NC Republicans condemn Burr for guilty vote in Trump impeachment trial [View all]

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BY BRIAN MURPHY AND TYLER DUKES
FEBRUARY 13, 2021 06:42 PM

North Carolina Republicans quickly condemned U.S. Sen. Richard Burr’s surprising guilty vote Saturday in the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump.

Burr was one of seven Republicans to vote for conviction in the U.S. Senate. The vote was 57-43 in favor of conviction, falling shy of the two-thirds (or 67-vote) threshold needed to convict Trump for his role in inciting the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.

“North Carolina Republicans sent Senator Burr to the United States Senate to uphold the Constitution and his vote today to convict in a trial that he declared unconstitutional is shocking and disappointing,” NCGOP chairman Michael Whatley said in a statement.

Former U.S. Rep. Mark Walker, who is running for the retiring Burr’s seat in the 2022 election, sent out a fundraising appeal immediately after Burr’s vote.

“Wrong vote, Sen. Burr. I am running to replace Richard Burr because North Carolina needs a true conservative champion as their next senator,” Walker tweeted.

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Goddamned slithering, slobbering traitors.