Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is reportedly leaning toward convicting President Donald Trump.
Axios reports that there is a ābetter than 50-50 chanceā McConnell would vote in support of the Impeachment of Trump.
A Republican aide close to the Senate leader told Axios, āThe Senate institutional loyalists are fomenting a counterrevolutionā to the president.
Additionally, The New York Times reports that McConnell āhas told associates that he believes President Trump committed impeachable offenses and that he is pleased that Democrats are moving to impeach him, believing that it will make it easier to purge him from the party.ā
Citing three Republican officials, the Times also reports House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has asked Republicans if he should call for Trump to resign.
Trump told reporters on Tuesday the Impeachment effort is āabsolutely ridiculousā and suggested that āitās causing tremendous danger to our country, and itās causing tremendous anger.ā
The House of Representatives is set to vote to impeach Trump, charging him with āincitement of insurrection,ā on Wednesday. At least five Republican lawmakers have shown support for the Impeachment.
House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) made known on Tuesday that she will support impeaching Trump.
Touching on the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, Cheney said in a statement, āThe President of the United States summoned this mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame of this attack. Everything that followed was his doing.ā
Additionally, Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) shared he will vote to impeach the president, āThere is no doubt in my mind that the President of the United States broke his oath of office and incited this insurrection,ā adding, āI must consider: If these actions ā the Article II branch inciting a deadly insurrection against the Article I branch ā are not worthy of Impeachment, then what is an impeachable offense?ā