Rep. Rashida Tlaib told Republican senators they “should quit” after nearly two dozen were spotted missing segments of President Trump’s Senate impeachment trial.
“If you don’t want to do your job Senators, then you should quit,” the Michigan Democrat tweeted on Thursday morning.
The remark came in response to congressional reporter Michael McAuliff’s report that more than 20 GOP senators were absent for Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff’s presentation during the House impeachment managers’ opening arguments. Meanwhile, there were two empty seats on the Democratic side.
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If you don’t want to do your job Senators, then you should quit. @SenateGOP https://t.co/Z4RR6o12w1
— Rashida Tlaib (@RashidaTlaib) January 23, 2020
Some lawmakers believed the missing senators were taking bathroom breaks, but Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut dismissed that excuse.
“They want it to end,” he said. “They want to move on, get it done, without witnesses and documents, taking cues from the White House, shut it down and get beyond.”
Dems don’t seem too inclined to complain about this. Bob Casey thought maybe it was bathroom breaks. Sen. Blumenthal: “They want it to end. They want to move on, get it done, without witnesses and documents, taking cues from the White House, shut it down and get beyond.”
— Michael McAuliff (@mmcauliff) January 22, 2020
Most Republican senators have called for a quick dismissal of the trial, with several lawmakers stonewalling Democratic efforts to bring witnesses before the Senate to testify against Trump.
Tlaib, 43, is part of “the Squad” and has made impeaching Trump the cornerstone of her first term in office. After her election, she told a crowd of supporters at the liberal conference Netroots Nation that she was “going to impeach the motherf—er.” She also posted a video of herself and aides celebrating on their way to the House floor to vote on the two articles of impeachment against Trump.
