The 7 Republican senators who voted to convict former President Donald Trump explain their rationale

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Donald Trump's second impeachment trial came to an end Saturday with 57 senators voting to convict, falling short of the two-thirds margin required to find him guilty of the charge of “incitement of insurrection” in connection with the Jan. 6 riot at the U.S. Capitol.

The impeachment trial is hurtling toward a conclusion, after brief drama over potentially calling witnesses. Former President Trump is almost certain to get acquitted, but it won’t be much of a vindication. His conduct in the post-election period and on January 6 will blight his reputation forevermore. He waged a dishonest and poisonous campaign to overturn the election that culminated in a mob disrupting the counting of electoral votes at the U.S. Capitol on January 6.

If he hadn’t falsely insisted that he’d really won the election in the most incendiary terms and promoted a protest on January 6, there would have been no rabble to run out of control in the first place. On top of this, his pressure campaign to get Republican officials to throw the election to him in key states was intolerable in its own right. We hope Republicans voting to acquit largely on process grounds — a post-presidency trial is unconstitutional, it’s time to move on, etc.

 

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You don’t need to explain. You did the right thing at the risk of ridicule by your party. That’s called guts and integrity, and I admire you for that.

No need to explain. Over half of the country understands why. The other half are racist assholes.

Trump2024

I mean really republicans are keeping a guy for their re-election who couldn't get himself re-elected and then torpedoes two not one but two senators in georgia.. okay the public knows

Well those Republicans will never be seen or heard from again. Rest In Peace ☮️ 😢.

Seven republicans, each with a moral compass.

The 43 need explanation. These seven did what was right.

'We're alive and capable of processing events happening in front of us.'

F all these pedos!

They don't need to explain anything. The ones who need to explain are the rest.

im proud of you guys, Jah Bless you all brothers and sisters

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