Democrats made a forceful appeal to convict President Trump during the impeachment trial, even with acquittal seemingly assured
WASHINGTON - Even with acquittal seemingly assured, Democrats prosecuting President Donald Trump in his impeachment trial made a forceful appeal for conviction on Monday, calling him a man with no moral compass who must be removed to protect American democracy.
“He has betrayed our national security and he will do so again. He has compromised our elections and he will do so again. You will not change him. You cannot constrain him,” Schiff said. “If you find the courage to stand up to him, to speak the awful truth to his rank falsehood, your place will be among the Davids who took on Goliath - if only you will say, ‘Enough.’”
Senator Joe Manchin, a Democratic moderate, said he had not decided on whether to vote to acquit Trump and saw “no path” to the two-thirds majority needed to remove a president. But Manchin predicted that a bipartisan majority in the Senate would vote to censure Trump for his actions, a lesser rebuke.None of the 53 Senate Republicans has called for conviction.
But he said it must be used to remove a president who “would sell out his country for a political favor,” undermine the integrity of elections and invite foreign interference in American affairs. “Trump could offer Alaska to the Russians in exchange for support in the next election, or decide to move to Mar-a-Lago permanently and let Jared Kushner run the country, delegating to him the decision whether to go to war,” Schiff said.
The Senate voted on Friday not to hear from any witnesses, including Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton, who in an unpublished book depicts Trump as playing a central role in pressuring Ukraine. Only two Republicans, moderates Mitt Romney and Susan Collins, voted to hear witnesses.
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