Republicans are full of s---: Murphy responds to Trump Jr.'s criticism of Mayorkas vote

On Friday, Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., criticized Republicans in a social media post in response to Donald Trump, Jr.'s comment about Senate Democrats who voted to end the impeachment case against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

"Murphy wrote on X, formerly Twitter, that Republicans are full of s*** when they complain about the border. They killed the tough, bipartisan border security bill because Trump told them to keep the border a mess because it would help him politically."

Trump Jr.'s earlier post criticized Senators Casey, Tester, and Brown for voting to dismiss impeachment articles and running for reelection.

"Remember that when Dems like Bob Casey, Jon Tester, and Sherrod Brown claim to be tough on the border, they are merely following Biden's orders by voting to acquit Mayorkas without a trial," Trump Jr. wrote on X on Thursday. "By casting that vote, they are effectively endorsing the invasion at our southern border."

The first article accused Mayorkas of intentionally disregarding the law when managing the border as DHS Secretary, while the second article asserted that he had betrayed public trust.

Chuck Schumer, the Majority Leader of the Democratic Party in the United States Senate, initially requested unanimous consent, which would have given a set amount of time for debate among the senators and votes on two GOP resolutions and a set amount of agreed upon points of order. However, this request was objected to by Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Republican from Missouri.

Schmitt argued that the Senate should hold a comprehensive trial on the impeachment charges against Mayorkas instead of the debate and points of order proposed by Schumer's unanimous consent request, which would most likely result in a successful motion to dismiss the articles.

Despite several failed motions by Republicans, a majority of senators agreed with Schumer's point of order declaring the first article unconstitutional.

By a vote of 51-48, it was ruled unconstitutional, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, abstaining.

The Senate voted 51-49 along party lines to deem the second article unconstitutional after another batch of motions to avoid it. Murkowski rejoining the Republicans was the deciding factor.

Planet Chronicle' Julia Johnson contributed to this report.