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Republicans had about 3/4ths of the votes in the Senate.
They detested Johnson.
But, as we know, he escaped conviction by a single vote: 35 to 19.
Ten Republicans -- three RINOs and seven in good standing voted to acquit.
[Republican In Name Only (RINO) is a pejorative term used by conservative members of the United States Republican Party to describe Republicans whose political views or actions they consider insufficiently conservative.] |