Paul: Trump has zero chance of being convicted Schumer should also face impeachment

Republican Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said Sunday (Feb. 7) that there is “zero” chance the Senate will convict Trump in an impeachment trial. He also said that if he could be convicted for his words, then the Senate Democratic leader should also face impeachment.

On Sunday, Kentucky Republican Senator Paul said in an interview on Fox News Sunday that the upcoming impeachment trial of former President Trump is a “partisan farce” and that if the Democrats follow their logic, then Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., should also face impeachment,” Paul said.

Paul said, “If we’re going to criminalize speech and somehow impeach everybody who says, ‘Go fight, let your voice be heard,’ I mean, then we really should impeach Chuck Schumer.”

Paul recalled that last April, at a pro-abortion rally he attended in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Schumer threatened Trump’s conservative Supreme Court nominees Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh by name: “Hey Gorsuch, hey Kavanaugh, you guys have set off a whirlwind. You guys are going to pay the price.”

Paul went on to point out that this inflammatory language and violent rhetoric from Schumer was so bad that Chief Justice John Roberts, who rarely says anything publicly, immediately said that such language is dangerous as a mob tries to invade the Supreme Court.

Paul objected to the Democrats’ accusations against Trump, saying the Senate had “zero chance” of convicting him.

He said people will have to make their own judgments: “Are we going to prosecute people for political speech?”

He also noted that Chief Justice Roberts’ choice not to preside over the Senate impeachment trial also underscores the partisan nature of the trial.

The U.S. Senate will hold an impeachment trial against Trump beginning Feb. 8. Because Roberts refused to preside over the impeachment trial against the outgoing president on constitutional grounds, the trial is expected to be presided over by Senate President Pro Tempore Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, whose impartiality is also being more widely questioned.