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by Countable's Trump Impeachment Coverage | 2.4.20

What's the story?

Senators have so-far remained silent as House impeachment managers and Trump's defense team made their cases on whether to convict or acquit President Donald Trump. Now, senators have taken the floor to explain why they're casting their upcoming vote.
House managers argued that the Senate should convict Trump on two articles of impeachment: abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
Some Republicans are conceding that President Trump may have withheld Ukraine aid in exchange for investigations but that this is not an impeachable offense.

Click here to tell your reps how to vote.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) opened the debate urging senators to acquit the president, arguing that Democrats \"don’t get to rip the choice away from the voters just because they’re afraid they might lose again.\"

\"We must vote to reject the House abuse of power, vote to protect our institutions, vote to reject to new precedents that would reduce the framers' design to rubble, vote to keep factional fever from boiling over and scorching our republic,\" he said on the Senate floor. \"I urge every one of our colleagues to cast the vote the facts, the evidence, the Constitution and the common good clearly require. Vote to acquit the president of these charges.\"

Where are we now?

What do you think?

Contact your reps now, and tell them if you want them voting YEA or NAY on convicting Trump. Also let them know if it will affect your 2020 vote. Then share your thoughts below.

–Josh Herman

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Won’t listen to slogans, chanted mantras or generally any kind of marketing spin or “rebranding” crap. I firmly believe that everyone else is entitled to their erroneous opinions. Citizen vigilance and due diligence is price we must pay to live in a thriving, functional democracy.\nI fear that our citizens are too easily swayed by politician’s pablum about “babies”, “jobs” and now, in particular, perceived “enemies”. I fear that a citizenry focused on the “here-and-now” is easily tricked by short term benefits that have negative long-term consequences. I fear that our legislators are more concerned about buffing their constituents than looking out for the long-term welfare of our country- and are way too eager to provide those short-term benefits to the “here-and-now” crowd.\nI fear that honor is generally being sacrificed/replaced by expediency. I hear politicians eloquently argue for one side of an issue and later, when it’s to their benefit, just as eloquently argue for the opposite side. OK, so they are good at arguing- but what is that they actually believe? What is it that they actually stand for? An honorable person has values that persist even when it is not convenient or expedient. An honorable person has a moral compass that stops them from doing something wrong even if it is not illegal. A foul is a foul- even if the referee doesn’t catch you.\nI fear that each of our federal governmental branches have devised or discovered shortcuts which tend to protect them from the checks and balances our founders intended.","twitter_id":null,"facebook_id":null,"youtube_id":null,"google_plus_id":null,"website":null,"slug":"jimk","issue_count":4,"is_following":null,"influence_score":48180,"influence_level":40,"follower_count":1632,"following_count":88,"position_count":564,"id":"9odrQBnb","partner_id":null}],"article_comment":{"flagged":false,"id":1185727,"body":"Yes, I would like my Senators to do their jobs & vote to impeach this president who has no regard for honesty or laws. He does his job the way the head of a crime family does his. Never considering laws, only seeing what he can get away with. Wow- this is really disgusting.","parent_type":"Article","parent_id":41902,"created_at":"2020-02-04T22:22:33.963Z","liked":false,"like_count":2,"links":{"self":"https://www.causes.com/comments/1185727","likers":"https://www.causes.com/api/v1/likers?likeable_id=1185727&likeable_type=Comment"},"article_id":41902,"shareable_image_url":"https://n.causes.com/share-images/comments/1185727.png","note":{"text":"Yes","color":"#624960","stance":"yes"},"note_text":"Yes","note_color":"#624960","user_id":"790Jl2RZ","liker_ids":["Bmyny8a9","9odrQBnb"]}}

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