(CNN) Earlier this week, the conservative Daily Caller website asked the offices of each of the 53 Republican senators whether they opposed the impeachment and removal of President Donald Trump. Just seven of them said yes.

Which is, well, verrrrrrry interesting.

The seven who did confirm they oppose impeachment to the Caller are: Sens. James Inhofe (Oklahoma), Cindy Hyde-Smith (Mississippi), Thom Tillis (North Carolina), Roger Wicker (Mississippi), Mike Rounds (South Dakota), Rob Portman (Ohio) and Jerry Moran (Kansas).

(It's worth noting here that the criteria the Caller used for deciding who officially opposed impeachment and removal is relatively subjective. They say "seven senators explicitly rejected impeachment in their statement" but, for example, Portman's spokeswoman said this: "As he has said many times, Rob does not support the House Democrats' impeachment inquiry." Which isn't necessarily the same thing as opposing the impeachment and removal of Trump.)

Of the 46 Republican senators who didn't expressly reject impeachment, almost half -- 22 -- simply declined to comment to the Caller. Which, in and of itself, is telling! Many of the others criticized House Democrats for their impeachment inquiry but failed to rule out the possibility of voting to remove him from office if it came to that.

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