Last week, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul offered a resolution opposing impeachment (see Rand Paul Completely Decimates Proceeding on Impeachment, Even Top Dem Admits Might Be Questionable Constitutionally). The process being used to get revenge of some type on President Trump, even though he was already out of office, was unconstitutional, he said. A vote was taken, and only five Republican senators crossed over to vote with the Democrats in favor of using a Constitutional process to simply settle scores. You can guess who they were.
Yesterday, President Trump’s legal counsel made the same argument, though probably not as lucidly as Rand Paul (Trump’s Impeachment Defense Was a Dumpster Fire Today, but I’m Not Sure It Matters). And yet, when another vote was taken, Louisiana Republican Bill Cassidy voted with the Democrats. In other words, a week ago, Cassidy thought the impeachment was unconstitutional. Yesterday, he was totally fine with it. What happened?-- More...
