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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSenate Republicans can't catch a break
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But GOP leaders insist they will keep the majority on Election Day.
By JOHN BRESNAHAN and MARIANNE LEVINE
07/01/2020 06:03 PM EDT
The high point of 2020 for Senate Republicans if there is one may have been Feb. 6.
The Senate had acquitted President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial the day before, and he held an hour-long victory celebration in the East Room of the White House.
With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) among the dozens of GOP lawmakers in attendance, Trump made sure everyone knew how he felt about the Russia investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, his impeachment, and all the accusations against him. It was all bullshit, Trump said. It was hell.
Senate Republicans now know what hes talking about.
In the almost five months since that day, the coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly 130,000 Americans and decimated the U.S. economy. Despite Congress approval of trillions of dollars in spending to combat the downturn, unemployment levels have soared to their highest levels since the Great Depression. Trump has slumped badly in the polls due in no small part to his erratic response to the crisis, which now seems to be getting worse after looking like it was improving.
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But GOP leaders insist they will keep the majority on Election Day.
By JOHN BRESNAHAN and MARIANNE LEVINE
07/01/2020 06:03 PM EDT
The high point of 2020 for Senate Republicans if there is one may have been Feb. 6.
The Senate had acquitted President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial the day before, and he held an hour-long victory celebration in the East Room of the White House.
With Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) among the dozens of GOP lawmakers in attendance, Trump made sure everyone knew how he felt about the Russia investigation, Special Counsel Robert Mueller, his impeachment, and all the accusations against him. It was all bullshit, Trump said. It was hell.
Senate Republicans now know what hes talking about.
In the almost five months since that day, the coronavirus pandemic has killed nearly 130,000 Americans and decimated the U.S. economy. Despite Congress approval of trillions of dollars in spending to combat the downturn, unemployment levels have soared to their highest levels since the Great Depression. Trump has slumped badly in the polls due in no small part to his erratic response to the crisis, which now seems to be getting worse after looking like it was improving.
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Senate Republicans can't catch a break (Original Post)
JoeOtterbein
Jul 2020
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NCjack
(10,279 posts)1. The Senate Repugs caught a break. The impeachment trial. But, they
voted to acquit.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)2. Technically true. On election day they will still have the majority. They will lose it Jan 3, 2021