Trumper Democrats Manchin, Doug Jones, Kyrsten Sinema

"In chairs in the back, reserved for staffers, Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) sat with freshman Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), a moderate not prone to listening to leadership.

 Joe Manchin III (W.Va.), a Democrat always in the mix, first huddled with moderate Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) before moving on to a long one-on-one discussion with Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska), another key moderate who had previously been talking with Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.)."

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https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/28/politics/joe-manchin-doug-jones-gary-peters-impeachment-vote/index.html

"Several key Democrats, including Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia and Doug Jones of Alabama, have left open the possibility that they might acquit Trump on either of the two charges -- abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. Moreover,

Democrats are looking closely at Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, a freshman from Arizona, who has refused to repeatedly to discuss her thinking during the trial."

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer suggested that he wouldn't whip his colleagues on the ultimate vote on whether to convict the President