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Republicans warned that susceptible Senate Democrats would beryllium punished successful nan upcoming November wide predetermination for their votes to kill nan impeachment trial of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
"Every Democrat will salary a dense value successful November for willfully refusing to extremity this separator crisis," said Republican convention Chairman John Barrasso, R-Wyo., successful a connection pursuing nan impeachment proceedings proceedings.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., projected points of bid aft senators were sworn successful arsenic jurors to deem some of nan House-passed articles of impeachment unconstitutional. Votes connected nan points of bid were on statement lines, pinch each Democrats agreeing that some articles were successful truth unconstitutional.
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All of nan susceptible incumbent Democrats, (left to right) Sens. Bob Casey, Sherrod Brown, Jacky Rosen, Tammy Baldwin and Jon Tester, voted down nan impeachment articles. (Getty Images)
This included each 5 of nan most susceptible Democratic incumbents, Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Jon Tester, D-Mont., Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, Bob Casey, D-Penn., and Jacky Rosen, D-Nev.
"The American group will clasp Senate Democrats accountable for this shameful display," warned House Republican leaders successful a associated connection from Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., Majority Whip Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and Republican convention Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y.
"History will not beryllium forgiving of Democrats' determination to array this hearing," echoed Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., successful a statement. "The American group will clasp Mayorkas accountable astatine nan ballot container this November."
Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, additionally slammed his Democratic counterparts for disregarding "their work to nan American people."
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Tester faces 1 of nan astir competitory races successful nan country. (Anna Moneymaker)
In his ain connection pursuing nan determination to ballot successful statement pinch his party, Tester said, "Montanans want existent solutions that unafraid nan border, not partisan games from D.C. politicians."
He urged "President Biden and Secretary Mayorkas to usage their remaining executive authorities to thief unafraid our border," and asked his colleagues successful nan Senate to revisit nan bipartisan separator package that was abandoned pursuing erstwhile President Trump's nationalist disapproval.
Tester's title is considered 1 of nan astir competitory races successful nan state heading into November.
"Senate Democrats conscionable showed voters they will do thing to clasp Joe Biden and DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas accountable for nan disastrous separator policies that caused this crisis," National Republican Senatorial Committee spokesperson Tate Mitchell said successful a statement.
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McConnell said history would not bespeak good connected nan proceedings. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Republicans further lamented nan precedent group by Wednesday's impeachment proceedings proceedings. "This intends that nan Senate tin ignore, successful effect, nan House's impeachment," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., remarked connected nan enclosure level pursuing nan Senate adjourning.
"This is simply a time that's not a proud time successful nan history of nan Senate," he added.
Throughout nan Senate's history, charges and tests person only ever been dismissed erstwhile nan impeached individual had resigned aliases was different nary longer successful office.
Cornyn noted nan precedent group is "unfortunate" and portion of nan Democrats' larger effort "to expanse nan Biden administration’s failing separator policies nether nan rug."
"In 2020, Dems voted to impeach Trump without moreover charging a crime. Today they voted that a *felony* CANNOT beryllium an impeachable crime. It’s beyond absurd," claimed Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., comparing nan impeachment proceedings proceedings to those of Trump during his presidency.
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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas speaks connected Capitol Hill, connected Wednesday, April 10. (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
While Republicans denounced nan proceedings that unfolded connected nan Senate floor, President Biden's management rejoiced complete nan result.
"Today’s determination by nan Senate to cull House Republicans’ baseless attacks connected Secretary Mayorkas proves definitively that location was nary grounds aliases Constitutional grounds to warrant impeachment," said Mia Ehrenberg, DHS spokesperson, successful a statement.
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Ian Sams, White House spokesperson for Oversight and Investigations, added successful his ain statement, "Once and for all, nan Senate has rightly voted down this baseless impeachment that moreover blimpish ineligible scholars said was unconstitutional."
He besides noted that Biden and Mayorkas would "continue doing their jobs to support America safe and prosecute existent solutions astatine nan border."
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