More "spy vs. spy", "red vs. blue" stuff, huh?
This process isn't caused by, nor is it about, "dems".
They need 17 Republican Senators to pull this off, 18 if Harris, presiding, doesn't vote.
Do you think this would be happening if they didn't have the votes?
Yes I do. Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer feel this is a win for them regardless of the outcome in the Senate.
They’re doing this to set Trump apart as the only twice impeached president. “Look,” they’ll say if he runs again, “He’s the only one so vile and corrupt that he got impeached twice! Only stubborn republicans on the wrong side of history saved his bacon! Vote all the GOP out!” And the media nod solemnly in agreement and decry the injustice of another Trump run for office, as if they dug up Benedict Arnold from the grave and put him on the ticket.
On the other hand I’m very worried that they WILL have the votes to convict. I put nothing past these lowlife politicians. My prediction however is that he will be acquitted by approximately 8 to 10 votes. A narrow enough margin that the Democrats can point to it to show that it was just a few old white men who couldn’t bring themselves to do the right thing.