The Republican Party of Kentucky’s State Central Committee voted on Saturday to reject a resolution that called for Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) to condemn the second impeachment trial of former President Trump.
The committee, with over 350 members, deliberated the resolution and eventually voted against it in a 134-49 vote, a committee member told the Courier-Journal. The meeting was called by more than 30 GOP county chairs and vice chairs.
“As a political party, we’re in a unique position to bring all sides of our organization together to have conversations about the direction we are going in and what we expect from our elected officials,” a statement released after the meeting said.
McConnell defended the former president during his first impeachment hearing, when the House brought two articles of impeachment against him for his dealings with Ukraine and its president, Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump was impeached for a historic second time this month in the House for “incitement of insurrection” after he encouraged a crowd of his supporters to march to the Capitol on Jan. 6.
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