As I assume you just might have expected and heard, a majority of senators just voted to convict Donald Trump. The vote was 57-43 with several Republicans voting that way either because they're very brave, very safe in their seats or very not running for re-election. Alas, it takes 67 votes to…well, you know how this works. Jon Stewart posted…
This impeachment highlights a fundamental tenet of our legal system. All Americans, regardless of status, are entitled to a speedy trial by a jury of your cowardly partisan sycophants and henchmen.
You have to wonder what's on the minds of those cowardly partisan sycophants and henchmen. I'm going to guess that ten or more figured they had two bad choices and they picked the one they thought would do them less immediate damage.
They might be right about that in the short run. But Trump is facing a lot of legal actions, both civil and criminal, which probably won't do his reputation much good. Wonder how many of those who voted to acquit today will try to hide behind, "I never thought he was a good man but I did think it was wrong to vote to convict anyone in an impeachment trial after he left office."