GOP senators say that if the House passes articles of impeachment against President Trump they will quickly quash them in the Senate, where Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) has broad authority to set the parameters of a trial.
While McConnell is required to act on articles of impeachment, which require 67 votes or a two-thirds majority to convict the president, he and his Republican colleagues have the power to set the rules and ensure the briefest of trials.
"I think it would be disposed of very quickly," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
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Let the obsessive/compulsive nutjobs keep talking about impeachment. They sound sillier by the day.... National polls show that fewer than 40 percent of Americans support impeachment proceedings against Trump, while the majority oppose them..... please run on that platform for the 2020 elections, sounds like a sure winner...ROTFLMFAO!
While McConnell is required to act on articles of impeachment, which require 67 votes or a two-thirds majority to convict the president, he and his Republican colleagues have the power to set the rules and ensure the briefest of trials.
"I think it would be disposed of very quickly," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.).
(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...
Let the obsessive/compulsive nutjobs keep talking about impeachment. They sound sillier by the day.... National polls show that fewer than 40 percent of Americans support impeachment proceedings against Trump, while the majority oppose them..... please run on that platform for the 2020 elections, sounds like a sure winner...ROTFLMFAO!