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TwilightZone

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13. Not for many of them.

Wed Sep 25, 2019, 01:00 PM

Sep 2019

If GOP voter support of Trump remains high, their constituents will, in general, want them to vote to acquit. Voting to acquit is therefore no problem politically, especially for red-state Senators.

If GOP voter support of Trump remains 85-90%, GOP Senators in, say, Wyoming or Oklahoma, have no reason to vote to convict. Their supporters want them to acquit, and their careers are priority one.

Only if GOP voter support of Trump drops does it become a problem for them politically.

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Mike Murphy on MSNBC: GOP Senator told me if it was a secret vote 30 of us would convict Trump [View all] BeyondGeography Sep 2019 OP

Watching in the lunch room. Bad sound. underpants Sep 2019 #1

Profiles in Courage, Republican style. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2019 #2

Which leads to the question: Goodheart Sep 2019 #3

I suspect if they had unanimous consent to do it... berni_mccoy Sep 2019 #6

I don't buy it. TwilightZone Sep 2019 #4

Too late for a primary? safeinOhio Sep 2019 #5

Conservatives are self-preserving cowards. Dawson Leery Sep 2019 #7

yep, they'll chew your leg off dweller Sep 2019 #11

Yet those 30 will instead speak out in his defense Awsi Dooger Sep 2019 #8

They probably won't speak out. TwilightZone Sep 2019 #9

The last thing they want to do is make that vote BeyondGeography Sep 2019 #12

Not for many of them. TwilightZone Sep 2019 #13

Profiles in Cowardice. spanone Sep 2019 #10

Cowards. But I'd take it. Roland99 Sep 2019 #14