The Republican Party of Kentucky The Central State Committee voted Saturday to reject a resolution calling for Senate minority leadership Mitch McConnell
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The committee, with more than 350 members, deliberated on the resolution and finally voted against with a vote of 134 to 49, a member of the committee he said the Courier-Journal. The meeting was convened by more than 30 GOP county presidents and vice presidents.
“As a political party, we are in a unique position to bring together all parts of our organization to have conversations about the direction we are going and what we expect from our elected officials,” a statement released after the meeting said.
McConnell defended the former president during his first impeachment hearing, when the House filed two articles of impeachment against him for his relations with Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump was indicted for the second time this month in the United States House for the “incitement to insurrection” after he encouraged a crowd of supporters to march on the Capitol on January 6th.
Following his statements, a riot group violated Capitol security by breaking windows, vandalizing lawmakers ’offices and forcing both houses of Congress to evacuate their respective flats to undisclosed locations. Five people were killed after the riot, including a Capitol police officer who served in the force for 12 years.
The Senate will begin its hearing on the dismissal on Feb. 9.
However, McConnell has not announced how he will vote during the impeachment trial and has stated that he will “hear the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate.”
McConnell condemned Trump’s actions in a Senate speech and said the crowd was “provoked by the president.”
The Nelson County Executive Committee censured McConnell for the statement.
Many Republican senators have not said how they plan to vote for the impeachment. There would have to be 17 Republican votes for Trump to be convicted.
“In the end, our intention is to refocus on party civility and continue to hold larger conversations about how we can attract more voters and grow our party,” the state central committee said in its statement.
The Hill has contacted the Kentucky GOP and McConnell to comment.