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Impeachment ‘Dead On Arrival’ If Senate Doesn’t Talk To Whistleblower, Graham Says

Joseph Curl
Impeachment ‘Dead On Arrival’ If Senate Doesn’t Talk To Whistleblower, Graham Says
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Impeaching President Trump is a foregone conclusion. There are 197 Republicans and 233 Democrats in the House, who vote in lockstep and take orders from Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA).

Convicting the president in the Senate and removing him from office is nearly the opposite: Democrats and independents add up to just 47 in the chamber, so they’ll need 20 votes from the 53 Republicans to get to the two-thirds majority needed.

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