McConnell mocks Pelosi, calls her “too afraid” to send the articles of impeachment to the Senate
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Thursday mocked Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s threat to withhold the articles of impeachment until the GOP agrees to a fair impeachment trial for President Donald Trump, declaring that she may be “too afraid” to send the articles the Senate.
McConnell could sit down with Minority Leader Chuck Schumer as early as Thursday to negotiate the parameters of a trial. But the Republican leader has suggested he could pass an impeachment resolution with only Republican votes if talks with Schumer fall through. Schumer will meet with Pelosi Thursday to discuss strategy.The Kentucky Republican has rejected Schumer’s demands to agree on witnesses and trial debate structure simultaneously.
Some liberals have argued that Pelosi has leverage over McConnell, arguing she can withhold sending impeachment managers to the Senate to pressure him into negotiating with Schumer. Schumer says his letter to McConnell asking for administration witnesses was merely a response to McConnell's public statements about working with Trump and his repeated predictions that the Senate would acquit him. He asserted on Thursday that "Democrats want a fair trial" and that McConnell currently "has no intention of conducting a fair trial.
With a simple majority and the GOP controls 53 seats, although a number of Republicans like Susan Collins of Maine want McConnell and Schumer to work out a deal rather than see the GOP majority steamroll Democrats.
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