"Never before in the history of our republic has there been a purely partisan impeachment vote of a president," said Manchin, who represents a deeply pro-Trump state. READ MANCHIN'S PROPOSED CENSURE RESOLUTIONHe added: "I see no path to the 67 votes [requried to convict and remove] President Trump. However, I do believe a bipartisan majority of this body would vote to censure President Trump. Closing arguments Monday in the impeachment trial were largely directed more toward history than to sway the outcome, one final chance to influence public opinion and set the record ahead of Trump's expected acquittal. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP“Leave it to the voters to choose,” said White House counsel Pat Cipollone.

Source: Fox News February 03, 2020 21:50 UTC