Multiple Republicans agree: Trump's guilty, but it doesn't matter

When Sen. Lamar Alexander announced last week that he’d oppose including witness testimony in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, his decision wasn’t too surprising – but his rationale was unexpected.

After months in which GOP lawmakers tried to pretend Trump was innocent, Alexander’s line was quickly embraced by many of his colleagues. As the New York Times reported: By yesterday, this Trump’s-guilty-but-we-don’t-care contingent had grown to a size that would’ve been hard to predict when the impeachment trial first began a few weeks ago – when the principal Republican line was that the charges against the president were baseless.

Around the same time, Sen. Pat Toomey added, “I’ve said from the beginning that it was not a perfect phone call and there are elements that were not appropriate. … It doesn’t rise to the level of impeachment.”

MaddowBlog Let’s show the Republicans the disdain we have for them come election 2020.

MaddowBlog Gutless and unAmerican vote these people out!

MaddowBlog Guilty of what?

MaddowBlog If they agreed, where are the votes?

MaddowBlog Truth matters. Integrity matters. Unless you're a Republican.

MaddowBlog It’s the best we’re going to get from them on this, but for me at least there is confirmation that the event happened, and once he’s gone we must remedy the flaws in our Presidential system.

MaddowBlog Q: Does acquittal mean innocent? A: An acquittal signifies that a prosecutor failed to prove his or her case beyond a reasonable doubt, not that a defendant is innocent.

MaddowBlog Nonsense

MaddowBlog He is guilty and needs to be removed.

MaddowBlog It is, was and always be about unbridled POWER at any risk.

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MaddowBlog Another misleading title... good job!

MaddowBlog MULTIPLE American's think msnbc is fake news. Dnc propaganda machine

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MaddowBlog GOP has yet again put party over country and lowered the bar for all future presidents. Sad!

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