What a difference 24 hours makes. Yesterday McConnell said he didn’t have the votes to block witnesses. Today however that’s changed. As reported earlier that McConnell was getting closer to having the votes, it appears now that he does. Democrats need four RINOS squishes to vote for witness if all Democrats vote in favor. You know Willard Mittens, Hag Murkowski and Susan Collins will vote for witnesses. There were reports that several other RINOs like Lamar Alexander or Cory Gardner would vote for witness too. Apparently something has changed. Democrats don’t want the Biden Crime Family to testify, nor the hearsey “whistle-blower.” I wonder if McConnell got some Dems to join him. Or maybe hag Murkowski was promised something for Alaska if she votes against witnesses. Friday may finally end the impeachment sham, at least for now.
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It was clear to Senate Republicans on Wednesday after a morning meeting between Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) that the question of having additional witnesses is settled, and the Senate will vote Friday to wrap up the impeachment trial of President Trump.
There was no discussion of witnesses at a Senate GOP lunch meeting Wednesday, which was held a couple hours after McConnell and Murkowski met for about 20 to 30 minutes.
That was seen as a sign by several senators that Democrats will fail to convince four Republicans to join them in calling for witnesses. Without a vote to hear from witnesses, the trial could end as soon as Friday.
“We’re going to get it done by Friday, hopefully,” Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) said following the meeting.
Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.), emerging from the lunch, said, “I think I can say the mood is good.”
Braun expressed confidence that McConnell will be able to keep his conference unified enough to defeat a motion to consider subpoenas for additional witnesses and documents.
“If I had to guess, no witnesses,” he said.
“We’ll be in a place where I think everyone is going to have their mind made up and I believe that we’ll be able to move to a verdict, and the witness question will be clear at that point,” Braun added.