FEW EXPECTED that Donald Trump’s impeachment for inciting the mob that stormed the Capitol on January 6th would lead to his conviction. That would have needed the unlikely votes of 17 Republican senators. In recent weeks there were no signs that so many were ready to turn on the former president. Now those expectations have been met.
Did the failure to convict Mr Trump mean it was a mistake to try? Hardly. The trial served various ends. It was a first attempt—and other legal efforts will follow, at least for lesser figures, in criminal courts—to assign responsibility for the deadly attack on the US Capitol. The Senate trial drew avid public attention.
A larger share of Senate Republicans thus voted against the ex-president than did Republicans in the House, where ten of them, out of 221, had backed his impeachment. The tally in the Senate may well have been higher still had Mitch McConnell, the minority leader, not wavered and then told his fellow senators that he would not vote to convict Mr Trump. That was not out of affection.
Trump is the Rocky of politics.
A petty move that played right into the hands of the drain the swamp brigade
Wasting tax payer dollars being the number 1 accomplishment
It exposed the traitors in the House and the Senate. Now we can target them.
Sure it served to deflect from the debate on important issues that should have priority like its terrorist foreign policies and grotesque waste of taxpayers trillions in the black hole of the pentagon.
It showed who the Dems are.
If anything GOP showed the U.S nd the world that a Republican president get one free attack on the Capitol Building.
The mistake is to keep giving ear to Trump. No other former president was given this attention by media outlets after they were gone. Why insist on giving him relevance. Americans gave DJT the royal middle finger the media should respect our decision. ENOUGH!
Hardly a mistake? The only purpose this impeachment fiasco has served has been to reinforce Trump's support and at this early stage in the new presidency, got more than a few wondering what it is they going to get in return for their votes.
It was big mistake!
SuMoh7 No.
Watch out Biden!
When will the real trail start of Obama/Biden/Hillary for killing Americans in Benghazi?
Waste of time.
Dems worse nightmare. Trump 2024
NO absolutely NO .they should stripped him naked in front off the amerikan people
lies are about keeping control.. exposeHATE4PROFIT time to DefundFASCISTS BANKRUPTtheTRUMPS and ALL who supported them. Accountability is key in 2021!!
Regardless the outcome, once again DJT is impeached, determined untrustworthy.
The Economist - lost in a world of bias, misinformation and ‘where is my dummy syndrome’.
The trial was needed to expose Trump as a reckless unpatriotic racist and also in order to make sure such barbaric acts never happens again
Donald is coming back 😂😂
It was a waste of time. It was also fraudulently charged and prosecuted. It opened the door to using impeachment as a political weapon to persecute enemies. You can manufacture and manipulate evidence and used to “send messages” not to remove corrupt presidents as intended.
To the people it applies to (no )to the people it does not apply to (yes) always two ways to look at it .Was worth a try but just played into Trumps ego know he's a god in his eyes .
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57 Convict to 43 Acquit is (if you will excuse the language) a bloody funny 'Acquittal'.
d scofflaw got scot-free, obviously proved d failure of justice n d prevailing lawlessness in Ameri politics
It made for an interesting bit of theatre, just like all US politics
The outcome was to prove to Americans that impeachment is just a political tool used for publicity.
Trump’s acquittal was PREDICTED (with structural analysis/the collective subconsciousness of dishonesty of the US mentality) long ago, see
An act of revenge. A flimsy case at best given the doctored evidence. What a spectacle! I wonder what's next.
Impeachment of Donald Trump proved ineffective because he is no longer the President but he is still responsable for inciting his followers to storm the Capitol with a violent speech triying to overturn the Presidential election that gave POTUS his victory ArrestTrump
It just lets you know that there is a rich privileged. I would say white privileged but oj Simpson seemed to get off with murder. He just had good lawyers. Plus in our government money always talks louder then words.
Sen. McConnell: 'Pres. Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office, as an ordinary citizen. Unless the statute of limitations is run, he's still liable for everything he did while he was office. He didn't get away with anything yet.'
Party unity before country. Same old behavior, same old story.
It was good to try. We learnr he is 100% guilty and that the system does not work accordingly.
Not At All A Mistake.... Democratic Procedure Was Followed and In The Game of Numbers He Got Acquitted... In his acquittal he stands looser because even Republicans denounced & deserted him.
I think it was a compromise..
This endless political circus is just turning people feel sorry for Trump.
It was. It showed the world that you are all in an opponent hunting, in eliminating all those your power and money don't like. You are in the mood of telling everyone that you have the power to make people think what you want.
Never do they ever want to incriminate a member of a political party let alone a former president. Corruption continues...
It's striking that Mitch McConnell votes to acquit Trump then clearly states that Trump was guilty of incitement. There's justice and then there is politics.
We told them ... they couldn't do something to this man ... their arguments and evidence brought them to their knees ... the United States corporation is not prepared for what is coming ... the dollar will suffer.
Trump will come back in 4 year's and FIX America... 🙂🙂🙂
Their web shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works.
What’s more striking is that more didn’t turn against a man that incited a mop to attack our Capital and democracy!
Very popular among nazis. Not so much among decent human beings.
Imagine if he won the second term and got a second acquittal, it would give him invincible political power to squash Dems & American democracy in the next 4 years (or even longer) of destruction.
I just thank God that those seven senators had the courage to stand up for what is right. The remaining 43 are lost to Trump and the ashes of their burning party.
Is it? 7/50 in these times?
Is he really popular or are they ridiculously afraid of him. Smack him on the side of his head.
It is not striking in the least. He stepped on a lot of toes.
“Popular”
Is he really as popular as the American media conglomerates love to say? Recent polling showing him with disapproval as high as the 70%’s. And while he certainly has a hardcore group of fans, I’m not convinced they’re the majority of the “common folk” GOP anymore
No it isn't. What's striking is that 43 GOP senators still support Trump after the attack on the Capitol
Can we move the fuck on?
43 didn't, and that's a bigger story...
The Republican senators that voted to convict Trump were actualling voting to convict the party that is still not able to detach itself from a former president whose political future is absolutely uncertain.
Disagree. The GOP is shrinking because of Trump. It becomes easier for Republicans to signal a move away from Trump because the GOP is a much smaller proportion of the general public. Trump and the GOP are done.
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lies are about keeping control.. exposeHATE4PROFIT time to DefundFASCISTS BANKRUPTtheTRUMPS and ALL who supported them. Accountability is key in 2021!!
OMFG this photo though I just had DINNER. Please be considerate.
disgusting it's only 7 lies are about keeping control.. exposeHATE4PROFIT time to DefundFASCISTS BANKRUPTtheTRUMPS and ALL who supported them. Accountability is key in 2021!!
Money talks.
Get me if you can ....
They honored their oath of office.
And popular?🤣🤣 Too funny
Not as striking as Mitch McConnell agreeing with the argument that Trump 'is practically and morally responsible for provoking the event of the day' and the insurrectionists believed that they were acting on his 'wishes and instructions'.
You must have a strange definition of the word 'popular' to refer to a person that never cracked the 50% mark in national ratings as POTUS.
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No way. They lost the chance of uniting the country.
Criminal court awaits.
Oh the sick narcissist will find a way to keep himself in the spotlight.
A repeat show which excited the GOP is assured in 2024! Please book your tickets in advance! The hero is freed!
They are still obsessed with him. Americans are too much into fame.
As they should
As they should. They are the leaders of the United States and they have duties to the people. That means being productive. Not pursuing unproductive and self-destructive Partisan payback policies.
Third time is the charm. I wonder what Democrats will bring up next: jaywalking, being a Sith Lord, JFK murder?
Leave it to the grown ups at the FBI
That's the face of a woefully incompetent faux authoritarian.
well now they got to let him back on twitter right?
Let them come cropper by planning third or fourth impeachment, but America is deeply divided because of divisive politics of POTUS and TheDemocrats
Frankie Five Angels re-recants, then re-hangs himself
Trump should be in jail.
What a rattled media house
Don't call it a comeback, I been here for years I'm rockin' my peers, puttin' suckers in fear
Appreciation they say is an application for more, if i fail to acknowledge you Fxlisama001 it will show how ungrateful i am. i can't be less grateful to a woman God has used in blessing me and my family in general Fxlisama001 she is 100% legitimate and reliable.
Man, what a grille
The lure of money is very powerful
Whom they had supported unswervingly for 4 years.
It shouldn’t be shocking they put their country over their party. It IS shocking that the others put their party over their country though and continue to protect a terrorist
It's all a shitzs show for the sheep..
Its striking how corrupt the Rothschild puppet politicians are isn't it?
Still popular? He has the lowest ratings in history. Who writes this garbage?
if Donald Trump runs again and supported by my Republican Party, I will vote for only Democrats. Our party deserves better. Grow a conscience please.
Should have been 17 senators
Why would they want to protect this man. They are protecting our democratic government.
The Teflon Don
Trump is coming.
I don't know about the other six Senators who voted against Trump, but Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) is a gastroenterologist and he knows an a**hole when he sees one.
Really interesting how Mitch says Trump is guilty as sin but couldn’t vote that way because of “procedural issues.” What a load of crap. It’s no wonder Americans are dying and living in poverty whilst the GOP profits from the division. What’s keeping him alive? He’s gotta go!
It is striking that this 7 did not realize that the dems lied like hell and faked videos - but also some reps are bastards like the dems
Absolutely disgusted.
It isn’t striking; it’s embarrassing that there were only 7.
Acquittal does not mean innocence. In this case it means that 43 Republican Senators cannot be trusted to act in good faith.
Maybe he was more intimidating than popular.
7 senators who actually meant 'America First' when they said it, cause they put America first over political shows and slants. 7 senators who now have a firm leg up on anyone else when it comes to Independent and undecided voters if they choose to run for higher office.
Oh, this face.
Still popular? About as popular as hemorrhoids
Yeah its striking that 7 senators arent afraid of Trump and would join the rest of the world that believe Trump incited that insurrection.
No. What’s striking is that 43 republicans ignored the evidence in front of them and gave a pass to Trump who incited a violent insurrection.
Yeah. It’s striking 7 would do the right thing.
lies are about keeping control.. exposeHATE4PROFIT time to DefundFASCISTS BANKRUPTtheTRUMPS and ALL who supported them. Accountability is key in 2021!!
They let us down, we will NOT forget... VoteThemOut. Vote on your local elections!!
They don't have the integrity to stab him in daylight like the Roman Senators did to Julius Caesar. They will secretly drip... drip... drip... political poison against him, like cowards.
Hhhhhhhhhhh
Not nearly enough. 14thAmendmentNOW
Sure, begun to weaken, I'm totally convinced because you said it 😏😏
The GOP has demonstrated absolute moral corruption. Anyone who still supports them is showing a complete and utter disregard of even the most basic decency. Appalling!
“We have a criminal-justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one.” LeaderMcConnell
New reality tv show Everybody Hates Don.
The fact that our Senators would have required an anonymous voting arrangement to actually vote their conscience, is a scorching declaration of the demented state of our union.
A real suicide mission of the Democrats to go down this road to discredit that strong man Trump in front of the American public and acquitted by the American Senate. It is still very popular with its 75 million American supporters that believe in him and in the Republican Party.
Leftists' wishful thinking! We'll see !
You get impeached for erections and not for causing an insurrection in the USA.
No, not really. Change the channel; nobody cares about trump anymore.
LONG LIVE DONALD TRUMP!
I disagree. Donald Trump is a symptom. An inevitability of a party so consumed by a hateful ideology that 'Trump' was a matter of time. The fact that they failed to impeach him after he incited an attack on Congress (while they were in the bldg) demonstrates their disconnect.
Lmao think again! We will see what happens in 2022! Then on to 2024!
trump was voteout on Nov 2020 by WeThePeople. The problem now is the CorruptAndComplicitGOP gop Republicans that don’t want to hold him accountable for Trumpinsurrection VoteThemAllOut STOPCorruption GOPLeader LeaderMcConnell tedcruz
'Begun to weaken' means absolutely fuck all. It's still his party.
He is the anti establishment candidate remember. This solidifies that...
What Republican Party? It disbanded today.
Oh so sad, the world is watching!:-(
He's going to go absolutely insane during the Midterms. It'll be his last chance at controlling the GOP.
JUST LAST NIGHT........
'This sad chapter in our history has reminded us that democracy is fragile. That it must always be defended. That we must be ever vigilant. That violence and extremism has no place in America.' Pres. Biden
what a terribly unflattering pic 😂
Which makes sense, his tiny hands aren't that strong.
& he will comeback with more force. 💪
To weaken? Are you kidding ? The charges of the 2nd impeachment trial were far worst than the 1st one + president out of office and still 43 / 50 licked his feet. He controls them.
Wrong. It's now in the hands of tRump voters and they will NEVER accept a non-tRump candidate, no matter what Mitch thinks he can 'do'. NotRump pols will face physical harm and mayhem by voters and LE will do NOTHING to protect them.
'California’s Citizen-led Petition to Recall Governor Gavin Newsom | Shawn Steel'
Game continues😁 Just go over human's short memory: ) FBI over Russian involvement: 0 ) Trump's sex scandals: 0 ) WMD found in Iraq: 0 ) Bankers balanced economy: 0 ) Israel punished for espionage: 0 ) Saudis punished for murder:0 ) Ukraine conspiracy:0 ) USA made peace in ME:0
Yep, a second acquittal from a second rate Senate.
The Senate vote today wouldn't indicate that is the case....
Republicans are dead - Trump doesn't care
M still trying to figure out the basis of their loyalty to him
“All men represent a danger. The only maxim of a free government should be to trust no living man with the power to endanger public liberty. ”JOHN ADAMS
For real especially in Luisiana 😆
Oh come on, stop 🛑, they are like sardine fish 🐠 🐠 🐠 🐠 🐠 guided by evil ocean current straight to the belly of the mighty whale 🐋.
OJ & Casey Anthony were aquitted too..... GuiltyIsGuilty
Not the face you want to see when eating
Lol, no it hasn’t!
Before Trump there was Mitch. There is still Mitch. Now there is Mitch and the Trumpettes. What do these 3 statements have in common? Authoritarian wannabe(s)
Must be those tiny hands, all that greasy crap he has been up to.
Next please
Please give the American people a break,we are tired of Mr Trump!
The Josh Hawleys and the Ted Cruz's of the worlds will carry on the GOP's quest for autocracy.
Fake news media, now wich treacherous, atack are you going to invent.
Republikkkan traitors.
Trump2024🇺🇸🇺🇸
Dream on ......
And stupid people keep voting Republican. Fox news and right wing radio. Keeps them brainwashed.
We knew it was an infoentertainment.
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MAGA 24 Baby!
The GOP will become the new Dixiecrat party. 2022 is not a hospitable environment for a racist outfit.
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the Senate is the people, this woman is trampling on the American people with her hatred of political opponent Trump, this woman blinded by hatred, she is insulting democracy. Media are a big problem
Good God. His face and neck gained 10 pounds since Jan 20. When is he going to have his inevitable stroke already? Daaaamn!
McConnell & every other Republican vote is on record - nothing else counts! No walking back from a vote not to impeach! VoteThemAllOut VoteInEveryElection RepublicansTheNewThirdReich
There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
No it did not. RIP Republican party GOP
you wish
From now on, we must be active participants and defenders of democracy. If the majority of us want something, we must speak up and make that clear, and vote in every single election. A hateful minority cannot, should not, and will not silence the will of the American people. 🇺🇸
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But 74.2 million white supremacists dont evaporate over night
Now it's more stronger than ever. Trump2024 baby!!
You think so?
LOL, still doing this? NO it hasnt, still as strong as ever.
No it hasn't.
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