Impeachment Vote Dilemma Traps Senate Moderates of Both Parties
- Several Democrats are weighing whether to acquit the president
- Murkowski called Trump’s actions ‘shameful’ but will acquit
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The biggest mystery left in Donald Trump’s inevitable impeachment acquittal is whether any Democrats will join Senate Republicans to give him a bipartisan vote to clear him of the House’s charges.
Democratic senators who represent Trump-leaning states have to decide whether they will buck their party on what could be the most important vote before the November elections and risk alienating voters who like the president.