Trump Administration Warned GOP Senators 'Your Head Will Be On A Pike' If They Vote Against Him

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Source: Inquisitr / CBS

Trump Administration Warned GOP Senators 'Your Head Will Be On A Pike' If They Vote Against Him, 'CBS' Reports

According to a CBS News report, Republican senators have been handed an ominous warning from the Trump administration.

The 53 Republican senators who will be called upon to vote on whether or not to remove Donald Trump from office at the close of his current impeachment trial have received an ominous, behind-the-scenes warning from the Trump administration, according to a report via Twitter by CBS News on Thursday.

That warning? "Vote against the president and your head will be on a pike." CBS News reported that the source who revealed the apparent threat was "a POTUS confidant," in other words, a person close to Trump. So far, no Republican senators have shown public signs of breaking with the party to vote against Trump at any stage of the trial, even prior to the vote on whether to convict Trump and remove him from office. Some GOP senators have attempted to dismiss the entire proceeding as repetitious and boring, according a report by the online magazine Slate.com.

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While the exact method by which the Trump administration's "head on a pike" threat was delivered is not known, one top Trump aide, Eric Ueland, told reporters that "the revenge" for the impeachment trial would soon be coming. Ueland said, "I can't wait," for that "revenge" to happen.

The dismissive comments by Republicans who may have been on the receiving end of the Trump administration "head on a pike" warning came shortly before an emotional closing statement for the day, in which lead House impeachment manager Adam Schiff explicitly called for Trump's removal.

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Read more: https://www.inquisitr.com/5852525/trump-gop-senators-head-on-pike/

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CBS has it at the 1:17 mark in this video.

Link to tweet

[3catwoman3]

1. My husband just had a good idea. All the Republican...

...senators, ALL of them, should vote for impeachment and just get rid of the jerk. What could Trump do to them then?

[Beartracks]

8. Seems it would be an empty threat after that, wouldn't it?

He'd just be raging and bellowing from the sidelines. Or from jail.

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[Marthe48]

68. I wonder if wall-to-wall trump coverage will continue

when his a** is in jail?

[DeminPennswoods]

19. Honestly, I don't get why they don't

They'd get the exact same policies and rw judges from a president Pence plus Pence is a true-believe religious nutjob. The rw evangelical crowd would reward Rs for giving them one of their own as president.

[Progressive Jones]

25. This could very well be the plan. nt

[Magoo48]

35. They don't because they are patriarchal, authoritarian, greed addled, swamp dwellers like him.

[OldBaldy1701E]

42. I have said that before...

I think they knew something would happen to trump sooner or later, so they made sure to install the real terror. A theocracy that would redefine this country, (and spell death to people like me. You think the RWNJs are bad, wait till you see the CENJs {crazy evangelical nut jobs}!!)

[bluestarone]

51. My view here is if they DID remove him then

Pence would be guilty of the SAME charge.They (the House) could go after him next. (which they should btw) He will NOT be able to choose a Vice president WITHOUT the House vote. BOTH house vote to approve on the next VP. is my understanding? (could be wrong) So if they remove tRUMP then pence would ALSO be subject to removal. Nancy next in line. So THAT'S why they WILL NOT remove the asshole! So we'll see.

[Gregory Peccary]

62. Then they wouldn't really have anyone to run in 2020

A Pence "reelection" after a impeachment seems like a long shot.

[SCVDem]

2. Threatening a jury is legal now?

Add another count to the articles of impeachment!

[3Hotdogs]

36. Yes, its lega. He didn't do it on 5th Avenue.

[aggiesal]

39. Good thing this isn't abuse of power! n/t

[BigmanPigman]

3. Go fuck yourself!

I HATE HIM!

[2naSalit]

7. !

[Journeyman]

4. Doesn't sound like someone who's confident in the eventual outcome . . .

[pangaia]

5. This is a frightening thing to contemplate, but no surprise.

And when he is acquitted, he will go after democrats in the same way... big time..

At some point arrests will be made, blackmail or......

His first target will be Adam Schiff.

[dalton99a]

9. +1. He will sic Bill Barr on Democrats - special prosecutor and all

And he will invite Master Putin over for an official state visit and victory tour

[C Moon]

13. Yeah, it's going to get ugly for some time, when (or if, I guess) he's found innocent.

[rockfordfile]

60. No he's not innocent no matter what happens

[C Moon]

61. ...

Thank you. I knew something was off about that reply.

[rockfordfile]

64. LoL bring it on. Trump is a like other gop pos are cowards.

Democrats are going to bust his ass.

[pangaia]

69. I would never say "bring it on." Because he/they will.

We just need to go after them however we can... no warning....

[Aussie105]

6. Who specifically is making this threat?

I believe there are laws against threatening others with beheading and displaying their severed heads on a pike.

I'm fairly sure if I said that to my neighbor, I'd get a visit from law enforcement.

Seems the Republican senators have to make a choice there. Earn your pay or kiss Trump's boots.

Sounds like neither the Democrats nor Republicans can afford to NOT dump Trump as soon as possible.

[pangaia]

17. Oh come on..:)) republicans haven't done shit before, thay won;t now..

[OldBaldy1701E]

43. Yes they will...

they will continue to destroy this country in the name of greed while making sure that money is safe offshore and then, at the first sign that there is nothing more to suck from the general public, they will make a hasty retreat to another country and laugh as this one dissolves into ruin. Every flag pin-wearing CEO, owner, and their political cronies should be intensely investigated for white collar crimes, because they are all guilty of at least a few. But, we all know that won't happen...

[sheshe2]

10. Head on a pike?

Isn't that a death threat? FFS! He is The pResident of the United States.

[pangaia]

18. sheshe, oyu are too smart. I don;t blieve for a second yu are surprised...

[Roy Rolling]

22. "Pike"

Having a head at the top of a fish doesn’t sound too threatening to me. Maybe they meant spike?

This is a pike. “"

[dchill]

23. Look up "pike."

[sheshe2]

24. Hey Roy.

That is a fish.

This is a head on a pike.



I don't find anything trump says are does funny.

[Bob Loblaw]

33. That's a nice one Roy is it yours?

I appreciated your humor, but there are many humorless people on here just waiting to pounce on someone who makes a joke. They hate Trump but let him live in their heads nevertheless. Don't let them bring you down.

[Haggis for Breakfast]

71. That's a huge fish. Are they good eating ?

[msongs]

11. got a link to a real news site? nt

[SoCalNative]

53. Did you miss the CBS NEWS clip?

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[cilla4progress]

12. Wow.

Like zombies or something.

Sucks to be them. Good!!!

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

14. Like many things he says

this makes NO sense. It's not like he has been a lifetime politician with a history of deal making and therefore has some dirt on ALL of them. I believe he fancies himself a poker player and this is a bluff. If I'm a Republican senator, I'm going all in and calling that bluff...…

[C_U_L8R]

15. Republicans: please sir may I have another.

They're going to just sit there and take it. What worthless pieces of shit. They shame themselves and the country. This could be a defining moment for them to stand up for us all... but the likelihood is slim. Meh.

[OldBaldy1701E]

44. They are not 'taking' anything....

they know full well what they are doing. They are throwing their lot in with the party that does not want this country to survive as is. They want an oligarchy/theocracy/whatever it takes to make them the powerful for eternity and that no one will ever be able to approach their position. In other words...

They want a monarchy.

[Wednesdays]

58. Great Britain is a monarchy

What the tRumpers want is absolute monarchy, or more likely, a fascist dictatorship.

[OldBaldy1701E]

66. either one will suit them... (n/t)

[Qutzupalotl]

16. Then they need a secret ballot.

[Grokenstein]

20. We'll just see whose head winds up on a pike.

My bet is that it'll be extremely orange and blubbery.

[Tiggeroshii]

21. If 5 gop senators stay home sick

Presumably because of their barrage of threats, then we can get a secret vote approved. And with a secret vote, the trump administration wont be allowed to know who votes what. So. Yeah. Let's do that.

[onenote]

48. There will be no "secret vote"

Constitution. Article I, Section 5:

Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal….

[Sloumeau]

26. That sounds like jury tampering to me.

That's just another thing to add to his next impeachment conviction if this one fails.

[sheshe2]

27. If you want to add this for doubters.

mediabiasfactcheck.com/inquisitr/

[DFW]

28. Trump knows he'll not be removed by Senate vote

He just wants to be able to show that the Republicans stood unanimously with him, that not one broke ranks.

My guess is that he'll get it, too. If the DSCC and the DNC aren't already preparing to use those votes in the campaigns of their nominees for Senate in Colorado, Maine, Arizona, North Carolina and Iowa, they're idiots, and I don't think they are.

[Habibi]

31. Okay, this makes sense.

Because otherwise, why would he need to threaten them if the vote was already a lock?

[Linda Ed]

29. Republicans have been threatened?

Republican Senators will forever be known by their votes in this trial.... in time, nothing else will be remembered about them. Hope they realize this is what mobsters do...head in a pike huh?

[duforsure]

30. Republicans should realize,

His demands doing illegal acts will escalate, and so will his threats. He's going to keep threatening , and doing things until he's stopped, and he now is trying to bully the military into submission. They'll have to live the rest of their lives being glared at for enabling this criminal, and be held responsible for what he does next. If they all vote for his removal it'll be the only chance they might have of holding their position in Congress, otherwise many will be voted out of office.

[rurallib]

32. jury tampering at its highest level

[Scarsdale]

34. Has Roberts been informed of this?

Would he care?

[onenote]

47. What do you think he could do?

If it was a criminal threat (which it wasn't), he's not law enforcement.

[usaf-vet]

37. I don't quite understand the threat. If they throw him out he will have more problems than seeking..

.. revenge. He will be facing all kinds of legal problems that being POTUS has shielded him from.

I would bet his house of cards will start to crumble very quickly. I can't see how he would continue to be useful to Putin and Putin would quickly take the tRump approach. Trump who's that I don't know him. Sure I've had my picture taken with but I get my picture taken with lots of people. Nope don't know him.

Of course on the QT he will remind the now useless puppet that he owes millions if not billions to Putin.

Won't he become a feckless former bully the minute he is found guilty?

One of the additional benefits is that anyone that votes against Trump will be seen in the history books as a hero.

My guess is that the majority of the 53 GOP Senators would like nothing better than getting rid of the tRump cancer.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

40. tRump would already be out on a secret vote. But tRump thinks he will win & wants it big/unanimous.

He wants to win 53-47 and claim unanimity among Republicons.

He does not want to hold on by a minority. Does not want 34-66.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

38. Threatening violence. Might makes right. When called they will say "Just a metaphor, haha". . .nt

[OldBaldy1701E]

45. Which is when the visiting FBI should respond with...

'Just a few questions."

[Scarsdale]

41. Obviously, their constituents

do not count for these willfully ignorant (R)'s. They seem to have forgotten WHO they were elected to represent. Time for changes come November. The repubs. have shown how unfit they are for office. Starting at the "top" with the orange blob of obese matter. His administration is a joke. Cronies from Mar-A-Lardo, plus anyone who gives generously will get a (taxpayer) funded position, with fantastic benefits. Is Sondland still working on the million dollar renovation of his embassy, by the way?

[GeorgeGist]

46. Caution...

Jenius at work!

[world wide wally]

49. Shit like this should be brought up at the hearing...not as factual, but just as an FYI point

[geardaddy]

50. The tinpot dictator needs to go.

[DBoon]

52. So our forfathers weren't the folks who wrote the consitution

We are now a republic based on the philosophy of Vlad the Imapler

[ffr]

54. Obama set the precedent for this, don't we all know.

No wait, he would have been impeached & removed within hours if he had.

[Talitha]

55. C'mon Repugs, it's time for ALL of you to flush that greasy orange turd.

Vote to convict... en masse.

[DallasNE]

56. How Is That Not A Terroristic Threat n/t

[WestLosAngelesGal]

59. It seems like it to me, too!

That needs to be legally pursued.

[onenote]

65. Because it's political hyperbole

And the supreme court has distinguished political hyperbole from a "true threat".

[onetexan]

63. If they want this Idiot to continue to hold them hostage like this they will do his bidding.

This is a test of these senators' patriotism and courage to do what's right and what they were elected to do. If they don't do what's right it is clear they have given into cowardice and utter disgrace given they are not living up to their oath as senators to uphold the Constitution and protect the country.

[Vogon_Glory]

67. Oh, wow, a threat. But will Donnie still have all his marbles

In 2022, even if he is re-elected? That’s a question some Republican senators might ask themselves.

[dweller]

70. secondary threat in this article is not aimed at repugs ...

one top Trump aide, Eric Ueland, told reporters that "the revenge" for the impeachment trial would soon be coming. Ueland said, "I can't wait," for that "revenge" to happen.
that's aimed at the Democrats in the House

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