Stopping Lisa Murkowski From Playing Lady Macbeth
I & I Editorial Board
December 27, 2019
I&I Editorial
The Trump Administration and the Republican Party got a troubling sign Christmas week that all of their number might not be willing to stand together come an impeachment trial.
Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski on Tuesday told KTUU-TV in Anchorage she was “disturbed†that her leader in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, would be coordinating with the White House in the coming trial – assuming House Speaker Nancy Pelosi will send over the articles of impeachment passed by the House earlier this month to the Senate.
Widely viewed as the quintessential “Republican In Name Only,†the Senate Energy and Natural Resources chairwoman and senior Alaska senator, first elected in 2002, said, “we have to take that step back from being hand in glove with the defense†and charged that McConnell “has further confused the process†after House Democrats rushed to get the president impeached before Christmas.
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