 2017 and has since been a staunch critic of the president, but reiterated his view that removing Trump from office before his tenure is completed is the wrong move ...

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/24/james-comey-trump-shouldnt-impeached/2431999001/

[stopdiggin]

12. not a Comey fan (by any stretch)

but read in entirety .. this seems like a fairly rational opinion (and statement of affairs). things change .. he issued a clarification that made sense.

[LenaBaby61]

15. What bothers me is that ...

People seems like they don't GET that our elections are NOT fair or free.

Yes, russian asset MoscowMitch dolled out a BIT of money to sure up election issues, but that's not NEARLY enough to clean up the voting system. Its in tatters because tRump gutted everything else concerning our voting structure here in the USA. The ruskies are STILL meddling in our elections as of NOW.

Don't hate Comey, but he comes off to me as being a bobble-head of sorts. Hell, the GOP is STILL gerrymandering elections so that they can win them and they most often DO.

[beachbumbob]

16. I find that ridiculous. The trump base would simple stay home in Nov

2020 leading to greatest lost of power of Republicans across America.

We can hope for this but be serious.