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McConnell Torches Dems, Accuses Them Of ‘Cold Feet’ On Senate Trial, Offers To Reinstate 1999 Impeachment Rules

Emily Zanotti
McConnell Torches Dems, Accuses Them Of ‘Cold Feet’ On Senate Trial, Offers To Reinstate 1999 Impeachment Rules
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Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) wasted no time taunting House Democrats, including Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, for threatening to withhold their “slapdash” articles of impeachment, pushed through on a party-line vote Wednesday night, if the Senate doesn’t accede to their wishes and allow Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to repair major holes in the Dems case against President Donald Trump.

Speaking on the floor of the Senate Thursday morning, McConnell threatened to cancel the Senate trial altogether if Democrats refuse to hand over the articles of impeachment, as is required by the rules outlining the impeachment process and mocked Pelosi and her team for getting “cold feet” after rushing through the impeachment process in the House.

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