Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy
Bill CassidySunday shows the preview: Budget resolution paves the way for the 0.9 trillion stimulus; Senate prepares for impeachment trial Don’t let this moment of unification be wasted Senate signals broad support for relief checks more targeted at coronavirus MORE (R) overthrew the Democrats on Sunday because of the speed with which the House voted to impeach former President Trump
Donald TrumpTwitter permanently suspends the account of the founder of Gateway Pundit. The Wyoming Republican Party censors Cheney about Trump’s impeachment vote. Trump’s access to intelligence briefings will be determined by officials, says the White House: report MORE last month, comparing it to a “show trial” of the kind that he said would have been found in the Soviet Union.
Talking to the host Chuck Todd
Charles (Chuck) David Todd Kinzinger launching PAC to challenge Trump Biden’s GOP adoption, coronavirus consultant says ‘we have to call an audible’ about Kinzinger vaccine distribution: GOP ‘is not a Trump-first party’ MORE on NBC’s “Meet the Press” program, Cassidy said he believed House Democrats did an “incredibly bad job” in building an impeachment case before their vote last month. Ten House Republicans joined Democrats in voting in favor of Trump’s impeachment for inciting a Capitol insurrection on January 6.
“The president was not there. He had no right to a lawyer. They didn’t gather evidence. In five hours, they sort of tried and boom, he was accused of impeachment,” said Cassidy. “Well, I was told that under Watergate, under Clinton’s impeachment, there were trucks of information. Here, there was a video. There was no lawsuit. I mean, it’s almost like, you know, if the Soviet Union happened, you would have called it a trial. -show.
Cassidy continued, claiming that there was no “defensible case” behind the House’s impeachment vote. Despite the characterization and criticism of the process, Cassidy said he would act as an impartial judge.
Rep. Adam Schiff
Adam Bennett SchiffSunday shows the preview: Budget resolution paves the way for the 0.9 trillion stimulus; Senate prepares for impeachment trial Biden says Trump should not receive intelligence briefings The Hill’s Morning Report – Presented by Facebook – House removes Greene from the committees; Senate advances in budget MORE (D-Calif.), Who was the primary impeachment manager during the 2020 Senate impeachment trial, responded to Cassidy’s comments on MSNBC on Sunday, explaining that the speed of the House was the result of “a real sense of urgency because the president had just incited a crowd that attacked the Capitol and killed, resulted in the deaths of five people. “
The senator’s comments are the latest sign that Democrats’ efforts to condemn Trump for inciting the January 6 riot that engulfed Congress will face a tough battle in the Senate, where they would need 17 Republicans to vote in favor of the sentencing.
Republicans who voted in favor of impeachment in the House later said that it probably cost them their political careers. Rep. Liz Cheney
Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn Cheney Wyoming Republican Party censors Cheney over Trump’s impeachment vote. Republicans fear that Greene may creep into the suburban party on Sunday shows the preview: Budget resolution paves the way for 0.9 trillion stimulus; Senate prepares for impeachment trial MORE (R-Wyo.), The highest-ranking Republican to vote in favor of impeachment, later faced calls for her removal from the leadership and censorship of her state Republican party.