One day after House Republicans stood in unanimous opposition to impeachment, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell positioned his GOP-controlled chamber to second the party’s unapologetic embrace of President Donald Trump, putting the president’s effective takeover of the party on stark display. McConnell signaled his confidence in Senate acquittal from the “most unfair” charges brought by the House, evidence of the party’s remarkable turnaround from four years ago, when congressional Republicans wanted nothing to do with the insurgent and inflammatory Trump campaign.The party is now bound to a president whose loyalty from his party’s core conservative voters is matched only by …read more
Source:: Voice of America
