When Senator Doug Jones (D-AL) voted against the confirmation of Justice Brett Kavanaugh, Alabama’s junior senator said that he believes representing the majority of his constituents is not “the be all to end all.”
After voting to convict and remove President Donald Trump on both impeachment articles this past week, Jones has once again doubled down on this assertion.
In an interview with WKRG in Mobile on Saturday, Jones also emphasized, as he did after voting against Kavanaugh, that he was the one that did “due diligence” during the impeachment trial.
WKRG asked Jones to respond to critics who complained that the majority of his constituents in Alabama were opposed to impeaching Trump.
“The Constitution doesn’t require a poll in which to vote,” Jones answered. “It requires a lot of due diligence and a lot of work. I don’t do things based on polling.”
“I understand there will be people that disagree with this, but there will be people who do agree with it. You can’t get 100% on anything,” he continued.
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Sean Ross is the editor of Yellowhammer News. You can follow him on Twitter @sean_yhn
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