I was watching Hamilton on Disney+ when this news broke. The irony wasn’t lost on me https://t.co/vbSQiFBqcg
— Greg Jenner (@greg_jenner) February 13, 2021
Sad to say Democrats did exactly what I thought they would on impeachment, which was to proceed without a strategy or plan, and thereby grant Trump a second victory.
— Heidi N. Moore (@moorehn) February 13, 2021
This was a foreseeable failure and a sedition trial would have been a better choice. https://t.co/sZFDiijFjy https://t.co/xtrmSa30uI
Seven Republican senators joined Democrats to vote to convict Trump of inciting an insurrection at the Capitol. #ImpeachmentTrial
— Vox (@voxdotcom) February 13, 2021
– Richard Burr
– Bill Cassidy
– Susan Collins
– Lisa Murkowski
– Mitt Romney
– Ben Sasse
– Pat Toomey https://t.co/bStbY1KFBT
Our Constitution and our country is more important than any one person. I voted to convict President Trump because he is guilty. pic.twitter.com/ute0xPc4BH
— U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (@SenBillCassidy) February 13, 2021
Louisiana GOP Executive Committee Unanimously Votes to Censure Senator Bill Cassidy https://t.co/BPN8b4QqBG
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 13, 2021
My head spun when I heard the defense team lecture about the need for unity after they suggested that holding Trump accountable could lead to further violence or even civil war. Accountability for those who abuse their power is not divisive. It’s the abuse itself that’s divisive.
— Ron Wyden (@RonWyden) February 13, 2021
This is a bizarre observation, given that there was never a chance of a guilty verdict. This was always about speaking to the world and to posterity about this moment in time, and about who we are. You leave no part of that story untold.
— SaukFish (@SaukFish) February 13, 2021
Catching up on the news. I gather that, per Democrats, securing impeachment was crucial to preserve the Fate Of The Republic, but not worth inconveniencing a few senators who wanted to go home for the week?
— Jason Fagone (@jfagone) February 14, 2021
Donald Trump tried to extort a foreign leader to help his own election and got away with it.
— S.V. Dáte (@svdate) February 14, 2021
Then he incited a violent mob in a last gasp effort to overturn American democracy in an attempt to hang onto power and today got away with that, too. https://t.co/ElHxxZnRbq
Good luck trying to spin this simple fact:
— Don Winslow (@donwinslow) February 13, 2021
Bill Clinton's oral sex impeachment lasted…
**37 days**
Donald Trump's domestic terrorist attack on the U.S. Capitol that killed a cop and at least 5 others lasted…
**LESS THAN A WEEK**
“We hate democracy give us money” is a hell of a sales pitch https://t.co/3jpvHNcf4F
— Hayes Brown (@HayesBrown) February 14, 2021
Yeah, get it over with. It ended how we thought it would. A few defectors, which is good. Now let's let prosecutors in Georgia and New York take him down and get the justice required. They can issue more fitting punishments anyhow.
— R. Mac ☘🥃 (@RMac53B) February 13, 2021
This is important, because when the GOP tries to block or undermine all legislation anyway (which they have and they will), it will be a reminder that the Democrats squandered an opportunity during impeachment https://t.co/nzGA5WZBW1
— Dr. Jason Johnson (@DrJasonJohnson) February 13, 2021
It was preordained, in an evenly divided Senate, that Trump would escape conviction. But, in part because of the compelling case made against him this week, he can’t escape the verdict of history.https://t.co/imRxgiT3as
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) February 13, 2021
Mitch McConnell will always be known as the man who delayed Trump's trial until after he left office and then voted to acquit on the grounds that Trump couldn't be tried after he left office.
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) February 13, 2021
One either is for … or against … insurrection. So ‘stuff it’ Mitch.
— Fozzie.Bear 🐼 (@FozzieBear88) February 14, 2021
‘Republicans who vote to acquit are siding with the insurrectionists’ … https://t.co/hPTK9WUpyD
New York Times editorial board: "Trump is guilty" https://t.co/wGKTo2yZpM pic.twitter.com/056Qx1PZb1
— The Hill (@thehill) February 13, 2021
“Now that Republicans have passed up an opportunity to banish him through impeachment, it is not clear when — or how — they might go about transforming their party into something other than a vessel for a semiretired demagogue”https://t.co/7Ub4vC214U
— Alex Burns (@alexburnsNYT) February 13, 2021
so agree
— Simon Schama (@simon_schama) February 13, 2021
— Universe98 0% ( 𝐵𝐿𝑀 ) (@Dark_TossEXE) February 13, 2021
Trump has privately voiced concern about being charged related to January 6 riot – CNNPolitics https://t.co/bDSP7SSKyI
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) February 13, 2021
In time, I think the story will be that, despite everything, there was a clear majority – in the country, and in the Senate – who saw that Trump was to blame for what happened and that he disgraced his office.
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) February 13, 2021
Is anyone else just absolutely exhausted with this witch-hunt bullshit https://t.co/TQH32G13gP
— Jessica Huseman (@JessicaHuseman) February 13, 2021
Manhattan District Attorneys Office—Stand Back & Stand By
— WTFGOP? (@DogginTrump) February 13, 2021
The Overnight Note 