There has been a lot of speculation that Senator McConnell (R-KY) would vote in favor of Donald Trump’s impeachment.
It is no secret that McConnell blamed Trump for the Georgia losses and he has been very vocal about criticizing Trump over the riot at the Capitol.
When it comes to impeachment, however, McConnell is willing to put all that on the backburner.
McConnell Reveals Vote
According to numerous reports that just broke, it has been confirmed that McConnell will vote to acquit Trump.
This is fairly shocking because several weeks ago, it was revealed that McConnell may use the impeachment to rid the Republican party of Trump once and for all.
This could, however, be more about the overall temperature in the room than how McConnell truly feels.
If McConnell were to vote to impeach and Trump was still acquitted, it would hurt McConnell with both Trump supporters and his leadership role.
After all, if the Senate Republican Leader failed to convince his members, just how much power and influence would he yield moving forward?
While I do not believe Trump will run for office again, I do believe he is going to be a kingmaker of sorts in the party.
Regardless of how the party feels about him right now, he has tens of millions of loyal supporters that will back any candidate he gets behind.
So, McConnell has a choice… stay on Trump’s good side or risk getting left behind… McConnell is seemingly choosing the former.
There is still a lot of mending to go on here, as reports have stated that Trump and McConnell have not spoken since December 15, 2020.
Even so, voting to acquit will hold some weight with Trump.
It will also hold weight with Republican Senators who were undecided how to go, as they will surely now vote alongside McConnell on this issue.
It now appears as though Democrats will get about six votes to impeach, more than 10 shy of what they will need.
So, I guess now it is on to their backup plan and the 14th Amendment (Section 3), but I don’t believe that will be as easy as Democrats think unless they pull some shenanigans to get a majority vote rather than the supermajority that is called for in both chamers in the Constitution.
Source: The Hill
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