43 GOP Senators Demand Mayorkas Impeachment Trial

The Hill reports:

Forty-three Senate Republicans led by Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) signed a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) demanding a trial on the articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, which House managers are due to present to the Senate next week.

Notably, six Republicans did not sign the letter, including some who have questioned whether the House has shown compelling evidence that Mayorkas committed “high crimes and misdemeanors.”

That group includes moderate Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Mitt Romney (R-Utah). Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) didn’t sign the letter either, but it’s not clear why they abstained.

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43 Republicans led by @LindseyGrahamSC have sent a letter to @SenSchumer demanding the Senate “uphold its constitutional responsibility to properly adjudicate the House of Representatives’ impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.” pic.twitter.com/dz961sDh0C

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