Top GOP Senator: Republicans Don’t Have Votes to Dismiss Articles of Impeachment

Sen. John Cornyn, (R-Texas) reacts to Sen. Jeff Flake’s (R-Ariz.) remarks during Senate Judiciary Committee meeting to vote on the nomination of Brett M. Kavanaugh to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, in Washington, on Sept. 28, 2018. Mary F. Calvert/Reuters

Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to the Senate Republican leadership, told reporters on Wednesday that Republicans do not have the votes to dismiss articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump.

If the House passes the articles of impeachment, they would then reach the Senate, which would need 67 votes to convict Trump. But some Republicans have said that the possibility of quickly dismissing charges would require 51 votes, which the Republicans don’t have, according to Cornyn.