{"id":120822,"date":"2021-02-08T11:57:24","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T16:57:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120822"},"modified":"2021-02-08T12:13:12","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T17:13:12","slug":"democratic-senator-says-rand-paul-may-be-right-about-unconstitutional-impeachment-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-senator-says-rand-paul-may-be-right-about-unconstitutional-impeachment-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Senator Says Rand Paul May Be Right About \u2018Unconstitutional\u2019 Impeachment Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocratic-senator-says-rand-paul-may-be-right-about-unconstitutional-impeachment-trial%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120822&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Chris-Murphy.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) conceded Sunday that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) may be right about the unconstitutionality of former President Donald Trump\u2019s upcoming impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p>Murphy appeared on Fox News Sunday to discuss the upcoming impeachment trial scheduled to begin Tuesday. Murphy has said that he supports impeaching the president and disagrees with Paul\u2019s argument, but said the Kentucky senator made a valid point.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI admit this is of course a matter of first impression and so I don\u2019t think the case that Senator Paul is making is a ridiculous one,\u201d Murphy said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-impeachment-conviction-zero-chance-republicans-say-as-dems-move-forward-with-case-on-eve-of-trial\">Fox News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of Senate Republicans have already signaled opposition to convicting Trump on impeachment because they believe to do so would be unconstitutional after Trump has already left office. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dead-on-arrival-45-republican-senators-vote-to-dismiss-second-trump-impeachment-as-unconstitutional\">Forty-five GOP senators<\/a> voted in favor of a motion to dismiss the impeachment article on Jan. 26. Prior to the vote, Paul spoke out against the trial. As The Daily Wire reported:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Paul earlier gave a speech on the Senate floor excoriating the second impeachment push against Trump, pointing out that Chief Justice John Roberts does not plan to preside over a second trial because the Constitution requires him to do so only when the president is being tried.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Chief Justice\u2019s absence demonstrates that this is not a trial as a president, but of a private citizen,\u201d said Paul. \u201cTherefore I make a point of order, that this proceeding, which would try a private citizen and not a president, a vice president, or civil officer violates the Constitution, and is not in order.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Paul also blasted the Democrats for continuing to stoke division among Americans, especially when President Joe Biden is now calling for unity. \u201cHyper-partisan Democrats are about to drag our great country down into the gutter of rancor and vitriol the likes of which has never been seen in our nation\u2019s history. Instead of doing the nation\u2019s work with their new majorities in the House, the Senate, and the executive branch, Democrats are wasting the nation\u2019s time on a partisan vendetta against a man no longer in office.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt\u2019s almost as if they have no ability to exist except in opposition to Donald Trump,\u201d Paul added. \u201cWithout him as their boogeyman, they might have to legislate and to actually convince Americans that their policy prescriptions are the right ones.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump\u2019s legal team has also embraced Paul\u2019s argument, reasserting it last week while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/trump-team-rejects-offer-to-testify-at-impeachment-trial-public-relations-stunt\">rejecting<\/a> a Democratic offer for the former president to testify at the Senate impeachment trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in receipt of your latest public relations stunt. As you certainly know, there is no such thing as a negative inference in this unconstitutional proceeding,\u201d Trump\u2019s attorney\u2019s Bruce Castor and David Schoen wrote in a response to lead House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD). \u201cYour letter only confirms what is known to everyone: you cannot prove your allegations against the 45th President of the United States, who is now a private citizen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) conceded Sunday that Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) may be right about the unconstitutionality of former President Donald Trump\u2019s upcoming impeachment trial. 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