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Republican exit votes were less than expected in the Senate’s procedural ballot on the 26th (local time) asking the legitimacy of the impeachment trial against former US President Donald Trump. Observations that the Senate’s approval of the impeachment bill of’incitement of civil war’ against former President Trump has become impossible.
According to the US media, the Senate held a procedural vote on whether or not to proceed with the questioning of Republican Senator Landpole that the judgment on impeachment of the retired president violates the constitution. As a result, the impeachment trial proceeded with 55 votes for’constitutional’ and 45 for’unconstitutional’.
Interest in the procedural voting on this day was that the distribution of pros and cons within the Republican Party served as a weather vane to gauge the direction of the Senate’s impeachment proceedings.
In order to meet the impeachment quorum (67 people), the Republican Party must have at least 17 votes, so the number of five votes within the Republican Party that occurred this time is insufficient.
In the process of the impeachment hearing, the majority of Republican senators over the legitimacy of the impeachment of the retired president, who was considered one of the issues, were convinced that they are still Trump’s allies while striving to be unconstitutional.
In the parliamentary riots that took place on the 6th, the Republican Party turned its back on Trump, and the president who was on the verge of retirement and the ruling party, his’parents’, seemed to completely separate. However, it is observed that public opinion has formed within the Republican Party as to whether President Trump should retire and go to Florida to impeach the president who ended his term.
The Washington Post (WP) commented, “This vote shows Trump’s still hold or influence over the Republicans.” Nearly three weeks after the outbreak of congressional riots, Republicans’ anger over Trump’s behavior is slowly disappearing. did.
Trump’s impeachment bill was passed to the Senate the day before. The actual referee procedure begins on the second week of next month (8-14 days).
Former President Trump is known to be calling for support by intensifying contact with Republican senators, either directly or through his agent. In addition, it is reported that former President Trump is seeking revenge against’traitors’, including the campaign to defeat next year’s midterm election.
/ Reporter Maeng Joon-ho [email protected]
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