I can't speak for all Republicans, but on the face of it, McConnell is most certainly immoral. He has already stated -- before he will be required to sign the oath stating that he will be "impartial" -- made clear that he won't. And he is prepared to sign that oath -- made before God -- in contempt of his own contempt.
Even more, McConnell has stated that he is working with the Whitehouse on his defence. In other words, McConnell, who will swear to be an impartial juror, has already taken sides with the accused and acting as part of the defence team.
It would be very difficult to get more dishonest than this. And if, as he maintains, he is a true Christian, I cannot see how he reconciles his manifest deceit before the very God he claim to believe in. This is a total wonder.
You don't seem to understand the hybrid beast that is impeachment, and the resultant senate trial.
If in a criminal trial, the jury was completely aware of the details of a case before they were called before jury duty, it would be awfully hard to be impartial, yet that is the case in impeachment. The house is solely responsible for investigating the case not the senate. Hours and hours of TV coverage laid their entire case out.
The President is the head of his political party, and he is the defendant in this trial. The party who makes the rules of his trial has every right to consult with him as to how the trial is to be structured. This happened with Clinton, and I don't remember anyone being upset about it.
The senate trial, like impeachment, is a political process, not a legal process. This was how it was designed by the Founders. The idea was that the Presidents acts must be so heinous, that removal would surmount the political loyalties and intertwinings.
In other words, virtually everyone should want him to go.
This is the first time in history where impeachment is brought by one party only. Further, it is the first time in history that the Constitution has been ignored in coming up with articles of impeachment. The Constitution calls for statutory crimes, and this is the first time in history that statutory crimes have not been included in the articles of impeachment.
The case from the democrats in the house is pitiful, and so thoroughly known, and the politics so strong, Impartiality is pretty damn hard to find.
It is a political chess game, that the democrats made a big mistake in starting, they don't have half the pieces they need.
So, Mc Connell must play several roles. Being the Republican head of the senate. Setting the rules for the trial. Voting on the articles. Remember, Clinton wad exonerated by the democrats after iron clad evidence that he committed a felony, a crime that resulted in his law license being revoked.
Impeachment is a waste of time, and money. It is political Kubuki theater. No President has ever been removed, and none ever will.
I am not sure of the oath, if any, that the senators will swear, do you know where to find it ?
You, invoking God ? Will wonders never cease ?