“Tweet less, smile more,” said one senator.
Senate Republicans can theoretically control President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial. But there’s one thing they have no power over: Trump’s itchy Twitter fingers.
And Senate Republicans, who loathe the president’s tweeting, are hoping that when impeachment comes to the Senate, Trump will do something out of character: Stay quiet.
“This is a solemn and serious undertaking and I just think we don’t need a bunch of distractions,” said Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), who added it would be “optimal” for Trump to refrain from Twitter. “The president will like the outcome, I believe, in the end. So … making it easier not harder would be a good thing.”
“The president would be best served by letting his lawyers speak for him and not doing any comment. At all,” concurred Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine.) “I doubt, however, that he will heed my advice.”
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Senate Republicans, who loathe the president’s tweeting, are hoping that when impeachment comes to the Senate, Trump will do something out of character: Stay quiet. https://t.co/Z9sDC4RT8W
— POLITICO (@politico) December 19, 2019
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