Story of the current president has been about Donald Trumps buffoonery, lies, racism, criminality. But also about the Republican Party enabling his assault on the presidency and our democratic systems. Donald trumps unprecedented second impeachment trial is heading to the senate. And republican senators face a decision that will define them and their party for generations. Whether or not they will convict a president who spent months pouring gasoline on a lie that whipped up a lynch mob to attack the u. S. Capitol with the intent to hard, kidnap or kill members of congress and even trumps own Vice President. Senate republican leader mitch mcxonl refusing to disrupt his vacation to bring the senate to bring the senate back immediately to put trump on trial. A move that allows trump to serve out the remainder of his term. Theyll need 17 republican senators to break ranks and convict trump. Republican senator Lisa Murkowski who called on trump to resign issued a statement saying the house