I wonder if anyone realizes that by saying that Trump was acquitted today by the senate, we are in a sense legitimizing their unconstitutional process???
If the process was unconstitutional in the absence of the chief justice, or in light of Trump’s civilian status, then was Trump truly acquitted?
Was Trump even constitutionally impeached a second time?
If impeachment is not official until the articles are delivered to the senate, then Trump actually was never even impeached a second time!!
Do I have this wrong???
I think that is what the 43 Republicans were saying.
Honestly, if it was constitutional, there wasn’t such a strong base of Trump supporters that can make life miserable for politicians and the way Trump’s lawyers defended Trump or lack thereof, I really don’t know how it all would have gone down.
He WAS impeached, either way. He was not convicted either way, one could say.