Article snippet: Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) told CNN he is “torn” on whether to back conviction of President Donald Trump in a U.S. Senate trial should the House of Representatives pass Articles of Impeachment. Manchin said he is “very much torn” on the issue of impeaching Trump, a huge blow to Democrats as they seek to hold their party together heading into a contentious House floor vote next week. Manchin said: Manchin’s comments come after his office told Breitbart News earlier this week that he is undecided on how he would vote on such a matter in a Senate trial. Some Democrats, according to the New York Times, expect to lose Manchin and Sen. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) on an impeachment conviction vote in the U.S. Senate, meaning that Democrats face an even higher than previously expected hurdle to secure a conviction in Congress’s upper chamber should the House impeach the president. To convict a president in the U.S. Senate, 67 senators would need to vote for conviction. There are 53 Senate Republicans, all of whom are, at this time, expected to vote to acquit President Trump in the U.S. Senate, especially since all House Republicans are expected to join at least a handful of– and maybe more–House Democrats to oppose the increasingly partisan impeachment vote. There are also concerns among Democrats beyond Manchin and Sinema, as Sens. Gary Peters (D-MI) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) face tough re-election battles in their respective states of Michigan and New Hampshire, while Sen. Dou... Link to the full article to read more