Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell admitted during a live interview on Fox News last night that Senate Republicans will cover up for Trump, pledging to “take my cues from the president’s lawyers” and vowing there would be “no difference” between the White House and Republican Majority.
The admission exposes how the GOP Senate will cover up for the president instead of providing a fair and bipartisan hearing of the evidence. It also undermines vulnerable incumbents — including Senators Cory Gardner and Susan Collins — who have dodged questions about the president’s abuse of the power of his office by claiming they’ll be open minded jurors in the Senate trial.
“Before a fair trial, jurors don’t promise to take their cues from the defense — but that’s exactly what Mitch McConnell pledged the Republican Senate will do,” said DSCC spokesperson Lauren Passalacqua. “McConnell’s admission means every Republican senator is disrespecting the rule of law and enabling a cover-up.”
Watch McConnell’s interview here:
Key Quotes:
“Everything I do during this I’m coordinating with the White House Counsel. There will be no difference between the president’s position and our position as to how to handle this to the extent that we can.”
“We’ll be working through this process hopefully in a fairly short period of time in total coordination with the White House Counsel’s Office and the people who are representing the president in the way to the Senate.”
“I’m going to coordinate with the president’s lawyers, so there won’t be any difference between us on how to do this.”
“I’m going to take my cues from the president’s lawyers.”
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