{"id":32156,"date":"2021-02-13T09:18:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-13T15:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=32156"},"modified":"2021-02-13T09:18:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-13T15:18:38","slug":"theyre-not-senators-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/02\/13\/theyre-not-senators-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"They&#8217;re Not Senators Anymore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, three <em><strong>GOP<\/strong><\/em> Senators conferred with Trump&#8217;s defense team, and, as Steve Benen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/rachel-maddow-show\/why-it-matters-some-gop-senators-huddled-trump-s-lawyers-n1257606\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">notes<\/a>, this casts doubt on their legitimacy as members of the Senate:<\/p>\n<div class=\"body___1MxnW article-body publico-txt f4 f5-m lh-copy gray-100\" data-test=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"article-body__content\">\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"\">The Senate rules on impeachment trials require members to take\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.senate.gov\/artandhistory\/history\/resources\/pdf\/1_1868ImpeachmentRules.pdf\">this oath<\/a>: &#8220;I solemnly swear (or affirm) that in all things appertaining to the trial of ____, now pending, I will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws, so help me God.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">Graham, Lee, and Cruz aren&#8217;t just ignoring this vow, they&#8217;re flaunting their indifference to their responsibilities.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I think the three Senators should be met by crowds of their constituents chanting<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>You&#8217;re not our Senator anymore!<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>Or perhaps the more pithy<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Oathbreaker<\/strong>!<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p>Actions have consequences.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this week, three GOP Senators conferred with Trump&#8217;s defense team, and, as Steve Benen notes, this casts doubt on their legitimacy as members of the Senate: The Senate rules on impeachment trials require members to take\u00a0this oath: &#8220;I solemnly swear (or affirm) that in all things appertaining to the \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2021\/02\/13\/theyre-not-senators-anymore\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32156"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32157,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32156\/revisions\/32157"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}