Early Tests Indicate Senate GOP Unlikely to Convict Trump
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In a test vote ahead of President Trump’s impeachment, trial, all but five Republican senators backed former president Donald Trump. While left-leaning articles highlight that the vote shows the continued sway Trump holds over GOP officeholders even though he has left the White House, right-leaning articles highlight that Republicans have called to “move on'' from impeachment now that Trump is out of office.
A left-leaning article by The Washington Post highlights that the vote shows the continued sway Trump holds over GOP officeholders even though he has left the White House. However, a few senators who voted with Senator Rand Paul said they wanted to hear further debate on the constitutionality in question regarding Trump’s impeachment.
NPR published a centrist article reporting that the Senate voted 55-45 to reject Senator Rand Paul’s argument that the impeachment trial was unconstitutional because Trump is no longer in office. Paul’s argument is one that has been repeated often in recent days by other Senate Republicans who have criticized Trump’s actions.
A right-leaning article by Fox News highlights that Republicans have called to “move on'' from impeachment now that Trump is out of office. After the vote, former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows predicted that the impeachment article was “dead on arrival.”
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Nearly all GOP senators vote against impeachment trial for Trump, signaling likely acquittal
The Washington Post