Past statements by a handful of Republican senators facing tough re-election races illustrate why Democrats are concerned about getting impeachment witnesses.
At the time of his response to Sand, Tillis was under fire from a primary challenger, conservative businessman Garland Tucker, who had spent $1.5 million on advertisements attacking Tillis on issues like his opposition to Trump’s emergency declaration to build a border wall.
on Fox News. “You’d think if there was any truth to it, they would have spent the time in the House to actually bring it forward” by challenging witnesses refusing to testify through the court system, he said.national polls show that Americans by a large majority favor hearing from witnesses. GOP moderates not facing re-election this year could also hold sway over the calling of witnesses, including Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Rob Portman of Ohio and Utah’s Sen. Mitt Romney. A number of them and others have criticized an incomplete House process they say didn’t give them enough information, vowing the Senate will do better.
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