45 Republican Senators say Second Trump Impeachment Unconstitutional

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Clare Foran, Manu Raju and Ted Barrett, Rand Paul Calls Impeachment 'Dead on Arrival' After Most Republicans Signal That Trial Is Unconstitutional. CNN, Jan 26, 2021.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/26/p ... ionality/index.html

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"The Senate tabled an effort by Sen Rand Paul Tuesday to force a vote on the constitutionality of former President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, but the vote offered an indicator for how Republican senators -- who overwhelmingly voted for Paul's measure -- feel about the trial.

" 'Democrats insist on applying a test of incitement to a Republican that they refuse to apply to themselves,' he said. 'I want Democrats to raise their hands if they have ever given a speech that says "take back," "fight for your country," who hasn't used the words fight figuratively?'