David Burns: In voting to acquit Trump, Sen. Mike Lee showed the factionalism the founders hoped to avoid
The trial was constitutional, and Trump’s guilt was obvious to anyone who was willing to do impartial justice.
In this image from video, senators gather around Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer of N.Y., and House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., bottom left, after Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, made an objection to evidence presented by House impeachment managers during the second impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump in the Senate at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. (Senate Television via AP)
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Republicans with deep knowledge of the Senate repeatedly claimed that on a secret ballot just ten senators would have voted to acquit, which means 33 sacrificed their own judgment, along with their integrity, to the opinions of their GOP constituents. A massive betrayal.
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