'But I think anyone voting on the facts, anyone voting on the law, this is a very easy vote,' the senator from Texas argued.
A few GOP senators have expressed concern about the president's actions--as well as criticism of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, and his decision to coordinate the trial with White House counsel. However, Republican lawmakers in Washington have largely remained defensive of the president, with the vote for impeachment passing largely along partisan lines in the House of Representatives, without any GOP members voting in support.
Republican Senator Mitt Romeny of Utah has also publicly expressed his concern about Trump's actions towards Ukraine, which led to the impeachment inquiry in the House. Senator Susan Collins, a Republican from Maine, a willingness to criticize the president as well, and has in the past parted ways with the administration along with Murkowski.that"a few" of his Republican colleagues in the Senate believed that President Donald Trump's actions are"demonstrably impeachable." But he noted that many were concerned about the political implications of going against the president.
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