Burgess Everett

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Burgess Everett @burgessev

McConnell declined to hold the trial in the immediate aftermath of the House’s vote. He believed doing so would short-circuit Trump’s due process for the trial. But in delaying the trial until after Trump left office, he also helped steer the GOP toward its dominant argument. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 3, 2021 Hibernated

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“What he said is one thing, but then you come to reality and gather more evidence and information,” Shelby said, reconciling McConnell’s criticisms of Trump with his vote against the trial’s constitutionality. On Tuesday McConnell said only he’d listen to the trial arguments — PolitiTweet.org

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A Republican leadership aide described a “palpable sense of relief” within the party that the GOP had coalesced around the constitutionality question. That allows members to acquit Trump on a process argument rather than judge the merits of whether Trump incited an insurrection. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Feb. 3, 2021 Hibernated