Louisiana Sen. Bill Cassidy
Bill CassidySunday shows preview: budget resolution clears path to 0.9 trillion stimulus; Senate prepares for impeachment process Don’t let this unifying moment go to waste Senate signals broad support for more targeted coronavirus control controls MORE (R) slammed Democrats on Sunday about the speed with which the House voted to impeach the former President Trump
Donald Trump Twitter Permanently Suspends Account of Founder of Gateway Pundit Wyoming Republican Party Condemns Cheney Over Vote Over Trump’s Impeachment Trump Access to Intelligence Briefings Will Be Determined by Officials, White House Says last month, compared to a “show trial” he said was found in the Soviet Union.
Speak to host Chuck Todd
Charles (Chuck) David ToddKinzinger launches PAC to challenge GOP’s embrace of Trump Biden coronavirus advisor says we should ‘call an audible’ on vaccine distribution Kinzinger: GOP ‘is not Trump first party’ MORE On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Cassidy said he believed House Democrats had done “an incredible job” of building a case for impeachment ahead of their vote last month. Ten House Republicans joined Democrats to vote to impeach Trump for instigating an uprising in the Capitol on Jan. 6.
The president was not there. He was not advised. They did not collect evidence. Within five hours they were judging and boom, he got ripped off, ”Cassidy said. “Now, I was told there was truckloads of information under the Watergate, under the Clinton deposition. Here there was a video. There was no trial. I mean, it’s almost like, you know, if it happened in the Soviet Union, you would have called it a show trial. ‘
Cassidy further claimed that there was no “defensible trial” behind the House’s impeachment vote. Despite the characterization and criticism of the proceedings, Cassidy claimed he would act as an impartial juror.
Rep. Adam Schiff
Adam Bennett Schiff Sunday Show Preview: Budget Resolution Clears Path to 0.9 Trillion Stimulus; Senate prepares for impeachment trial Biden says Trump should not receive intel briefings. The Hill’s Morning Report – presented by Facebook – House boots Greene’s committees; Senate Plows Ahead on Budget MORE (D-Calif.), Who was the chief impeachment manager during the Senate impeachment process in 2020, responded to Cassidy’s comments on MSNBC later Sunday, explaining that the House’s speed was the result of “ a real sense of urgency because the President had just incited a mob attacking and killing the Capitol resulted in the deaths of five people. “
The senator’s comments are the latest sign that Democrats’ efforts to condemn Trump for instigating the January 6 riot that overtook Congress will face a steep upward battle in the Senate, where they will see 17 Republicans. need to vote for a conviction.
Republicans who voted to impeach Parliament afterwards said it would likely cost them their political career. Rep. Liz Cheney
Elizabeth (Liz) Lynn Cheney Wyoming Republican Party Condemns Cheney Over Trump Impeaching Vote Republicans Worry Greene May Drag Party Into Suburbs Sunday Show Preview: Budget Resolution Paves Way for 0.9 Trillion Stimulus; Senate gears up for MORE impeachment trial (R-Wyo.), The highest-ranking Republican to vote for impeachment, later faced calls for removal from the leadership and disapproval of her Republican state party.