Sen. Kyrsten Sinema says she will vote to convict President Trump on impeachment charges
Source: Arizona Republic
Citing her concern for the Constitution as well as the conduct of future presidents, Sen. Kyrsten Sinema will vote Wednesday to convict President Donald Trump on the impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress.
The decision by Sinema, a moderate Arizona Democrat who was seen as a swing vote, was one of the last remaining questions hanging over Trumps impeachment trial.
On both counts, when asked if the president is guilty or not guilty, Sinema will say, Guilty.
Sinemas votes will put her in line with most of her Democratic colleagues and come hours after the president gave vocal support in his State of the Union address to a bipartisan Sinema bill to provide new parents with cash advances on their taxes.
Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/arizona/2020/02/05/sen-kyrsten-sinema-vote-convict-president-trump-impeachment/4669774002/
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)I am delighted and proud. We must hang together or we shall hang separately.
Kali
(54,990 posts)Thanks, Kali!!
Kali
(54,990 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Pacifist Patriot
(24,647 posts)You done good!
yellowdogintexas
(22,116 posts)FormerOstrich
(2,689 posts)it was my 9 emails, 2 letters, and 4 phone calls.....she had me a little worried!
leftieNanner
(14,997 posts)I think he is the last one we were concerned about, right?
StevieM
(10,499 posts)leftieNanner
(14,997 posts)Will help him. He's not up for election again for quite a while. Let's hope he has courage.
StevieM
(10,499 posts)I am not sure if he will support conviction on both articles, or just one.
Jones and Synema are both going to convict on each article.
I believe that Romney is going to convict on the first article, but not the second.
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lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)StevieM
(10,499 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)Hokie
(4,284 posts)sweetloukillbot
(10,790 posts)FormerOstrich
(2,689 posts)I have backed her and defended her a bunch. She had me concerned. A no would of been too much. I sure am glad she didn't put me through all that
patricia92243
(12,590 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Now, we wait on Manchin...
sdfernando
(4,896 posts)On another note: Why wasn't she wearing white like all the other women? She was dressed more for some kind of party or concert than what I would expect for the Senate.
Cornell Engineer
(80 posts)our Democratic Senator here in Arizona made the right call...I was afraid she might buckle. Sinema is the least liberal Dem in the entire Senate...
https://progressivepunch.org/scores.htm?house=senate
The one right below her is Collins...so it shows what a gap there is between the two of them.
Romney may be a stiff because he's all spine but at least he has one.
Kali
(54,990 posts)bumps McSally to the curb and we have two Dem Senators!
riversedge
(69,719 posts)not recall what it is now. But it still bothers me.
StevieM
(10,499 posts)I was never worried about him. I always figured he would vote the right way, along with Jones and Synema. Manchin was the only one who I ever thought might vote to acquit, and he just voted to convict.
riversedge
(69,719 posts)MontanaMama
(23,238 posts)He might soft pedal in an interview...Ive known him to do that but when the rubber hits the road, he is a solid Dem which can be tough in this big red state.
Marthe48
(16,691 posts)anyone who votes to acquit, is a traitor. Remember that in November. AND GOTV!
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,746 posts)consider not convicting, is very disturbing.
I'd say the same thing about those with the R, but I'm beginning to think those Senators do not inhabit the same reality as the rest of us.