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8 Republican senators to watch on impeachment (Vox)
« on: October 17, 2019, 05:03:01 pm »
No endorsement to Vox, saw this on twitter and thought I'd share it.

Cutting to the chase:

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These are the 8 Republican senators to watch on impeachment:

– Mitt Romney (R-UT)
– Susan Collins (R-ME)
– Ben Sasse (R-NE)
– Joni Ernst (R-IA)
– Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
– Martha McSally (R-AZ)
– Cory Gardner (R-CO)
– Lamar Alexander (R-TN)


https://twitter.com/voxdotcom/status/1183785803555786752

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8 Republican senators to watch on impeachment

Li Zhouli@vox.com

Congress is back — meaning Senate Republicans are going to have to start answering pointed questions about where they stand on impeachment.

While it’s pretty unlikely enough Republican senators will actually vote to convict President Donald Trump if articles of impeachment are brought against him, members who represent swing states, such as Susan Collins, might feel pressure to defect due to pushback from their constituents. Others, like Mitt Romney, have vocalized opposition to the president in the past and are among the most likely to do so again.

As Vanity Fair’s Gabriel Sherman writes, it’s possible that a definitive statement from a lawmaker like Romney could be the “pressure point” to embolden other Republicans to confront Trump on impeachment.

Continued at: https://www.vox.com/2019/10/14/20908684/senate-republicans-trump-impeachment-mitt-romney-susan-collins?utm_source=sprout&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=vox.social&utm_content=1571059900

I'm glad Rubio is not on the list but I'm not sure if he is a totally sure vote AGAINST impeachment.