“Are the Rs going to suddenly SEE ENOUGH EVIDENCE (lies) to decide to kick Trump out?
I DONT TRUST THEM”
The silence of the Repubs in the Senate is deafening. I believe that they may see their change to get rid of Trump and are going to take it since he has disrupted their corrupt “Apple Cart” as well as the Dems.
I believe that they think with a President Pence they can return to the “Old Ways” and the people will forget about this time in history come the next election.
There will be enough Repubs from (what they think are) solid Repub states that they will vote to impeach and assume they will win reelection, allowing other Repubs from swing stats to vote against impeachment. If/when they lose the Senate, they will be comfortable being the Minority again so long as they get a few scraps from the dems.
I really do believe they think this will blow over when Trump is kicked out and they will only suffer minor damage.
The Repubs retiring are doing so in order to keep their “campaign funds” and live high off the hog since they believe they know the Senate will vote to impeach, and they would lose their reelection ... why piss away a nice warchest of money on a losing battle.
If they fail in the impeachment Trump should campaign for their opponents. Imagine Trump appearing at campaign rallies for the opponents of Democrats that narrowly won their seats in 2018. Pick, say, 25 and target them for destruction. Then about 3-4 senators.