The Republican Party of Kentucky The State Central Committee voted on Saturday to reject a resolution that called for the minority leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell
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The committee, with more than 350 members, deliberated on the resolution and ended up voting against it by 134-49 votes, a member of the committee said the Courier-Journal. The meeting was convened by more than 30 Republican Party presidents and vice presidents.
“As a political party, we are in a unique position to bring together all sides of our organization to have conversations about the direction we are taking and what we expect from our elected officials,” said a statement released after the meeting.
McConnell defended the former president during his first impeachment hearing, when the House brought two articles of impeachment against him for his negotiations with Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump was impeached for the second historic time this month in Home for “inciting insurrection” after encouraging a crowd of its supporters to march to the Capitol on January 6.
Following his comments, a group of protesters breached Capitol security by breaking windows, vandalizing lawmakers’ offices and forcing both Congressional chambers to evacuate their respective floors to undisclosed locations. Five people were killed after the rebellion, including a Capitol Police officer who served in the force for 12 years.
The Senate will begin the impeachment hearing on February 9.
However, McConnell did not announce how he will vote during the impeachment trial, and said he “will hear the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate”.
McConnell condemned Trump’s actions in a Senate speech and said the crowd was “provoked by the president”.
The Nelson County GOP executive committee censored McConnell for the statement.
Many Republican senators have not said how they plan to vote for impeachment. There would have to be 17 Republican votes for Trump to be condemned.
“In the end, it is our intention to return our focus to bringing civility to the party and to continue to have broader conversations about how we can attract more voters and grow our party,” said the central state committee in its statement.
The Hill contacted the Kentucky GOP and McConnell for comment.