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It’s Unsurprising That McConnell Wants Impeachment.
There’s rumors he’s happy Democrats are moving forward with impeachment, and it actually makes sense when you think about it.
Following Trump’s calls for his supporters to come to Washington D.C. to protest the certification of the electoral college votes, rioters stormed the capitol in an event that resulted in multiple deaths and hours long standoffs with the police. Since then, House Democrats have vowed to move forward with a second impeachment if Vice President Pence didn’t invoke the 25th amendment as calls for Trump’s early removal from office unsurprisingly continue to intensify. While the events that took place on January 6th were a damning indictment of the palpable anger and the lengths that Trump’s base was willing to go in their futile efforts to ensure the President remains in office, an admittedly interesting aspect of all of this has been the even deeper division of the Republican party at the leadership level in the aftermath.
If nothing else, Donald Trump can certainly be credited with breaking the Republican party potentially beyond repair, with the base inarguably behind Trump himself, and the money — of course — falling behind none other than Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell. Perhaps that’s why it isn’t exactly surprising…
