lockdown. how strict measures like that have controlled the spread. it doesn t seem to matter which side of the aisle they are on, republicans and democrats alike are facing a backlash. mitch mcconnell is taking a lot of heat primarily for democrats but still voted not to convict. i voted for allowing witnesses, but i think at the end it wasn t more witnesses that were going to change your mind. mitch mcconnell said himself there is no question president trump is practically and morelandly res ly morally r. a number of republicans used a faux constitutional argument that somehow you couldn t protect a president after he was out of office. democratic impeachment managers are facing questions of their own. one is pushing back on the notion that witnesses coup turned the tide of the conviction. witnesses in a senate hearing do not come and stand before senators and make a statement. it s a deposition. it s videotaped and brought before the senate. we didn t need more wit
welcome, everyone. now that donald trump has been acquitted of inciting last month s deadly violence at the u.s. capitol, some u.s. republican leaders may wish they did not have to contend with the complicated and controversial legacy of the former president anymore, but the political fall-out from trump s second impeachment trial and second acquittal could be long lasting and far reaching, especially for some of the seven republican senators who voted with democrats on saturday to convict donald trump. one of them, bill cassidy of louisiana, has already been censured by his state s republican party. so it is clear that trump still has a strong grip on his base. it is also clear that capitol hill and the american people remain deeply divided about him. house speaker nancy pelosi says trump s acquittal will be remembered as one of the most dishonorable acts in the nation s history. cnn s ryan nobles now with more on a dramatic day in the u.s. senate. reporter: for a second t
live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with robyn curnow. reaction to donald trump being acquitted in his second impeachment trial is coming in fast and at times furious. you ll remember he was accused of inciting last month s deadly siege on the u.s. capitol. a majority, 57 senators, voted against him. but it wasn t enough to reach the required two-thirds majority. u.s. president joe biden has weighed in saying, quote, while the final vote did not lead to a conviction, the substance of the charge is not in dispute. even those opposed to the conviction, like senate majority leader mitch mcconnell, believe donald trump was guilty of a disgraceful dereliction of duty and practically and morally responsible for provoking the violence unleashed on the capitol. key house democrats were less diplomatic, take a listen. but what we saw in that senate today was a cowardly group of republicans who apparently have no options, because they were afraid to defend their job, resp
progressive president ever. everything we warned you about, him being the puppet of the radical left was true. he insisted he wasn t going to ban fracking but he just did it on federal land. he insisted he wasn t down with court packing but he just set up a commission for it. he said he was pro union. buff he just killed 11,000 pipeline jobs. he said he was for safe streets but he stopped deporting killers and rapists. biden is killing women s sports. he will probably be sued. more on that later. joe proposed $4 trillion in spending. did you hear about that? probably not. the press won t tell you joe went left. they won t cover him. they cover up for him. $2 trillion for virus relief and $2 trillion for climate change. only one is a veal crisis. the other is weird science. he will blow up the bond market. life is about to get veal expense to get real expensive in rare today. if you slap a crisis label on everything, you can do what you want. that s what biden is doing. he s
progressive president ever. everything we warned you about, him being the puppet of the radical left was true. he insisted he wasn t going to ban fracking but he just did it on federal land. he insisted he wasn t down with court packing but he just set up a commission for it. he said he was pro union. buff he just killed 11,000 pipeline jobs. he said he was for safe streets but he stopped deporting killers and rapists. biden is killing women s sports. he will probably be sued. more on that later. joe proposed $4 trillion in spending. did you hear about that? probably not. the press won t tell you joe went left. they won t cover him. they cover up for him. $2 trillion for virus relief and $2 trillion for climate change. only one is a veal crisis. the other is weird science. he will blow up the bond market. life is about to get veal expense to get real expensive in rare today. if you slap a crisis label on everything, you can do what you want. that s what biden is doing. he s