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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsA Senate Republican aide says he thinks there were about 20, give or take, Rs open to conviction bef
Before our story on McConnell
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leftieNanner
(15,149 posts)But he won't do a Nixon and resign, even if Mitch tells him he's got the votes in the Senate.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)First there was the George Conway tweet.
Secondly, there are some GOP senators who have been hiding in plain sight who I don't believe like Trump one bit, but because they don't speak a lot or get mentioned in headlines, nobody pays much attention to them.
Thekaspervote
(32,793 posts)Like hawley and cruz...theres a plan
coti
(4,612 posts)and split the party.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Big factor.
BeyondGeography
(39,379 posts)coti
(4,612 posts)Last chance!
spanone
(135,873 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)that the threat of certain conviction will make Trump resign, like Nixon did. Aint gonna ever happen with this one. Well have to have a trial and see if there really are 20.
Fingers crossed!
uponit7771
(90,363 posts)... about Trump who's wounded but not enough for the kGOP to remove him.
Trump has a 78% approval among MAGA Minions, that's not enough for them to give up on him right now
frazzled
(18,402 posts)Its all dried up. Even Hallmark has pulled funding. That, my friend, counts more than anything to these people.
Chicago1980
(1,968 posts)But at the very last minute so Pence can still pardon him.
Until then, hell and havoc.
uponit7771
(90,363 posts)... said something.
We have relative silence other than "reports" of fairly quite decent
zeekmanzero
(3 posts)2022
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Boozman, John (R-AR)
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Kennedy, John (R-LA)
Lankford, James (R-OK)
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Loeffler, Kelly (R-GA)
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Portman, Rob (R-OH)
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uponit7771
(90,363 posts)... were making noise then I'd say Moscow Mitch has the votes.
Right now Moscow Mitch doesn't want to share the kGOP with Putin's Whore and the kGOP is bleeding money he's not wanting to keep that up either.
This isn't cause he has the votes
BumRushDaShow
(129,440 posts)and we're hoping we can get THE Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in!
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John Fetterman
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Jan 12, 2021
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Not ready quite ready to nominate Liz Cheney for Rotarian of the Month just yet
John Fetterman
@JohnFetterman
Lets hold off on that ticker tape parade for a Republican willing to vote for impeachment only *after* a mob bludgeoned a police officer to death with a flagpole.
8:00 PM · Jan 12, 2021 from Braddock, PA
ETA - Loeffler (GA) lost so you can take her off that list.