(05-30-2019, 06:01 AM)Matrix Dragon Wrote: And that would require McConnell and his fellow scumbags to show even the slightest bit of integrity and self-respect, and he proved years ago he has neither.
Actually, it doesn't.
Rather, what is required is that the House of Representatives pass articles of impeachment against an official (the president in this case) with a simple majority, at which point a trial must and will be held in the Senate. At the conclusion of the trial the Senate must vote, for a conviction a 2/3rd supermajority is required.
Of course, the expectation is that the Republicans are going to do everything they can to sabotage the trial, which explains part of why the Democratic leaders are so reluctant to actually move to an impeachment of the current president.