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7 Jan, 19 tweets, 5 min read
So maybe I'm missing it, but: Anyone seeing any statements from prominent R Senators yet saying "Don't use the 25th Amendment, don't impeach?"
Because we're now pretty far into this conversation. There have been reports of 25A talk since yesterday. Impeachment looks increasingly likely, even imminent. Seems like people would have strong reactions?
Graham
Important additional clause from Graham: ..."at this point"
Graham outlining the new One Insurrection Mulligan policy
AFAIK, only House or Senate R actively supporting removal
Republican Rep @NancyMace did not rule out removal options on @msnbc this hour and has harshly condemned Trump. Said she believed 25th Amendment was suited for illness, but would be open to learning more about how it would be applied in this case.
Not an R, but a D working on impeachment articles
Add GOP Rep. Stivers: open to 25A removal if it happens, but thinks it’s too late to do impeachment
Not a lawmaker, but sure seems like a lot of people in Trump world either anonymously or not trying to tell those who are that Trump is in a dangerous place and were before yesterday as well
GOP Govs of Mass. and Vermont now both calling for removal. Needless to say, not your typical Republicans, but this is also not a typical ask.
Yep, GOP gov of MD too
Another Dem member citing anonymous Republican support for removing Trump
Former GOP Rep who has been extremely critical of party’s response to QAnon:
Here’s a shoe dropping
This is the lowest hanging fruit for impeachment on R side, but still notable. A second impeachment with more R votes than the first would be significant.
Graham against impeachment, though not exactly defending the president on the merits. Not sure what precedent he means in this case?

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8 Jan
NEW: They knew.

nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
I covered the GOP side in 2016. Republicans warned repeatedly about almost the exact scenario we saw on Wednesday: Trump fomenting a violent mob hopped up on conspiracy theories and lies about his opponents.

Then...they forgot about it.

nbcnews.com/politics/donal…
When Rick Perry gave his "cancer on conservatism" speech about Trump in 2015 what was the example he used to illustrate the danger?

A nativist mob invading Washington, DC to stop a phony plot to overthrow the government.

Then he joined the cabinet.

nbcnews.com/politics/donal… Image
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7 Jan
Comes as dozens of members are calling for impeachment or 25th Amendment process to remove Trump (over 70 as of last night), and the number is almost certain to grow. Taking it off the table.
The entire Democratic membership of the House Judiciary Committee called on Trump to be legally removed by his cabinet yesterday. Seems like an odd time to leave.
Going to be lots of tweets like this today, but House Democrats also have the ability to initiate removal proceedings themselves and refer them to the Senate. A lot of statements effectively pawning it off to Pence.
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7 Jan
Person after person getting off the Trump Train at the very last local stop now that there’s nothing to be gained from it also publicly said something like this would happen before they got on it. It seems banal to point out, but it’s poisoned good faith political debate.
This was the crux of Romney and McConnell and others’ speeches yesterday: Trump presents his own challenges to democracy, but the fact nobody believes even some of his most prominent elected supporters are sincere in their support also is toxic. It makes debate impossible.
Hypocrisy is a normal feature of politics. Making alliances with rivals is too. But there’s not much precedent for warning a rival is an immediate danger to democracy, decency, and truth itself THEN getting on board only to complain they did the thing you said they were doing.
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7 Jan
He tried to tell you the snake poem only 5,000 times
People forget this, but literally Pence’s first day on the job was Trump humiliating him. He spent 30 minutes at his intro press conference rambling and mocking Pence’s Cruz endorsement. nytimes.com/2016/07/17/us/…
The job description was quite clear
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6 Jan
Starts with: "We had an election that was stolen from us, it was a landslide election and everyone knows it, especially the other side" before telling supporters to go home.

Again, will be surprised if impeachment talk doesn't pick up again once members are safe.
This is....not a Democrat
So far it's a mix of Never Trump and Trump-skeptical R's and Ilhan Omar
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6 Jan
Frankly inappropriate, there's a firewall with the business side
I was more of a Surge man myself
Sorry I keep getting back to my followers late on their replies, why do you have strong opinions on hiring campaign staff exactly
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