推特用户一直在分享他们对共和党的愤怒,因为参议员们正在为唐纳德·特朗普总统的弹劾案进行斗争,弹劾案预计将以无罪开释告终。
用户正在发布带有标签的消息#VoteThemAllOut2020周四,参议员们准备恢复总统弹劾审判的程序。
几位著名的共和党参议员——包括多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔和参议院司法委员会主席林赛·格雷厄姆——将弹劾运动描述为党派竞选,旨在11月选举前诽谤总统。
两人都公开承认他们希望尽快宣布总统无罪,最好是在他将于2月4日发表国情咨文之前。特朗普认为审判是一场“骗局”,并坚称自己没有做错什么。
尽管特朗普言辞激烈,行动激烈,但他仍然深受共和党人的欢迎。盖洛普民意测验共和党人对总统的支持率为89%,民主党人只有7%。
共和党议员因此犹豫是否要反对总统,担心一个动机强烈的特朗普支持基础会让他们投票箱付款。
到目前为止,共和党参议院领导人一直坚定地支持总统,阻止民主党试图对诉讼程序进行修正,包括允许新证人在陪审员面前作证。
最令人垂涎的潜在证人包括前国家安全顾问约翰·博尔顿,他说如果被传唤,他愿意出庭。共和党人建议,如果亨特·拜登也被召唤,他们会允许这样做。
亨特是2020年候选人乔·拜登的儿子,特朗普声称要迫使乌克兰政府宣布对乔·拜登的调查,这将影响2020年的选举,而针对这两人的腐败指控被揭穿是其核心所在。
特朗普周三表示,他认为博尔顿不会出庭作证,因为出庭会引发国家安全担忧。
但是路透社/益普索民意测验在1108人中,大多数美国人确实希望新的证人能够作证。大约72%的人认为审判“应该允许对弹劾指控有第一手了解的证人作证”,84%的民主党人和69%的共和党人支持。
70%的受访者——包括80%的民主党人和73%的共和党人——表示参议员应该在诉讼过程中“充当公正的陪审员”。
支持# VoteThemAllOut的人中有作家和电台广播员格兰特·斯特恩。他呼吁用户“尽你的职责”,如果“共和党参议员不能在他们作为法官主持的审判中保持清醒”,或者如果他们允许“没有文件和证人的不公平审判”
作者杰克·瓦伦说选民应该“清除这个国家的同谋罪犯”他补充道,“这个@GOP已经证明他们唯一关心的是自己掌权。今年11月,我们可以拯救这个国家。"
参议院多数党领袖米奇·麦康奈尔于2020年1月23日抵达华盛顿特区美国国会大厦
#VOTETHEMALLOUT2020 TRENDS AS TRUMP'S REPUBLICAN ALLIES STAND FIRM BEHIND THE PRESIDENT DURING IMPEACHMENT TRIAL
Twitter users have been sharing their anger at the Republican Party as senators battle over President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, which is expected to end with acquittal.
Users were posting messages with the hashtag #VoteThemAllOut2020 on Thursday as senators prepared to resume proceedings in the president's impeachment trial.
Several prominent Republican senators—including Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Lindsey Graham—have characterized the impeachment push as partisan electioneering, designed to smear the president ahead of the November election.
Both have openly admitted their desire to quickly acquit the president, ideally before he is due to deliver his State of the Union address on February 4. Trump has dismissed the trial as a "hoax" and maintained he did nothing wrong.
For all his divisive rhetoric and actions, Trump remains hugely popular with the Republican base. Gallup polling puts the president's approval rating at 89 percent among Republican members, and at just 7 percent among Democrats.
Republican lawmakers are thus hesitant to turn against the president, fearful that a highly motivated Trump-supporting base would make them pay at the ballot box.
Republican Senate leaders have so far stood firm behind the president, blocking Democratic attempts to secure amendments to proceedings including allowing new witnesses to testify in front of jurors.
Among the most coveted potential witnesses is former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who has said he is willing to appear if called. Republicans have suggested they would allow it if Hunter Biden is also called.
Hunter is the son of 2020 candidate Joe Biden, and debunked corruption allegations against the pair are at the crux of Trump's purported efforts to extort the Ukrainian government into announcing an investigation of Joe Biden which would impact the 2020 election.
Trump said on Wednesday that he did not think Bolton would be able to testify as an appearance would raise national security concerns.
But a Reuters/Ipsos poll of 1,108 people shows that most Americans do want new witnesses to be able to testify. Around 72 percent believe the trial "should allow witnesses with firsthand knowledge of the impeachment charges to testify," with 84 percent of Democrats and 69 percent of Republicans supportive.
Seventy percent of respondents—including 80 percent of Democrats and 73 percent of Republicans—said senators should "act as impartial jurors" during the proceedings.
Among those backing #VoteThemAllOut was author and radio broadcaster Grant Stern. He called on users to "do your duty" if "the Republican Senators cannot stay awake during a trial over which they're presiding as judges" or if they allow an "unfair trial without documents and witnesses."
Author Jack Wallen said voters should "rid the country of complicit criminals." He added, "The@GOP have proven the only thing they care about is themselves in power. This November we can save the country."
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell arrives at the U.S. Capitol on January 23, 2020 in Washington, D.C.