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Weeks ago, five Republicans voted with Senate Democrats that the impeachment proceeding was constitutional. After today’s presentations, Sen. Cassidy (R-LA) changed his mind and made it six Republicans who believe the impeachment is constitutional as the final vote was 56-44. Many sources are reporting that Trump was irate to the point of screaming at the TV as his lawyer failed to make a full-throated defense. Even Trump-friendly legal expert Alan Dershowitz admitted on the far-right leaning outlet Newsmax that Trump’s team didn’t score any points today.
Multiple people tell me Trump was basically screaming as Castor made a meandering opening argument that struggled to get at the heart of the defense team’s argument.
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 9, 2021
Sens. Collins, Cassidy, Murkowski, Romney, Sasse, Toomey all vote with Democrats on the constitutionality question
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) February 9, 2021
Asked why he thought Trump’s defense team did a terrible job, GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy responds, “Did you listen to it? OK then. It speaks for itself.” https://t.co/iqCQD4SlGQ
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 9, 2021
Dershowitz continued: “He may know the senators better than I do. Maybe they want to be buttered up. Maybe they want to be told what great people they are and how he knows two senators. But it’s not the kind of argument I would have made, I have to tell you that.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 9, 2021
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