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The NPR Politics Podcast

Seven Republicans Voted To Convict Trump. Where Does The GOP Go From Here?

The NPR Politics Podcast

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Politics, Daily News, News

4.524.9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2021

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Seven Republican senators voted to convict former President Donald Trump of inciting an insurrection, making this impeachment the most bipartisan in history. But some of those senators are already facing backlash. As the GOP continues to decide what its future will look like, President Biden forges ahead with his plan to combat the pandemic.

This episode: White House correspondent Tamara Keith, congressional editor Deirdre Walsh, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.

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0:00.0

Hi, my name is JJ and I'm calling you from San Francisco, California.

0:04.0

I just finished dropping off my new puppy at puppy school.

0:07.6

This podcast was recorded at 9.42 a.m. on Monday the 15th of February,

0:14.8

President's Day. I think it's my change by the time you hear this.

0:18.1

Here's the show.

0:22.1

Let me just say that little rocket my puppy also needs puppy boot camp.

0:26.7

Desperately. My puppy's sleeping next to me and so is mine, but he's not a puppy.

0:32.1

Oh, well, let's see if any of these little critters wakes up for this podcast.

0:36.7

Hey there, it's the NPR Politics podcast. I'm Tamer Keith. I cover the White House.

0:41.3

I'm Deerger Walsh Congressional Editor and I'm Mara Lias and National Political Correspondent.

0:46.4

On Saturday, seven Republican senators and all 50 Democratic senators voted to

0:51.7

convict former President Trump for inciting an insurrection that attacked a

0:56.9

co-equal branch of government. Those seven Republican votes weren't enough to

1:01.7

convict Trump, but this will also go down in history as the most bipartisan

1:05.9

impeachment in history. The question looming over them now, though, is will there be

1:12.0

consequences for their votes? I think we know the answer, Deerger.

1:17.0

We do. There already have been some consequences.

1:19.6

Remarkably fast. So, Tam, the seven Republicans that voted that Donald Trump was guilty

1:25.3

of inciting an insurrection were Richard Berr from North Carolina,

1:29.7

Bill Cassidy from Louisiana, Susan Collins from Maine,

1:33.9

Lisa Murkowski from Alaska, Mitt Romney from Utah, Ben Sass from Nebraska,

1:40.0

and Pat Tumey from Pennsylvania. And pretty swiftly, the consequences

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