Interestingly, Murkowski’s became “disturbed” after #NeverTrumper Bill Kristol of the now-defunct Weekly Standard and his group, Republicans for the Rule of Law, targeted Murkowski with a million-dollar ad buy to persuade her and other wavering GOP Senators to turn on Trump:
Daniel John Sobieski "Today the character of Jeff Flake, the former resident Hamlet of the Senate, is being played by GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who originally inherited her Senate seat from her daddy, Frank Murkowski. Murkowski the daughter says she is “disturbed” by Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s statements that he will be working closely with and taking his cues from President Trump in any impeachment trial in the Senate.
"Imagine that -- the leader of her party in the Senate defending the President from her party from a political coup involving one sham investigation after another with no real crime, not even a poll-tested crime. There is no real evidence, except for fake evidence paid for by the DNC and Hillary Clinton and/or manufactured and manipulated by Obama’s corrupted FBI, DoJ, and intelligence community complete with forged documents and hidden exculpatory evidence. This does not disturb Murkowski, but McConnell objecting to and refusing to participate in this charade does disturb her: . . .
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Full and fair process? Murkowski was silent when. Rep. Adam Schiff was conducting his star-chamber depositions of hearsay witnesses in the House catacombs, when Team Trump was being denied due process, the presumption of innocence, and the right to confront one’s accuser. McConnell called it what it is – a charade. . . .
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Murkowski is hardly a profile in courage. During the confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh she invoked her own purity test in opposition: . . .
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Chuck Schumer blasts Mitch McConnell for declared partiality on impeachment but said the same thing himself in 1999
Chuck Schumer blasts Mitch McConnell for declared partiality on impeachment but said the same thing himself in 1999
. . . "Actually, what I'm most amazed about is that CNN[!] of all places spotted the hypocrisy and double standard." . . .
WSJ's Jason Riley: Murkowski Using "Democratic Talking Points" On Trump Impeachment Trial "We know how it played out in the House. They were not able to peel off Republicans, even Republicans that were retiring like James Sensenbrenner and Will Hurd. They had nothing to lose. The Democrats were unable to peel them off.
"Murkowski is not up for election. She is quirky. She does have an independent streak. We saw that in the Brett Kavanaugh hearings, we saw it in the Obamacare repeal vote. I do wish she would stop using Democratic talking points to make the argument that she is making. I mean, the fact of the matter here is that the House's job is done and this idea that they should have any say in how the Senate conducts this trial just is not supported by what is written in black-and-white in the Constitution.
"The idea that Mitch McConnell isn't going to be bipartisan enough or objective enough, that is not his job. I expect him to be as bipartisan as Nancy Pelosi was and as Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler were. The job of being objective lies with Chief Justice Roberts, who will be overseeing the Senate trial. Mitch McConnell is a Republican leader in the Senate and I expect him to act like it." . . .
"The idea that Mitch McConnell isn't going to be bipartisan enough or objective enough, that is not his job. I expect him to be as bipartisan as Nancy Pelosi was and as Adam Schiff and Jerry Nadler were. The job of being objective lies with Chief Justice Roberts, who will be overseeing the Senate trial. Mitch McConnell is a Republican leader in the Senate and I expect him to act like it." . . .
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