Mitch McConnell went to the members and said, do me a personal favor and vote against this, and a bipartisan commission, outside meeting standards of law and security and all of that. Do me a personal favor and vote again. So she [Susan Collins] went from having like 13 votes to seven or something, which didn't take us to their infamous 60 votes to bring something to the floor. So that was too bad. So Mitch was a problem every step of the way. Not receiving the impeachment. We're going to tear it up and throw it away. (46:48–46:59)
CLAIM
Asserts that Susan Collins lost votes due to Mitch McConnell's influence, preventing the commission from reaching the 60-vote threshold.
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