Posted on 11/13/2017 1:22:44 PM PST by Hadean
Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), who leads the Senate GOP campaign arm, is calling on the Senate to expel embattled Alabama GOP nominee Roy Moore if Moore wins December's special election, the first GOP senator to publicly raise the specter of expulsion.
"I believe the individuals speaking out against Roy Moore spoke with courage and truth, proving he is unfit to serve in the United States Senate and he should not run for office," Gardner said "If he refuses to withdraw and wins, the Senate should vote to expel him, because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the United States Senate."
Under the Senate rules, a vote of two-thirds of the body can expel a Senator. That would be historic — the Senate hasn't expelled a member since 1862.
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Constitutionally they can; Article I, Section 5. The Constitution does not even say that the expulsion has to be done for cause. Realistically, unless McConnell & Co. have a good and valid reason for the expulsion then I doubt it would withstand the court challenge.
I at least must have lived in blessed ignorance for so long. It took Trump to expose what a bunch as ass hats our side of the Senate had.
“because he does not meet the ethical and moral requirements of the United States Senate.”
SERIOUSLY!! These idiots crack me up. I don’t think that there is a ethical or moral Senator in DC.
As best I can tell Rand Paul is the only decent one.
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