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There was literally a republican senator that said he was convinced of all the charges but that he didn't think trump should be removed.
Mitt Romney. Had a chance to do the right thing, but followed the party line.
Mitt Romney was literally the only Republican senator who voted to remove Trump for both impeachment trials. Not sure what you're referring to but all the other Republicans voting party over country are to blame.
https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-delivers-remarks-impeachment-vote/
https://www.romney.senate.gov/romney-statement-impeachment-vote/
Had they impeached Trump after Jan. 6th the. Trump would be ineligible to run for president now and we wouldn't be in this mess
I stand corrected on part of it. He did vote guilty on the first impeachment article, just not the second for obstruction of Congress. I guess at that point it didn't matter, as the Senate overall wasn't going to remove Trump anyway.
Right, there were 52 other Republican senators who could have had some spine and voted for their country over their party, but didn't. If anyone should be singled out for being at fault, it's Mitch McConnell, who voted against Trump's second impeachment conviction, even though he stated "There's no question that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of the day". As the senate majority leader, he could have whipped the other Republicans to stand up to Trump, but didn't, effectively finalizing handing the party over to Trump.