{"id":47537,"date":"2021-01-13T16:58:51","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=47537"},"modified":"2021-01-13T17:03:29","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T21:03:29","slug":"did-mcconnell-not-cave-to-democrat-demands-because-hes-afraid-patriots-will-surround-his-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=47537","title":{"rendered":"Did McConnell not cave to Democrat demands because he&#8217;s afraid <a href=\"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=47363\">Patriots will surround his HOUSE<\/a>(\u2190Click on HOUSE)?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>McConnell Won&#8217;t Convene Senate For Emergency Impeachment Trial<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Update (1257ET):\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>According to the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>, McConnell is done mulling &#8211; and has decided\u00a0<em>not\u00a0<\/em>to convene the Senate for an emergency trial &#8211; meaning the Democrat-controlled Senate will do so during the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1349413938480492546&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fmcconnell-mulls-launching-senate-impeachment-trial-friday&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1349413938480492546\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>*\u00a0 *\u00a0 *<\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is mulling whether to launch a Friday impeachment trial for President Trump, as the US House of Representatives moved on Wednesday to vote on one article accusing Trump of &#8220;willfully inciting violence against the government of the United States&#8221; ahead of last week&#8217;s &#8216;riot&#8217; at the Capitol which left five people dead.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/mcconnell%201a.jpg?itok=DDGPV1Tg\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/mcconnell%201a.jpg?itok=DDGPV1Tg\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/mcconnell%201a.jpg?itok=DDGPV1Tg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"304\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"884ada77-79e2-4e48-98d3-3b4d8d0c70d6\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If the Senate votes to convict, Trump could be removed from office just days before his term is set to end, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump\/as-house-deliberates-senate-republicans-mull-starting-trump-impeachment-trial-friday-idUSKBN29I190\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\"><em>Under the U.S. Constitution,\u00a0<strong>impeachment in the House would trigger a trial in the Senate on whether to oust the president<\/strong>. Republican Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell had previously suggested no trial could begin until the Senate was scheduled to be back in regular session on Jan. 19, only a day before Trump\u2019s term ends and Democratic President-elect Joe Biden is due to be sworn in.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\"><em><strong>Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, have pressured McConnell to agree to bring the Senate back under emergency circumstances to take up Trump\u2019s impeachment before he leaves office<\/strong>. &#8211;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-trump\/as-house-deliberates-senate-republicans-mull-starting-trump-impeachment-trial-friday-idUSKBN29I190\"><em>Reuters<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Paragraph-paragraph-2Bgue ArticleBody-para-TD_9x\">At least five Republicans said they would join Democrats in impeaching Trump &#8211; who would become the first president in history to be impeached twice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1349182301947764738&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fmcconnell-mulls-launching-senate-impeachment-trial-friday&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1349182301947764738\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;The president of the United States instigated an attempted coup in this country,&#8221; said Jim McGovern (D-MA), who didn&#8217;t explain how exactly a guy in face-paint and horns was expected to seize control of the US government and overturn the election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_align__N0_fw Advert_placement__1I4yb\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/stormed2_0.png?itok=hEL2Jou5\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/stormed2_0.png?itok=hEL2Jou5\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/stormed2_0.png?itok=hEL2Jou5\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"89c36f73-6476-4efb-98e4-c6ead9530d9f\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If Trump is impeached, it would require a two-thirds majority of the GOP-led Senate to convict, meaning\u00a0<strong>at least 17 Republicans and every Democrat in the 100-member chamber would need to find him guilty<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/mcconnell-mulls-launching-senate-impeachment-trial-friday\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/mcconnell-mulls-launching-senate-impeachment-trial-friday<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>McConnell Won&#8217;t Convene Senate For Emergency Impeachment Trial<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47537","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=47537"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47537\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=47537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=47537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=47537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}