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Trump conviction faces uphill climb in Senate. It could all come down to McConnell.Senators are not expected to consider the House impeachment resolution until Tuesday, the day before President-elect Joe Biden takes office.WASHINGTON — Democrats will need at least 17 Republican senators to break ranks to convict President Donald Trump after he was impeached Wednesday, a high hurdle that would require changing the minds of lawmakers who have stood behind him.That is more than the 10 House Republicans who broke with Trump in the most bipartisan impeachment vote in American history, which charged him with incitement of insurrection.Even as Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., publicly flirts with supporting a conviction for Trump's role in the deadly attack on the Capitol that targeted him and his staff, getting a third of the GOP Senate caucus to vote to convict will be no easy task.