Did Mitch McConnell perjure himself during the Senate Impeachment Proceedings?

McConnell abetted the Trump Republican conspiracy by lying to his fellow Senators.

Listening to Saturday night’s “post Impeachment Hearing” wrap, I poked myself: am I alone in feeling astonished that no political pundit called out McConnell’s lie? Even House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, not one for castigating Congressional leaders, labeled McConnell’s “constitutional” yodel “pathetic.”

The man lied in front of the US Senate.

And we accepted his lie at face value.

On January 15, then Majority Senate leader, Mitch McConnell blocked the delivery of the House Articles of Impeachment by refusing to bring the Senate back from recess.

On February 13, former Majority Senate leader Mitch McConnell voted to acquit former President Donald Trump of “high crimes and misdemeanors” because “according to the Constitution, you cannot impeach a President who is no longer in office.”

Except on January 15, President Trump was in office. The Senate at McConnell’s request was absent and also at McConnell’s request would not hear the Articles until after the Inauguration on January 20. Then Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer objected but did not have the votes to bring the Senate back from recess.

Fast forward to Saturday, February 13. In an effort to shore up Senate re-elections in 2022, McConnell shamelessly berated Trump’s bad behavior but voted to acquit, citing the “Constitutional issue” of trying a non-sitting President.

Let’s say the Constitution does say unequivocally that a former President can’t be impeached, which it doesn’t. This still does not remove the lie: Mitch McConnell, not the House Managers, gamed the impeachment process.

Sen. Schumer, time to initiate censure proceedings against Sen. McConnell. The 59% of voting Americans who feel Trump is guilty will thank you.

February 14