McConnell said he could not vote to convict Trump because he is “constitutionally not eligible for conviction” because he is no longer president.
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I like what he did there. He initially said "The Senate will not be able to even consider voting on this until January 19."
Now that they have finally gone through the whole process, his answer is "Why would we impeach a president no longer in office?"
lol. I see what you did there, turtleman.
I mean, I kind of get it. At the same time, someone who does rile up a mob like that and never condemns hate groups or conspiracy groups that also just happen to support him despite the obvious ugliness attached to those groups, he really probably shouldn't be allowed to run again. Not to mention his operational style as ultimate-boss/CEO genuinely does not fit with how government operates. It's not a business. It has a very different structure and purpose.
Will be interesting if the trade deals go on with minimal modification, though. And given public sentiment lately, would be interesting if congress finally puts their foot down against their Wall Street overlords. One can hope, anyway. Otherwise, even *I* would consider storming the capitol (JUST KIDDING, FBI, JUST USING TRUMP-ESQUE RHETORIC, CALM DOWN).
Anyway...
The democrats have gotten plenty of heat from their constituency over the years for not having enough of a spine to stand up for the things they tell us they stand for when it counts, so a big part of their motivation to impeach, whether or not it succeeded, was at least to have the record show what side they stand on and to prove it to their constituents who are decidedly anti-Trump that they at least did what they could.
At this point, I've been so wrapped up in the Wall Street madness of late I finally stopped caring about politics and what things did the crazy orange man said today, so it's been a nice reprieve after the madness of early January.