McConnell "Believes Trump Committed Impeachable Offenses"

NYT: Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party, according to people familiar with his thinking. The newspaper also says, according to Republican officials, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) also may be wavering, asking “other Republicans whether he should call on Mr. Trump to resign.” Taken together, the stances of Congress’s two top Republicans — neither of whom has said publicly that Mr. Trump should resign or be impeached — reflected the politically fraught and fast-moving nature of the crisis that the party faces in the wake of last week’s assault by a pro-Trump mob.

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RT @KyleKulinski: The reason Mitch McConnell and a number of Republicans are now considering throwing Trump under the bus is because all of… at

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RT @santiagomayer_: McCarthy and McConnell “leaking” hours before Cheney says she’s for impeachment is not an accident. This is GOP leade… at

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RT @JoeNBC: “Senator Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader, has told associates he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses… at

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RT @CaolanToal: @lewis_goodall McConnell moving on the issue is mammoth. With his endorsement, 16 further GOP Senators does not seem like a… at

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