[Oni]

One must ask what there was to gain from convicting him, but it seems he's been acquitted anyways. Seems like impeachments no longer have the bearing that they used to.

Drama ensued on the Senate floor Saturday morning when senators voted to hear from witnesses. However, after a roughly one-hour recess, the Senate determined no witnesses would be called, and opted instead to admit into evidence written testimony from Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, R-Wash.

Then, both the prosecution and defense presented their closing arguments. When the vote began, the Senate chamber fell silent as each senator's name was called. As required by Senate rules, each senator present had to pronounce Trump "guilty" or "not guilty" while they stood behind their individual desks. A group of 57 senators voted to convict Trump, and 43 senators voted to acquit.

With two-thirds of the Senate necessary to convict, the vote fell 10 short.

Read More: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/presiden...d=75853994

[d4ggm4sk]

Release the dwarves. You are now free from the tyrant.

[Tonymuscle]

They tried to impeach him because they are afraid he might run again. If he was impeached he would not be able to. I sure wish they allowed witnesses though. It would have been a shit show....But like any good lawyer knows. Having witnesses testify can open a lot more doors that people don't want opened...

[Oni]

They tried to impeach him because they are afraid he might run again. If he was impeached he would not be able to. I sure wish they allowed witnesses though. It would have been a shit show....But like any good lawyer knows. Having witnesses testify can open a lot more doors that people don't want opened...

Seems kind of redundant, given the public can vote for someone else if he runs again. Or is the objective to take away the option of voting in the first place?

[mothered]

They tried to impeach him because they are afraid he might run again. If he was impeached he would not be able to.

Absolutely.

You've nailed It.

[laininthewired]

What the Democrats didn't consider is that; If they were unsuccessful with their impeachment, Trump and his supporters will just get more riled up in the forthcoming months.

It will be a damn interesting shitshow, that's for sure.

[Larkin_steve]

It's sad what politics in America has turned into. At this point I can't align with any party.

[Jiggly]

It's sad what politics in America has turned into. At this point I can't align with any party.

In fairness, I feel like those parties have always been two polar extremes. And neither of them are consistent around a central value. They don't argue for freedoms or economy per se.

[RNixon5000]

Both parties still have the same boring talking points that's the problem. Still arguing over whether drugs should be legal or not.. We had something like that before it was called the prohibition, mafia ran wild just like cartels do now. Where is the common sense for either party?