Senate Leader Says Trump Would Be Acquitted if Trial Held Today

⏱️ Talking Point: “I’m pretty sure how it’s likely to end. If it were today, I don’t think there’s any question— it would not lead to a removal. So, the question is how long does the Senate want to take? How long do the presidential candidates want to be here on the floor of the Senate instead of in Iowa and New Hampshire?” McConnell [image credit : rolling stone]

GOP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters on Tuesday that if an impeachment trial were held today, Trump would be acquitted.

McConnell said, “I’m pretty sure how it’s likely to end. If it were today, I don’t think there’s any question— it would not lead to a removal. So, the question is how long does the Senate want to take? How long do the presidential candidates want to be here on the floor of the Senate instead of in Iowa and New Hampshire?”

(Good point made by McConnell. Do you think Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are going to let their White House ambitions be derailed by getting stuck in D.C. trial while their opponents are out campaigning? During an impeachment trial, Senators cannot campaign.)

McConnel also said he has not spoken to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on how the Senate would conduct an impeachment trial, although he does think they will start by reviewing the precedent set during the impeachment trial of Bill Clinton—an agreement was made between former Senate leaders Tom Daschle (D-S.D.) and Trent Lott (R-Miss.).

When asked, McConnell had no comment about Senator Rand Paul’s call for the Democrats to identify the whistleblower who kicked off their shampeachment circus.

McConnell said he will not be commenting on the daily news of the impeachment inquiry, and he will be ready to carry out his constitutional duty once the House passes the ball over to the Senate. “At some point, it looks to me like they’re going to send it over to the Senate. As you all know that means we have to take it up.”

Some Republican Senators have come to the President’s defense publicly, while others are declining to comment by citing their roles as potential jurors in the impeachment trial.

Not one single GOP House member voted in favor of the impeachment inquiry. At this point, it is hard to see any Republican Senator voting for Trump’s removal…except for maybe Mitt Romney. 😊

Rand Paul to media: “Do your job and print his name”:

Senator Rand Paul, (R-KY), appeared on “Special Report with Bret Baier” Tuesday and doubled down on his call for news platforms to reveal the name of the Ukraine call whistleblower. Paul told Baier legally he could reveal the whistleblower on his program. “The statute says the inspector general can’t reveal the name. There’s nothing that prevents me from saying it now…there is no law that prevents me from mentioning the name of who’s been said to be the whistleblower.”

Alleged ‘whistleblower’ has ties to anti-Trump dossier hoaxer:

According to Breitbart News, the alleged whistleblower was part of an Obama administration email chain celebration on a $1 billion U.S. loan guarantee to Ukraine. Leaked emails also show the whistleblower had contact with key players involved with the anti-Trump dossier produced by Fusion GPS and financed by Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign.

Real Talk: Impeachment going poorly for Democrats and the media:

Senior Editor at The Federalist Mollie Hemingway wrote this compelling op-ed that points out many reason why this latest attempt to impeach Donald Trump is stalling and looking more like a losing effort each day.

She included this embarrassingly biased, inaccurate graphic televised on NBC last Sunday. Check it out below…who was that lone Republican House member who defected on the impeachment vote? No one. That number should be 0.

Really, NBC?