Letter: Why Mitch McConnell, Lindsey Graham should recuse themselves from Trump impeachment vote

William Byars | Letter to the Editor submission

Recent statements from US senators have shown a disheartening level of cynicism never before displayed by Congress members involved in impeachment proceedings.

Both Senate leader Mitch McConnell and SC Sen. Lindsey Graham have made it abundantly clear they have no interest in even attempting impartiality in the Senate impeachment trial.

One way of defining impartiality is to say it is the application of Jesus' Golden Rule to any adjudication. Specifically regarding impeachment, it involves imagining how one would vote on impeachment if a president of the other party had committed the same offenses as the one who is on trial.

Openly bragging about refusing to do one's best to be impartial toward such a solemn responsibility is a display of a seriously corrupt attitude about governing. This behavior insults jurors throughout our court systems, on whom we depend to uphold the mutual trust that underpins our society.

McConnell and Graham should both be pressured heavily to recuse themselves from voting on impeachment.

William Byars

Greenville