Every single vulnerable Senate Republican is siding with Majority Leader Mitch McConnell plans to support a sham process that does not include any “commitment to calling witnesses or admitting new evidence” — despite the fact that new polling shows “bipartisan majorities” of Americans (including many Republicans) and independent voters in battleground states like Arizona, Colorado, Maine, and North Carolina want to see a fair hearing with more witnesses.
Republican Senators Susan Collins, Cory Gardner, Martha McSally, and Thom Tillis will not commit to securing those witnesses, like former White House national security advisor John Bolton, who have direct knowledge of the president’s abuse of power. When asked by reporters about their support for a sham trial that would exclude key witnesses, those GOP senators have been dodging questions or running for the elevators.
A new report today from the Associated Press highlights how “Gardner and several other GOP senators in tight races this year” are making “a political calculation that values loyalty to Trump and his base over any bipartisan appeal.”
“Instead of conducting a full and fair process that carefully considers all the evidence, vulnerable Republican incumbents like Susan Collins and Cory Gardner are walking the party line and siding with Mitch McConnell in his push for a sham trial,” said DSCC spokesperson Stewart Boss. “These spineless Republican incumbents would rather enable a self-serving partisan cover-up than listen to voters in their states who expect them to do their jobs by getting the facts and insisting on critical documents and firsthand witnesses.”
Morning Consult: Most Voters Want More Impeachment Witnesses as Senate Prepares for Trial
Pollster Geoff Garin on the Senate impeachment trial:
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