{"id":120895,"date":"2021-02-08T09:05:36","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:05:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120895"},"modified":"2021-02-08T13:13:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T18:13:17","slug":"gop-senators-slam-impeachment-trial-as-partisan-unconstitutional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senators-slam-impeachment-trial-as-partisan-unconstitutional\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP senators slam impeachment trial as partisan, unconstitutional"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fgop-senators-slam-impeachment-trial-as-partisan-unconstitutional%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=120895&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 id=\"attachment_2368501\" style=\"width: 665px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2368501\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2368501 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21026796718779-655x437.jpg\" alt width=\"655\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2368501\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., leaves the chamber after taking an oath and voting on how to proceed on the impeachment against President Donald Trump, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2021. (AP Photo\/J. Scott Applewhite)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>\nUPDATED 10:02 AM PT \u2013 Monday, February 8, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>Republicans are slamming the impeachment trial against President Trump as an unconstitutional, partisan power play.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, multiple Republican senators cast significant doubt over Democrat efforts to convict the 45th president over allegations that he incited violence during the January 6 protest at the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview Sunday, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), who will be a juror in the impeachment trial Tuesday, said he thinks an actual conviction is highly unlikely.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s very unlikely, I mean, you did have 45 Republican senators vote to suggest they didn\u2019t think it was appropriate to conduct a trial, so you can infer how likely it is those votes will vote to convict,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview Sunday, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) took a harsher stance on the matter by framing this impeachment as an attack on free speech. He said if a president can be convicted for telling people to fight for their liberties then lawmakers like Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) should be charged as well.<\/p>\n<p>His comments are referring to an incident back in March of 2020, where Schumer appeared to threaten two Supreme Court justices.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to tell you Gorsuch, I want to tell you Kavanaugh, you have released the whirlwind and you will pay the price,\u201d the New York Democrat previously stated. \u201cYou won\u2019t know what hit you if you go forward with these awful decisions.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2368502\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2368502\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2368502 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21027764628320-1.jpg\" alt width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2368502\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., speaks during a confirmation hearing for Secretary of Veterans Affairs nominee Denis McDonough before the Senate Committee on Veterans\u2019 Affairs on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021, in Washington. (Sarah Silbiger\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) also weighed in on the impeachment process in an interview with NBC. He took aim at the House over its lack of due process or trial before voting to impeach the president. The senator noted it seemed like more of a spit-second decision than a measured process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet\u2019s face it, the House did an incredibly poor job of building their case before the impeachment vote,\u201d Cassidy stated. \u201cThe President wasn\u2019t there, he wasn\u2019t allowed council, they didn\u2019t have mass evidence\u2026in five hours they kind of judged and \u2018boom\u2019 he\u2019s impeached.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The impeachment trial is scheduled to begin Tuesday.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/sen-lee-impeachment-of-former-officials-would-be-slippery-slope\/\">Sen. Lee: impeachment of former officials would be \u2018slippery slope\u2019<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. 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