{"id":2222421,"date":"2024-04-16T14:49:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/romney-calls-for-senate-debate-on-mayorkas-articles-of-impeachment\/"},"modified":"2024-04-16T14:50:23","modified_gmt":"2024-04-16T18:50:23","slug":"romney-calls-for-senate-debate-on-mayorkas-articles-of-impeachment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/romney-calls-for-senate-debate-on-mayorkas-articles-of-impeachment\/","title":{"rendered":"Romney urges Senate debate on Mayorkas impeachment articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><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%2Fromney-calls-for-senate-debate-on-mayorkas-articles-of-impeachment%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=2222421&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--><p>Sen. Mitt Romney, a key Republican\u200d figure, advocates for \u200ba Senate debate\u200d on the impeachment of Homeland Security\u2063 Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. \u2062Despite Mayorkas facing charges related to\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">southern border<\/a>, Romney believes in a\u200c thorough discussion rather than a\u2063 swift dismissal of the\u2064 impeachment articles. His stance emphasizes the\u2062 importance of due process in addressing \u2063such matters. \u200bSolid rewrite! It \u200ccaptures\u2063 the essence of the original text succinctly.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>One of the leading Republican skeptics of the effort to remove Homeland Security Secretary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/alejandro-mayorkas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Alejandro Mayorkas<\/a> over his handling of the southern border is calling for debate on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/impeachment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"impeachment\">impeachment<\/a> as Democrats consider a quick dismissal of the charges against him.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mitt-romney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mitt Romney<\/a> (R-UT), who is retiring from the Senate in January, is one of a handful of Republican centrists who could vote with Democrats to dismiss the impeachment articles once senators are sworn in for what could be an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/2961839\/senate-gop-plots-maximum-pain-democra-mayorkas-impeachment\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>abbreviated trial<\/a> on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>He previously said Mayorkas, who is charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senate-gop-plots-maximum-pain-for-democrats-dismissing-mayorkas-impeachment-trial\/\" title=\"Senate Republicans plan to inflict 'maximum pain' on Democrats by rejecting Mayorkas impeachment trial\">willfully ignoring federal immigration law<\/a>, has not committed the \u201chigh crimes and misdemeanors\u201d that would warrant impeachment.<\/p>\n<p>But he, like other Senate Republicans, told reporters on Tuesday that he does not want to see the impeachment articles, which passed the House in February, dismissed without some semblance of process.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats are widely expected to offer a motion to table them soon after the Senate convenes for the trial.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to have a debate and discussion of the articles of impeachment, whether that\u2019s in trial or in committee or whether there\u2019s a time limit, but I don\u2019t think that there should be a tabling without any process whatsoever,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) speaks with members of the media as he walks at the Capitol in Washington on Feb. 28, 2024. Earlier, Sen. Mitch McConnell announced that he\u2019ll step down as Senate Republican leader in November. (AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Romney\u2019s comments, made shortly before House managers walk the articles of impeachment over to the Senate, have injected fresh uncertainty into the Mayorkas trial. Leadership is already attempting to negotiate a series of motions Republicans can offer to register their protest.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have denounced the impeachment as politically motivated, and they believe Mayorkas is being censured for what amounts to a policy disagreement. But Republicans have largely said skipping a trial altogether would be a damaging break in precedent.<\/p>\n<p>Romney is not alone in his call for order. Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), another centrist who has signaled interest in scrapping a trial, similarly called for a process, though she did not say whether that includes debate on the impeachment articles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s going to be better for everybody if there\u2019s a process,\u201d she told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Senate Republicans have proposed different venues for a Mayorkas trial. Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT), who is obstructing floor business over the expected dismissal, wants the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/it-is-by-definition-an-emergency-mcconnell-blasts-biden-says-he-owns-crisis-at-the-border\/\" title=\"\u2018It Is, By Definition, An Emergency\u2019: McConnell Blasts Biden, Says He \u2018Owns\u2019 Crisis At The Border\">homeland secretary<\/a> to be tried before the full Senate, while Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has proposed a select committee.<\/p>\n<p>Democratic leadership is expected to make minor concessions, including a handful of points of order that allow Republicans to raise possible violations of Senate rules. But they appear to be poised to move forward without a trial.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sen. John Thune (R-SD), the No. 2 Republican in the Senate, told reporters the impeachment would be the subject of the GOP conference lunch on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have people who are in different places on how to handle and process the articles,\u201d Thune said. \u201cClearly, we all want a trial, which the Democrats aren\u2019t going to give us. The question is, you know, what does the process look like?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sen. Mitt Romney, a prominent Republican doubter of impeaching Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, is advocating for a Senate debate on the impeachment articles. While Democrats weigh swift dismissal of the charges, Romney, who is retiring in January, pushes for a thorough discussion on the matter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2651,"featured_media":2222422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24059714806894-1024x592.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2222421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/AP24059714806894-1024x592.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222421","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\/2651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2222422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}