Five Republicans Vote to Kill Rand Paul’s Challenge to Constitutionality of Impeachment Trial By Patrick Goodenough | January 27, 2021 | 4:42am EST
Kentucky Republican Senator Rand Paul. (Photo by Rick Friedman/Corbis via Getty Images)
(CNSNews.com) – Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Tuesday accused “hyperpartisan Democrats” of preparing to drag the U.S. “into the gutter of rancor and vitriol” by putting former President Trump, a private citizen, on trial.
In an indication of the uphill battle Democrats face in securing a conviction, 45 Republicans voted in support of Paul’s bid to declare next month’s impeachment trial unconstitutional.
The five Republicans who joined every Democrat in rejecting Paul’s point of order motion were Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), Mitt Romney (Utah), Ben Sasse (Neb.), and Pat Toomey (Pa.).