Scott predicts unanimous Senate GOP in favor of Mayorkas impeachment trial
Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., says the GOP should and will stand united to push for a trial despite Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's reticence.
Senators are set to be sworn in as jurors at 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday to begin consideration of the House-passed articles of impeachment against Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a process that Republicans have warned that their Democratic colleagues will try to quickly end.
House impeachment managers officially delivered the articles of impeachment, which passed the lower chamber in February, to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., on Tuesday on the Senate floor.
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Impeachment articles were delivered to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday for DHS Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas. (Getty Images)
Republicans have expressed outrage at the likely refusal of their colleagues to allow a full impeachment trial against Mayorkas to play out. They have even threatened to shut down the Senate by making constant objections to requests for unanimous consent on regular business if a trial isn't seen all the way through.
At a press conference following the article delivery on Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, previewed that "we're going to see Chuck Schumer throw out 200 years of history [and] ignore the Constitution," referencing the fact that an impeachment trial has never been tabled by the Senate.
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Sen. Bob Casey, Jr., D-Pa., leaves the Capitol after a vote on Tuesday, April 18, 2023. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Casey expressed his opinion for the first time on Tuesday, telling CNN, "I think we should move on and get to work on a bipartisan border security deal."
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There have also been multiple Republicans whose planned votes were considered a mystery. Sens. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, are concerns on the right, despite the conference being largely united. This unity was evidenced by 43 Republicans signing onto a letter last week calling on Schumer to allow the trial to be seen all the way through.
With a narrow split in the upper chamber, agreement among the parties can be easily disrupted by just a few senators. Democrats hold the majority with just 51-49 over Republicans.
Julia Johnson is a politics writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business, leading coverage of the U.S. Senate. She was previously a politics reporter at the Washington Examiner.
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