The #Burr and #Toomey votes for conviction is actually a politically expedient move to prevent blowback in NC & PA open Senate races next year. Not that Burr & Toomey don’t hate Trump, they do...But McConnell likely engineered those votes.— JohnWickofPolitics (@Gingrich_of_PA) February 13, 2021
Burr just cleared the way for Lara Trump to take his seat.