Murkowski Becomes First Republican To Call For Trump To Resign | Talking Points Memo

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Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) became the first Republican lawmaker to call on President Trump to resign on Friday, after a deadly insurrection at the Capitol this week left five people dead.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1353525
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Is that a vote to convict, then? Weā€™re shooting for high teens and every vote is as welcome as the flowers in spring.

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You had a chance once before

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Donā€™t let him resign so that Pence can pardon him. Impeach him on Monday before he has a chance to pardon the insurgents.

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Sasse is not against impeachment, Murkowski says resign and Iā€™d bet a few more join her and wager Senator Murkowski would vote to convict.

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you misspelled ā€œhis childrenā€

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Was Murkowskiā€™s brow furrowed and did she stomp her foot when she made this announcement?

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Iā€™ll believe it when she votes to convict, not before. Iā€™m sure her BFF Susan is ā€˜concernedā€™, too.

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I wonder when one of these Republicans running away from Trump is going to admit that the Dems were right all along?

Oh, right. That would be never.

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Soon to be followed by what, one or two more? What would they do if this had been a Dem?

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[ā€œI want him to resign. I want him out. He has caused enough damage,ā€ Murkowski told the Anchorage Daily News in an interview.]

Iā€™m a teen

For the GOP to match Murk. (16)

Operators are standing by :sunglasses:

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Excerpt of the draft article of impeachment @MSNBC:

"Trump gravely endangered the security of the United States and its institutions of government ... He thereby betrayed his trust as President, to the manifest injury of the people of the United States."

ā€” Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 8, 2021
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IANAL but I donā€™t think Trump can pardon the insurgents. He gave them permission, he egged them on and he did not try to stop them thus making himself part of the problem.

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Anyone asked Susan ā€œ heā€™s learned his lessonā€ Collins what she thinks?

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As @castor_troy said on another thread: succinct. Letā€™s go. Letā€™s remove Trump.

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Tell him that he loses his Presidential pension if he gets impeached and convicted and heā€™ll be out before you can say, ā€œcomboverā€.

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No, but she was holding the report on focus group numbersā€¦

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Clear. Concise. Go talk to your caucus.

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I just donā€™t understand how we could all be so so cynical.

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She deserves another chance.

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