POTUS Narrowly Acquitted

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The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate narrowly acquitted POTUS in his historic impeachment trial. There were two charges brought against the Republican president that forced senators to vote on whether to remove him from office.

The Republicans narrowly voted to acquit him for his request that Ukraine investigates political rival Joe Biden, a contender for the Democratic nomination. One member of the GOP Senator Mitt Romney joined the Democrats by voting for conviction. No Democrats voted for acquittal.

A two-thirds majority in the 100-seat Senate was needed to remove Trump under the rules of the U.S. Constitution. There are currently 53 Republican Senators.

Former #GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney, now a US Senator from Utah became the first in history to vote to remove a president from his own party after he brought a real twist and an ethical shout to the end of Donald Trump's impeachment trial.

We The People are the final jurors on November 3. Double-check your voter registration and ask all your family and friends to do the same. Vote, like your life, depends on it.

Not Guilty: Split Senate acquits Trump of impeachment https://apnews.com/93c85dcfb0e6b2185391965e77ebea51

The Senate has failed to convict Donald Trump on impeachment charges. Mitt Romney, Joe Manchin, Kirsten Sinema, and Doug Jones chose a side rather than straddling both. For the others, it's the vestibule. http://esqr.co/r1pKrO3

"The acquittal is a statement of values by the Senate—an embrace of certain basic propositions about the president’s conduct, the House’s conduct in impeaching him, and its own responsibilities," https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/02/23-dangerous-proposit…

Have you ever met seen or heard anything about the coward caucus?
In Private, Republicans Admit They Acquitted Trump Out of Fear
One journalist remarked to me, “How in the world can these senators walk around here upright when they have no backbone?” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/opinion/trump-senate-acquittal-impea…

‪The Dangerous Idea at the Heart of Trump's Acquittal | Time https://time.com/5778762/people-decide-explains-trumps-acquittal/

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