From the Daily Caller, US Senator Mike Rounds was one of seven Senators who went on the record regarding impeachment. And from the evidence presented to date, Senator Rounds is not convinced:
The Caller contacted all 53 Republican Senate offices Monday and Tuesday to ask if senators would rule out voting to remove Trump from office, and received a variety of responses–seven senators explicitly rejected impeachment in their statement.
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“After reading the transcript of the phone call between the president and President Zelensky, I do not believe the president committed an impeachable offense,” South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds told the Daily Caller when asked about impeachment.
It is of my belief that this so-called “impeachable offense” was not to take our POTUS out of office, but to kick former VP Biden out of the running. Leaders of the Democrat party use straight, white men for their votes – they are no longer welcome.
C’mon Mike, use your BA in political science to revisit your support of Donald Trump. He is a disgrace to the Republican party and a menace to our democracy.
He’s a menace to our democracy? I think he has done more to uphold the Constitution than the last few presidents we’ve had. He put America and it’s citizens first rather than putting illegal immigrants at the head of the line. He is removing the over-reaching impediments to the economy put in place by Obummer (a TRUE menace to our Representative Republic), and he is taking on the corruption that is rampant in DC.
You never-Trumpers would rather have the country burn down than try to support the efforts of our duly-elected President.
Put Americans first? Please. He’s devastated 39 million Americans working in the trade industry while supporting U.S. unions and throwing farmers under the bus all for fake trade deals that are no better than their predecessors but Trump marketed them to the public that only he could accomplish it, you know the chosen one, the best president in the history of the world, his unmatched wisdom. Please, the guy is a fraud. I too supported Trump at first but soon woke up and realized the damage he is doing to our country. Recall his latest statement calling the emolument clause of our Constitution phony. You’ve been duped by this narcissist and even Thune now has his doubts. We are Republicans and are better than this.
Jeff, you’re ahead of the curve. There will come a point where it’s no longer beneficial to “support” the fraudster. SD leadership would be wise to get off the train before that moment comes but I’m not hopeful. They’ve been blowing where the wind blows for years now.
Yes, however in some ways can’t blame the SD leadership lest they get to be recipients of the Trump Twitter rages that are unbecoming of a President of the United States. You are right if Thune, Rounds, & Johnson had the utmost courage they’d come out now but that won’t happen until they all, ie. Republicans, come out in DC and stand together.
Trump just called me and any Republican who criticizes him “human scum”. What president or politician ever in the history of the United States has ever talked this way? I’ll take it as a badge of honor.
Well now that you have self-identified as human scum, perhaps it is time to point out that while you do not like our fabulous President, there has not been anything established as to a reason to impeach.
Trump shows us everyday on Twitter why he is the bestest president ever. He really does set the bar. Bigly!
Here’s what I’d like to do and is meant only for Republicans in South Dakota who think Trump is the “bestest” president ever. Please list your gender, education, occupation, where you get your news, and if you ever left South Dakota and got experience elsewhere in your life. The results will be compiled to see any common inferences on why they could follow Trump.
Trump is Left of Obama on key economic issues like Trade, Infrastructure, Government Spending, and Tariffs. Wasn’t Obama far enough Left on Tariffs for the remaining Trump supporters?
Call on Stephen Miller To Resign White House Post.and impeach trump.
Anyone who thinks when we have impeachment, impending DOJ IG report, a Senate Justice Committee investigation, & now a Senate Finance Committee investigation going on that it was possible to do anything more than a continuing resolution is nuts. I get Rounds symbolism and Thune’s realism in their votes. There is a lot going to happen in the next six weeks with regard to our very Republic.
In January, it is likely we will have a Senate Impeachment Trial of a President, the arrest (or full-on investigation) of senior administration officials of the prior administration, a full-on criminal investigation of a former Vice President and current Presidential candidate, investigation of a former President as a sex offender (maybe not likely but possible), and final negotiations of a major trade agreement between the two largest economies in the world.
We live in interesting times.