Sen. Martha McSally (R-AZ) gave a noticeably less harsh assessment of the House impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump on Wednesday than she’d previously expressed.
During an appearance on the local NBC-affiliated 12 News morning show, McSally accused House Democratic leaders of handling the inquiry in a partisan manner — but wouldn’t say outright if she agreed with the White House’s claim that Democrats’ case for impeachment doesn’t have any merit.
“This a serious matter, like I’ve said, and I think we’ve seen some partisan dynamics going on,” she said. “And I think as Americans, none of us should be throwing around the ‘I-word’ as if it’s a joke.”
The Republican senator emphasized the need for bipartisanship in the impeachment process.
“I think people want us to take a serious look at this and not have it be just partisan bickering going on,” McSally said. “People are tired of that, as am I.”
Her comments strike a softer tone on the impeachment inquiry, which she had previously slammed as a “total distraction” and a politically disastrous “kamikaze mission” for the Democrats.
“Literally they are on a path to re-elect the President, keep the Senate majority [Republican] and possibly flip the House,” McSally told Politico in September. “It’s a total distraction.”
McSally is running for reelection in what political analysts consider to be a toss-up race against Democratic challenger Mark Kelly, who has out-raised McSally three quarters in a row.
Note to Martha McSally: No one who matters cares what you think or what you have to say. Go soft-pedal your nonsense somewhere out of public view, ma’am.
Thank you, concern troll, for your concern. History has noted your concerns.
Our whole point is that we WANT you to take a serious look at it, but you REFUSE to do so. What exactly do you need to have happen so that you can start taking it seriously?
McSally, Ernst, Gardner, Collins, Sasse … even Cornyn and McConnell need to be pressed on impeachment by the press and the public every day from now until the election.
McSally can read and has read the polls enough to see that her former stance on impeachment isn’t likely to go over well in purple AZ. The woman is a weasel—with apologies to weasels everywhere