Some don’t seem to have much of an appetite for going that route.
“Censure is in my view such a small thing compared to the enormity of what he’s done,” 说森. 马齐·希罗诺, a Democrat of Hawaii. “I’m thinking that maybe other jurisdictions will have other things to say about some questions of (特朗普的) other activities.”
“没有, not even close,” 说森. Tom Carper, a Delaware Democrat when asked about censure. “This is a lock. This is a shut-and-closed case. It’s even more sound and definite than I imagined.”
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi have been mum about what other recourse they should pursue against Trump. At a news conference Thursday, 佩洛西说 “next week I may have some comments to make.”
Pelosi添加了: “I’m not acting upon something that hasn’t happened yet.”
Some Democrats believe that they should only go that route if there’s a strong showing from Senate Republicans.
“It would have to be a bipartisan initiative,” 说森. Jack Reed, a Democrat from Rhode Island. “So that’s the first hurdle.”
共和党人, 然而, aren’t signaling much appetite for that idea — and some don’t want to address it.
它的. 约翰·科宁, a Republican of Texas and a member of the leadership team, wouldn’t say if he would agree to censure Trump.
“I’d say the managers chose their course, and I don’t think that’s going to be an option,” Cornyn said of censure.
When asked if Trump should be censured, 它的. 马可·鲁比奥, a Republican of Florida, 说过: “That’s not the question before us,” arguing again the Senate shouldn’t set a precedent by trying a former President.
Democrats say the ultimate question is would such a move send the right message to any future President.
“I think the we should all be concerned about is that we send the right message that this could never happen again,” 说森. Martin Heinrich, a Democrat from New Mexico.