QQOTD: Mitch McConnell
“I am not an impartial juror.” ~ Mitch McConnell , to the press on December 17, 2019, according to The Daily Caller and verified in a January 19, 2020, video posted on C-SPAN . See also The New Yorker . Senator McConnell is an American politician serving as Kentucky’s senior United States senator and as Senate Majority Leader . McConnell is the second Kentuckian to lead his party in the Senate, the longest-serving U.S. senator for Kentucky in history, and the longest-serving leader of U.S. Senate Republicans in history. On January 16, 2020, Senate Majority Leader McConnell, along with his 99 colleagues, raised his right hand and took the following oath, administered by Supreme Court Justice John Roberts : “Do you solemnly swear that in all things appertaining to the trial of the impeachment of Donald John Trump, president of the United States, now pending, you will do impartial justice according to the Constitution and laws, so help you God?” ( The Hill ) Mr.