Senator Rand Paul sees the impeachment of Donald J. Trump as a mockery of the rule of law and is not pleased that some of his GOP colleagues want to call witnesses. That should have taken place in the House.
He is taking a hardline on behalf of the President.
END THE TRIAL BEFORE WITNESSES ARE CALLED
“Paul says if four or more of his GOP colleagues join with Democrats to entertain new witness testimony, he will make the Senate vote on subpoenaing the president’s preferred witnesses, including Hunter Biden and the whistleblower who revealed the Ukraine scandal — polarizing picks who moderate Republicans aren’t eager to call. So he has a simple message for his party: end the trial before witnesses are called,” Politico reports.
“If you vote against Hunter Biden, you’re voting to lose your election, basically. Seriously. That’s what it is,” Paul said during an interview in his office on Wednesday. “If you don’t want to vote and you think you’re going to have to vote against Hunter Biden, you should just vote against witnesses, period.”
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has warned Republicans not to divide the party and endanger his slim GOP majority. However, what Paul is doing could help him.
THEY WILL BE ON THE RECORD
But if a majority of the Senate agrees to hear witnesses, Paul is ready to go all out to make sure everyone in the Senate is on the record about whether they stand with Trump.
“My first preference would be to be done with it as soon as possible and not to have any witnesses,” Paul said. “If they insist on having people like Bolton coming forward, my insistence will be not just one witness. But that the president should be able to call any witnesses that he deems necessary to his defense.”
He will be able to do it with the process Senate Majority Leader McConnell has outlined.
An initial vote to consider witnesses has been sought by GOP Sens. Susan Collins of Maine, Mitt Romney of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. If it fails, the trial is likely to head to closing arguments.
Paul is unified when it comes to hearing the opening arguments, but that is where his efforts to unify will end.
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OBVIOUSLY the “COMMIECRATS” are hoping to cause enough trouble as to make the “FEARFUL 5” willing to CALL for “WITNESSES”….(which will enable the SENATE DEMS to cause MORE PROBLEMS)…and so that the IMPEACHMENT will be dragged out, & full of false testimony, causing even MORE problems.. The “COMMIECRATS” want another KAVENAGH debicle, before they give up!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOTHING WORTHWHILE EVER COMES… Read more »
the 3 traitors lead by romney
he got punked by candy crowley and showed himself to be a coward
as bad as obama was. romney and ryan in their own ways, might have been worse
And, never ever never ever never ever never vote for a leftie of any variety. They are always lower than the proverbial whale crap at the bottom of the oceans. The rinos are one step above that description, but not by much. I don’t always agree with Rand Paul, but, in this instance, he’s absolutely correct. Expose the rinos and… Read more »
I agree with Rand Paul, do the opening statements and then vote…no witnesses…the demoncraps had their chance and they f’ing blew it as usual…as for those RINOS, DO NOT VOTE FOR THEM
Hunter and Joe Biden, front and center…
Better yet, make sure these RINOs have primary challengers
Mitch and his club of RINOs are the cause of the slim republican majority. They have a solid record of helping liberal republicans and opposing conservative republicans.
At least Paul takes strong and principled stands. Mitch leads from behind then pretends he is in a jam that he actually caused.
Agree with your post, as McConnell was NOT a strong supporter of “the Outsider, Trump but WE the PEOPLE elected him and those opposed have NO RESPECT for WE GOP VOTERS’ We wanted Trump as POTUS, because “D.C. IS a Cesspool of Corruption and WE want Trump to DRAIN THAT SMELLY SWAMP OF ANYONE WHO IS NOT SERVING THIS NATION… Read more »