The battle for the Senate majority in 2020 was always going to be heated. And now here comes impeachment
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Several other GOP vulnerable senators on the ballot next year echoed Cornyn. Sen. Thom Tillis of North Carolina has vocally opposed impeachment and said he agreed with McConnell’s assertion that it was a political process. Sen. David Perdue of Georgia called it a “sham.” A spokesperson for Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado said he viewed the House impeachment as a "total circus" but was confident the Senate process would be "bipartisan and fair.
Polling has consistently shown a sharp split over impeachment, with Democrats overwhelmingly in favor and Republican voters vehemently opposed to impeaching and removing Trump from office. In a recent POLITICO/Morning Consult poll, 47 percent of independent voters supported removing Trump from office, while 40 percent opposed Trump's removal.
"If you can’t get Will Hurd to see it your way, how are you going to get somebody in the Senate to see it your way?” he said, referring to the retiring Republican congressmanDemocratic senators and challengers have been more cautious in their approach. The party can’t win back control of the Senate without winning in several states Trump carried in 2016.
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