I mentioned earlier that the Washington Post-ABC poll shows a large majority in favor of the Senate calling witnesses in the impeachment trial. This new Morning Consult-Politico poll shows the same thing (although the majority is smaller.)
The Dec. 19-20 poll found overall support for Trump’s removal was largely unchanged since before the House’s vote, with 51 percent of voters approving of the move and 42 percent disapproving. Roughly the same share of voters approve (52 percent) and disapprove (43 percent) of Trump’s impeachment in the House, numbers that were statistically unchanged from a Dec. 14-15 poll.
The new survey, which has a margin of error of 3 percentage points, also found most voters appear to be siding with Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), who has called on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to allow the chamber to issue subpoenas for four current and former Trump administration officials who did not appear when they were asked to testify during the House’s impeachment inquiry.
Fifty-four percent of voters said the Senate should call additional witnesses, while 27 percent said that was unnecessary because the relevant testimony and evidence has already been revealed. Most Democrats and about half of independents want more testimony, while GOP voters are split.
He gave her this leverage when he did this:
McConnell shouldn't have said any of that. It was totally unnecessary. If he had kept his mouth shut he might have been able to finesse this and get his vulnerable Senators out of this jam.
He fucked up.
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