Murphy slams Republicans on Mayorkas vote in response to Trump Jr.: ‘Republicans are full of s‑‑‑’

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took purpose astatine Republicans connected Friday successful a societal media effect to Donald Trump, Jr. aft calling retired Senate Democrats who voted to extremity the impeachment lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas. 

"Your Friday greeting reminder that Republicans are afloat of s--- erstwhile they kick astir the border," Murphy wrote connected X, formerly Twitter. "They killed the tough, bipartisan border security measure due to the fact that Trump told them to support the borderline a messiness due to the fact that it would assistance him politically."

Murphy was responding to an earlier station by Trump, Jr. wherever helium called retired Sen. Bob Casey, D-Penn., Jon Tester, D-Mont., and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio - each of whom voted with their enactment to disregard 2 articles of impeachment and are presently seeking reelection. 

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"Next clip Dems similar Bob Casey, Jon Tester and Sherrod Brown effort to represent themselves arsenic pugnacious connected the border, retrieve that they conscionable did Biden's bidding by voting to acquit Mayorkas without a trial," Trump, Jr. wrote connected X connected Thursday. "By taking that vote, they each conscionable endorsed the penetration astatine our confederate border!"

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., took purpose astatine Republicans connected Friday successful a societal media effect to Donald Trump, Jr. aft calling retired Senate Democrats who voted to extremity the impeachment lawsuit against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.  (Photo by Niall Carson/PA Images via Getty Images | Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

The archetypal nonfiction against Mayorkas alleged helium had engaged successful "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" erstwhile addressing the borderline successful his capableness arsenic DHS Secretary portion the 2nd nonfiction claimed helium had breached nationalist trust. 

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Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., initially requested unanimous consent — which would person provided a acceptable magnitude of clip for statement among the senators, arsenic good arsenic votes connected 2 GOP resolutions and a acceptable magnitude of agreed upon points of order. The petition was objected to by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo.

The archetypal nonfiction against Mayorkas alleged helium had engaged successful "willful and systemic refusal to comply with the law" erstwhile addressing the borderline successful his capableness arsenic DHS Secretary portion the 2nd nonfiction claimed helium had breached nationalist trust.  (AP/Mark Schiefelbein)

Schmitt stated successful his objection that the Senate should behaviour a afloat proceedings into the impeachment articles against Mayorkas, alternatively than the statement and points of bid suggested by Schumer's unanimous consent request, which would beryllium followed by a apt palmy question to disregard the articles. 

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Schumer projected a constituent of bid declaring the archetypal nonfiction unconstitutional. A bulk of senators agreed contempt respective failed motions by Republicans. 

Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., initially requested unanimous consent — which would person provided a acceptable magnitude of clip for statement among the senators, arsenic good arsenic votes connected 2 GOP resolutions and a acceptable magnitude of agreed upon points of order. The petition was objected to by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

It was deemed unconstitutional by a ballot of 51-48, with Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, voting present. 

After different batch of motions to debar voting connected Schumer's 2nd constituent of order, which would deem the 2nd nonfiction unconstitutional, the Senate agreed to it. The ballot was on enactment lines 51-49, with Murkowski rejoining the Republicans. 

Fox News' Julia Johnson contributed to this report.