Democrats Have The Votes In The Senate To Pass A Bill To Protect Mueller

Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said on Fox News Sunday that there are enough votes in the Seate to pass a bill protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller this week, which is why Senators have to keep pressuring Mitch McConnell to get a vote.

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Transcript via Fox News Sunday:

WALLACE: One, why do you think McConnell is refusing to bring up the bill, and two, is there anything you can do about it?

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COONS: Well, folks at this bill would never get a hearing, it got a hearing. They said they’d never get a market, it got a market. They said they’d never get through the Judiciary Committee, it got through by a bipartisan 14-7 vote. As long as President Trump continues to say and do things that I’m sure his attorneys would prefer he didn’t, to threaten — to take action against the Department of Justice or Robert Mueller, I think the pressure to bring this to the floor will build.

If it were put on the floor this coming week, I think we’d get 60 votes for it. So, frankly, it’s my hope that the majority leader will change his mind.

WALLACE: And why do you think his mind at this point is no bill, no vote?

COONS: I think as the majority leader, he continues to say, it would be disastrous for the president to interfere with the investigation, but I have confidence he won’t. I don’t know what that confidence is based on. This bill would be a responsible, small measure to prevent some constitutional crisis. Frankly, I’ll say to the Mr. President — if you’re, Mr. President, saying that you would sign this bill is the single boldest thing you could do to shut up the critics who say there is a risk you might fire Robert Mueller.

A Democratically controlled Senate would pass a bill to protect Robert Mueller. The message here is that the only person stopping the bill from passing is Sen. Mitch McConnell. If Trump makes a move to fire the Special Counsel, that is all going to be on McConnell, especially if it happens before the midterm elections.

Democrats have the votes, so the conspiracy to protect Trump in the Senate rests with one man who now has a November target on his back.

Get rid of McConnell, and you protect Mueller is the message that voters are getting loud and clear.

Jason Easley

Jason is the managing editor. He is also a White House Press Pool and a Congressional correspondent for PoliticusUSA. Jason has a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science. His graduate work focused on public policy, with a specialization in social reform movements.

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