{"id":125602,"date":"2021-02-12T12:08:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T17:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125602"},"modified":"2021-02-12T12:28:01","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T17:28:01","slug":"convicted-or-not-some-gop-senators-say-trump-wont-be-able-to-run-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/convicted-or-not-some-gop-senators-say-trump-wont-be-able-to-run-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Convicted Or Not, Some GOP Senators Say Trump Won\u2019t Be Able To Run Again"},"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\">28<\/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%2Fconvicted-or-not-some-gop-senators-say-trump-wont-be-able-to-run-again%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=125602&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\/GettyImages-1198956313-1.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Several Republican senators discussed the effect that dual impeachments will have on the likelihood of former President Donald Trump running for president in 2024, with some privately claiming&nbsp;a second impeachment trial is enough to deter him from pursuing office again.<\/p>\n<p>This week, House impeachment managers made their case why the Senate should vote to convict Donald Trump and officially prevent him from running for office ever again, as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/538565-even-with-acquittal-gop-sees-trial-ending-trumps-shot-at-future-office?rl=1\">The Hill<\/a>&nbsp;reported. They showed video footage of the violence that took place on Jan. 6, including evidence of heroic acts by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/eugene-goodman-and-other-officers-to-receive-congressional-gold-medal\">Capitol Hill Police officers<\/a>. On the first day of the hearings, Democrats began the trial with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/video\/us\/politics\/100000007583640\/live-donald-trump-impeachment.html\">video montage<\/a> of Trump\u2019s statements before the rioting took place and moments of the violent attack on the Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>A senator commented on the evidence, adding, \u201cWhat would stand out to my colleagues is there was no rescue, there was nothing that came to put an end to it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House impeachment managers told the jury of senators \u201cthat the National Guard was not deployed until two hours after the attack on the Capitol began, delaying the arrival of troops until 5 p.m. that day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/538565-even-with-acquittal-gop-sees-trial-ending-trumps-shot-at-future-office?rl=1\">The Hill\u2019s<\/a> reporting, one GOP senator \u201csuggested that Democrats may ultimately help the GOP by sidelining Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Unwittingly, they are doing us a favor. They\u2019re making Donald Trump disqualified to run for president\u2019 even if he is acquitted, the senator said.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Other Republican senators, even those who are expected to acquit, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/538565-even-with-acquittal-gop-sees-trial-ending-trumps-shot-at-future-office?rl=1\">say<\/a> it would be a good thing if the impeachment trial helps distance the party from Trump, who has thoroughly dominated GOP politics over the past five years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>House impeachment manager Rep. Ted Lieu (D-CA)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/lieu-impeachment-trump-runs-loses-2024-can-do-this-again-2021-2\">warned<\/a> that Trump could \u201cdo this again\u201d if he ran in 2024 and lost, arguing that Trump could incite another insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>But despite the Democrats\u2019 arguments, conviction still appears unlikely.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5938609\/republicans-trump-impeachment-trial\/\">TIME Magazine<\/a> writes that some Republicans\u2019 decision to acquit Trump might be based on what an impeachment of a former president would mean for the future of the country. They could be more concerned with that reality than the possibility of an acquittal serving as \u201ctacit approval for Trump or future politicians to cling to power through violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) responded to Lieu\u2019s worry, <a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5938609\/republicans-trump-impeachment-trial\/\">saying<\/a>,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe thing I\u2019m most concerned about is not Trump\u2026I\u2019m concerned about the precedent and the pattern this will set\u2026 This is the fourth trial in our nation\u2019s history and two of them have been in the last 13 months. I\u2019m worried this will become routine.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) also said publicly that she was less concerned about Trump running again. \u201cAfter the American public sees the full story laid out here \u2026 I don\u2019t see how Donald Trump could be reelected to the presidency again,\u201d Murkowski <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/538565-even-with-acquittal-gop-sees-trial-ending-trumps-shot-at-future-office?rl=1\">said<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/538565-even-with-acquittal-gop-sees-trial-ending-trumps-shot-at-future-office?rl=1\">The Hill\u2019s reporting<\/a> affirms that other Republicans have privately agreed with that evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>One senator <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/538565-even-with-acquittal-gop-sees-trial-ending-trumps-shot-at-future-office?rl=1\">said,<\/a> \u201cThis is very damaging to any future political race for President Trump, but I\u2019ve been amazed at the amount of and intensity of support despite all the other things that have happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The senator added that while many voters think \u201c\u2019Trump is a huge problem for Republicans,\u2019 there are many GOP voters who think the former president has been \u2018railroaded\u2019 by the establishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump is not expected to be convicted when the trial ends, although six Republican senators are actively weighing a vote against the former president.<\/p>\n<p><em><span>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<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several Republican senators discussed the effect that dual impeachments will have on the likelihood of former President Donald Trump running for president in 2024, with some privately claiming\u00a0a second impeachment &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893298,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3821,3687,3709,5029,3634,4324],"class_list":["post-125602","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-able","tag-convicted","tag-senators","tag-some","tag-trump","tag-wont"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125602","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125602"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125602\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893298"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125602"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125602"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125602"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}