MSNBC主播克里斯·海耶斯暗示米奇·麦康奈尔犯了一个“重大战术错误”,他告诉福克斯新闻,他将与白宫就唐纳德·特朗普总统的参议院弹劾案进行协调。
记者在周四版的全都和克里斯·海耶斯在一起麦康奈尔的“战术失误”导致阿拉斯加共和党参议员莉萨·穆尔科斯基向当地一家广播公司表示,她对他的协调承诺感到“不安”,从而暴露了参议院共和党的“真正漏洞”。
海斯还表示,在弹劾审判程序的投票中,“可以想象”有“少数”共和党参议员与白宫决裂。
参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔于2019年2月4日抵达DC首都华盛顿。亚历克斯·王/盖蒂图像公司
他的评论是在麦康奈尔告诉他两周后发表的福克斯新闻他将在参议院弹劾审判过程中“与白宫法律顾问办公室”合作,这促使了社交媒体的反弹。
这位肯塔基州参议员还告诉记者,他是”不是公正的陪审员并将弹劾程序描述为“政治活动”。"
海耶斯在接受福克斯新闻采访时说:“这是一个令人惊讶的承认,对吗?甚至没有假装,完全协调,没有真正的审判。”
有线电视新闻网主持人指出,只有四名共和党参议员必须在程序性投票中放弃在众议院举行的任何弹劾审判的规则,“才能导致真正的、实际的审判”
“在这一点上,最大的问题是一个政治问题,”他说。“参议院共和党人之间有什么分歧吗?有没有人愿意跨过通道,与参议院民主党人一起进行程序性投票?”
海耶斯接着说,“很少有人能想象与白宫决裂”,但他说,直到1997年,麦康奈尔的策略才遭到“强烈反对”穆尔科斯基参议员告诉KTUU她被多数党领袖所说的“全面协调”所“扰乱”
“穆考斯基是一个有趣的案例,”海斯说。“在许多问题上,她一直是米奇·麦康奈尔的眼中钉,也许最明显的是,她是反对共和党废除奥巴马医改努力的反对票之一。”
他继续说:“在麦康奈尔放弃真正审判的努力中,她的立场在公开场合代表了一个裂痕,真正的裂痕。这是一个迹象,表明麦康奈尔在特朗普电视上宣布他正在与白宫协调的决定是一个重大的战术错误。”
新闻周刊已联系麦康奈尔的办公室征求意见。
阿拉斯加州参议员穆尔科斯基在圣诞前夜发表的一篇KTUU文章中说,麦康奈尔的评论“困惑”弹劾程序进一步展开并认为共和党参议员必须“从与国防紧密合作中后退一步”
“对我来说,预先判断并说那里什么都没有,或者从另一方面来说,他应该在昨天被弹劾,这是错误的,在我看来,这是错误的,”她补充道。
目前尚不清楚参议院何时将对特朗普总统进行弹劾审判,因为众议院议长南希·佩洛西(Nancy Pelosi)将继续保留众议院12月18日批准的弹劾条款。
MITCH MCCONNELL'S WHITE HOUSE COORDINATION ADMISSION WAS A 'BIG TACTICAL ERROR,' MSNBC HOST SAYS
MSNBC Anchor Chris Hayes has suggested Mitch McConnell committed a "big tactical error" by telling Fox News he would coordinate with the White House on President Donald Trump's Senate impeachment trial.
The journalist said on Thursday's edition of All in with Chris Hayes that McConnell's "tactical error" led to Alaska GOP Senator Lisa Murkowski exposing a "real crack" in the Senate GOP by telling a local broadcaster that she was "disturbed" by his coordination commitment.
Hayes also suggested there were a "handful" of GOP senators "one could imagine breaking with the White House" during a vote on impeachment trial procedure.
Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell arrives at the U.S. Capitol February 4, 2019 in Washington, DC.
His comments came two weeks after McConnell told Fox News that he would be working "with the White House counsel's office" through the Senate impeachment trial process, prompting a backlash on social media.
The Kentucky senator has also told reporters he was "not an impartial juror" and described the impeachment process as a "political exercise."
Reacting to the Fox News interview with McConnell, Hayes said: "It's kind of an amazing admission, right? Not even pretending, total co-ordination, no real trial."
The CNN anchor noted that only four GOP senators would have to defect on a procedural vote for the rules of any impeachment trial held in the chamber "to result in a real, actual trial."
"The big question is kind of a political one at this point," he said. "Are there any cracks among Senate Republicans? Are there any that are willing to cross the aisle and join with Senate Democrats on procedural votes?"
Hayes went on to say there were "a handful one could imagine breaking with the White House," but said there had not been "solid objections" to McConnell's tactics until Sen. Murkowski told KTUU she was "disturbed" by the majority leader's talk of "total coordination."
"Murkowski's an interesting case," Hayes said. "She's been a thorn in Mitch McConnell's side on a number of issues, perhaps most notably when she was one of the 'no' votes against Republican efforts to repeal Obamacare."
He continued: "Her stance represents a crack, real crack, publicly, in McConnell's efforts to forego a real trial. It's a sign that McConnell's decision to go on Trump TV and declare he was coordinating with the White House was a big tactical error."
Newsweek has contacted McConnell's office for comment.
In a KTUU piece published on Christmas Eve, Sen. Murkowski of Alaska said McConnell's comments had "confused" the impeachment process further and argued that Republican senators had to "take that step back from being hand-in-glove with the defense."
"For me to prejudge and say there's nothing there or on the other hand, he should be impeached yesterday, that's wrong, in my view, that's wrong," she added.
It is not yet clear when an impeachment trial of President Trump will be held in the Senate, as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is continuing to withhold the articles of impeachment approved by the chamber on December 18.