Republican senators all over the place on impeachment

Published January 22, 2021 4:42pm ET



Republican senators are all over the map when it comes to a conviction vote on an impeachment charge against former President Donald Trump for “incitement of insurrection.”

Senators are weighing rage about the Jan. 6 Capitol invasion against a desire to move forward and not stall on working with the new Biden administration, reading the tea leaves from anonymously sourced articles relaying opinions from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, considering constitutional loopholes can give them the best of both worlds, and working through the electoral consequences of either side that they take.

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